Caring Enough to Confront - The Church and Politics, Part 2
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 9 October 2024
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Summary
Does it bother you when you hear a preacher tell people how to vote? Or do you wish your church would be more vocal about supporting specific views or candidates? In this program, Chip teaches what God says in His Word about the church, the state, and a Christian’s participation. Learn about the responsibilities of each party and how we can apply this theological framework to how we engage in the political process.
Main Points The Question: How to navigate through the maze of the church/politics conflict?The Answer: Four biblical absolutes for building a theological framework to think clearly about the Church and politics.
- There are two kingdoms in conflict. -John 18:36-37, 19:10-12
- Every believer has dual citizenship. -Mark 12:13-17
- Human governments are ordained by God to restrain evil. -Romans 13:1-7
- The Church is ordained by God to make disciples. -Matthew 28:18-20
The Answer: Understanding the roles and responsibilities of the church, the government, and the individual believer in the political arena.
- Let the Church be the Church!
- Don’t expect the government to achieve what only the Church can accomplish.
- Don’t expect the Church to accomplish what only individual believers can accomplish.
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Does it bug you when preachers tell you how to vote or do you think the church |
| 0:05.8 | should actively and openly support certain political views and certain |
| 0:09.7 | political candidates? What's the Bible say is the role of the church and the role of |
| 0:14.7 | individual Christians. That's today. Stay with me. |
| 0:19.3 | Thanks for joining us for this |
| 0:23.3 | this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. |
| 0:26.3 | Chips our Bible teacher for this international teaching and discipleship |
| 0:30.0 | ministry focused on helping Christians live like Christians. |
| 0:34.0 | Well today we're picking up in our ongoing series caring enough to confront |
| 0:38.1 | with the second half of Chip's talk, the church and politics. |
| 0:42.0 | Now last time he highlighted four principles from |
| 0:44.4 | scripture that provide healthy boundaries for believers as they engage the |
| 0:48.6 | political world. Chippel run through those again in a minute but today he'll go a step further and help us apply these truths through our expectations of the church and the government. |
| 0:59.0 | Well, Chip still has a lot to share, so let's get going as he dives right back into this timely topic. |
| 1:06.3 | Four absolutes, quick review. |
| 1:09.1 | We live in two kingdoms that are in conflict. |
| 1:11.8 | Every one of us that are followers of Jesus, what do we have? |
| 1:14.0 | We have dual citizenship. |
| 1:15.5 | So what's the role of the government? |
| 1:16.7 | The role of the government is to restrain evil. |
| 1:18.7 | What's the role of the church is to make disciples, |
| 1:20.8 | to internal transformation? The government is external control. |
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