Welcome back to the podcast. We regularly take up questions on things like church

state separation on political activism, on ChristiansS. flags in the sanctuary, things like that.

Here's another question on this theme from a listener named Matthew in Cincinnati.

Pastor John,

hello to you.

Years back, you posted a tweet online that I printed out, kept,

and would like you to expand on now.

You posted the following on April 17, 2021.

Starting with Mark, Chapter 6,

18, quote, for John had been saying to Herod, it is not lawful for you to

have your brother's wife, and quote. A very bold text of John speaking truth to power to confront Herod's adultery.

Then you said this quote, by all means be willing to lose your life to speak truth to power. But always keep in mind the vast difference between

this and political flag waving. Can you expound on this? What marks this vast

difference between speaking the truth to power and political flag waving?

What factors distinguish the two in your mind?

And this is mainly an unseen heart issue we must be warned about.

Esther John, what would you say?

Let me begin by giving six descriptions of what I mean by political flag-waving that should

be avoided and then turn and try to say something constructive about speaking

truth to power.

So in the tweet I said, by all means be willing to lose your life to speak truth to power.

But always keep in mind the vast difference between this and political flagwaving.

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