How Do I Navigate The Cultural Moment | Dr. Erwin Lutzer and Jonny Ardavanis
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🗓️ 4 November 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In this powerful discussion, Pastor Erwin Lutzer addresses the critical question many Christians face: How should believers approach voting when both candidates are flawed? He breaks down the relationship between faith and politics, explaining why Christians shouldn't withdraw from civic engagement.
Key topics covered:
- The biblical perspective on choosing between imperfect candidates
- Understanding Christian nationalism vs. biblical citizenship
- How to balance spiritual conviction with political responsibility
- The church's role in modern political discourse
- Why the "lesser of two evils" voting approach can be biblically sound
Pastor Lutzer shares insights from his book "Hitler's Cross" and discusses the dangers of both political overengagement and dangerous pietism. Learn why voting isn't just a right—it's a Christian responsibility.
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| 0:00.0 | In a fallen world, we take the situation as it exists and we ask ourselves which of the two candidates would be the better one, not perfect one for sure, and at the same time we recognize, and then we vote, and then at the same time we recognize something that I know |
| 0:22.0 | that you deeply believe, Johnny. We have problems in this nation morally and spiritually that |
| 0:27.3 | it doesn't matter who gets elected. What we need is the preaching of the gospel, the healing |
| 0:33.0 | of our communities that are so broken with sin, and that is the thing that the church is called to do. |
| 0:44.3 | Well, Pastor Lutzer, thanks again for sitting down. |
| 0:49.3 | I'm a Christian, I'm a husband, I'm a father, and I'm a pastor. |
| 0:55.0 | And I'm trying to figure out, biblically speaking, |
| 0:57.0 | how to navigate the cultural moment, |
| 0:59.0 | even that term, cultural moment has become so cliche. |
| 1:03.0 | But what I mean by that is we live in a world |
| 1:05.0 | that's progressing towards socialism, the sexualization of our children, |
| 1:08.0 | the annihilation of kids in the womb. We're trying to navigate what's the church's role in now. |
| 1:12.9 | We know where to be a pillar and buttress of the truth. |
| 1:16.4 | We want to declare the unique Savior that is Jesus Christ. |
| 1:20.1 | As Christians, we want to be able to declare the gospel to people that are unsaved |
| 1:25.8 | so that they might be rescued, is what you mentioned in our previous segment. |
| 1:29.3 | But now I want to get practical. |
| 1:32.3 | We have an election. It's coming in a matter of weeks. |
| 1:36.3 | We got two options, both broken people. |
| 1:41.3 | I would make the argument that one is a greater evil, right? |
| 1:46.4 | When you have the leftist agenda, that is its calling card is aborting babies. |
| 1:51.7 | We want to drag queens in every preschool in America, use the different pronouns, |
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