Politics & Potlucks: The Church’s Place in American Culture (To Be Human Series)

Voxology

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Discover how embracing Jesus' teachings on power and politics can transform your relationships and reshape your identity in a polarized world. Mike Erre and Tim Stafford delve into the "To Be Human" series, examining how Jesus' approach to power counters the "power over" structures prevalent in today's society. They explore what it means to live out the Sermon on the Mount, love our enemies, and redefine our political identities as followers of Christ.

Key Takeaways:
• Power Over vs. Power Under – Understanding the contrast between worldly power dynamics and Jesus' model of servant leadership.
• Exile Identity in Modern Times – How embracing our identity as exiles affects our posture towards government and politics.
• Practical Steps to Love Your Enemies – Strategies for loving those we disagree with and fostering unity amid political divisions.
• The Role of the Church in Politics – Why the most political thing the church can do is to be the church and embody the kingdom of God.
• Applying the Sermon on the Mount Today – How to live out Jesus' teachings in our daily interactions and community involvement.

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• Voxology Podcast Etsy Store – [Link]
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• The Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5-7
• "I Am Malala" by Malala Yousafzai – [Link]
• "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. – [Link]

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, everybody.
0:15.8	Welcome to the Voxology podcast.
0:17.3	We are mid-September, which for for tim stafford this is the joyful holiday season
0:23.9	coming up yep timothy is as you know many of you know a big fan of the halloween um all saints day
0:32.0	um the devils lettuce um whatever it is he loves it Tim loves it and we've already talked
0:42.5	costume ideas so we won't revisit that it's just that outside my my window leaves are
0:48.1	falling rain it's it's sprinkling there's a bit of wind and this is is like this is the sweet season for timstaffer
0:55.7	timothy hello hi what do you have a favorite Halloween album uh that you listen to
1:02.5	can you see that um oh I thought you were just thinking.
1:11.6	Oh, no.
1:19.7	No, that's a great thing to do on a podcast, Tim, to pull back in silence and let me see your shirt.
1:21.0	I've mentioned it before.
1:26.6	This is the thing that won me over on Mr. Ryan Gosling, is he put out a record called Dead Man's Bones.
1:27.7	And it's with the kids choir and it's inspired by the haunted mansion ride.
1:32.3	And I was like, this sounds ridiculous.
1:34.7	And I listened to it.
1:35.3	And I was like, okay.
1:37.2	Then I went back and watched the notebook and everything else he did.
1:40.1	And he won me over.
1:42.3	Oh, wow.
1:43.4	It's a really fun record, though.
1:45.3	To the notebook.
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