Full Audiobook: How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics?

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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In this special episode, we're sharing a full audio recording of How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics?—written by Jonathan Leeman and Andy Naselli. Election seasons can cause division on a variety of issues. But what happens when you disagree with someone in your local church community? Authors Jonathan Leeman and Andy Naselli propose that Christians should learn how to disagree on such issues with a spirit of gracious understanding by recognizing the importance of what binds us together as a local church body—the gospel of Jesus Christ.

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0:00.0	Welcome to a special episode of the Crossway podcast. As the United States draws nearer to the
0:09.0	presidential election in November, and political tensions continue to rise even within the church,
0:15.4	many of us are wrestling with the same question. What does it look like to have fellowship
0:20.7	with Christians with whom I
0:22.7	disagree politically, especially within my own church? Today, we're pleased to share a complete audio
0:30.5	recording of a new book written by Jonathan Lehman and Andy Nasselli, entitled How Can I Love Church
0:37.4	Members with Different Politics?
0:39.3	Part of the Nine Marks Church Questions series, this short book seeks to help Christians
0:45.3	engage one another with grace, humility, and love, even in the face of significant political
0:51.3	disagreements, by emphasizing that which binds us together as God's
0:56.2	people, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To learn more about the book, visit crossway.org
1:02.9	slash politics. That's crossway.org slash politics. Let's get started. Crossway presents, How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics?
1:16.7	Written by Jonathan Lehman and Andy Nasselli, read by Marcus Jackman.
1:22.7	What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax?
1:26.9	From their sons or from others?
1:29.0	And when he said, from others, Jesus said to him, then the sons are free. Matthew 17, 25, and 26.
1:36.3	May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another
1:40.8	in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice
1:45.1	glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:48.4	Therefore welcome one another as Christ has welcomed you for the glory of God.
1:53.0	Romans 15, 5 and 6.
1:57.0	It was the Sunday after a presidential election.
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