Episode 63: Pete Enns - What Does the Bible Have to Say about Politics—American or Otherwise?

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 15 October 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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What does the Bible have to say about politics? Nothing, really. On the other hand, a lot—but not the way many tend to think. Rather than supporting a political agenda, the biblical story challenges us to hold those agendas to account when they fail to promote justice. What is needed more then another clever politician with resources to ram things through are prophetic voices that remain distant from adopting wholesale any party ideology. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Bible for Normal People,
0:02.2	the only God ordained podcast on the internet.
0:05.3	Serious talk about the sacred book.
0:07.4	I'm Pete Ends.
0:08.2	And I'm Jared Bias.
0:09.4	Hey everybody, Pete here.
0:12.1	Welcome to another episode of the Bible for Normal People.
0:14.8	And our topic today is,
0:17.2	what does the Bible have to say about politics,
0:20.6	American, or otherwise?
0:22.9	So here's the quick answer.
0:25.1	Nothing, not a remote thing.
0:26.8	And I say that because this politics,
0:30.7	if we want to call it,
0:31.7	the government issues of the biblical world
0:34.2	are very, very different than ours.
0:35.6	Today you have a monarchy and a divine monarchy,
0:40.9	a theocracy, technically speaking.
0:43.7	And it's hard to sort of bring that world
0:46.2	into hours immediately.
0:47.8	And for example, there's a passage in 2 Chronicles 714
0:53.7	that a lot of people cite.
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