How can Christians live out their faith in the church, the family, and the government?

Find out in the issues etc. Book of the month for November,

Faith that Shines in the Culture.

It's written by regular guests, Dr. Alfonso Espinosa.

Learn more about faith that shines in the culture at issues ETC.org or by calling

Concordia Publishing House 1-800 3253040.

Faith that shines in the culture, the issues it said are a book of the month for November. There are at least two ways of getting this wrong, a Christian's place in the civil realm,

either they are there to change the world, to reform, the government, whatever it may be.

Or the Christian quietist who says they don't want to

sully their hands or their soul dealing with temporal and political matters. But

the truth for the Christian who wants to follow what Holy Scripture has to say

is different from both of those. Why are Christians required to speak and act in sometimes

in the civil realm and why do we remain quiet when God's

word has nothing to say? Welcome back to issues etc coming to you live from the

studios of Lutheran Public Radio in

Collinsville, Illinois. I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. It's the conclusion of our

four-part series Christian Sanctification in the three estates today, citizens and authorities.

Dr. Alfonso Espinosa joins us he is senior pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Irvine, California

and author of the issues, etc. Book of the month for November November faith that shines in the culture

Dr Espinoza welcome back

thanks Todd always good to be here what's become of our culture since the days when

Alexis de tokville could observe and I quote him that the morality of

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