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The Constitution requires the president to, from time to time, give the Congress

information on the State of the Union. Though technically not a State of the Union address,

President Biden fulfilled this obligation last night in front of a joint session of Congress.

While most recent presidents have delivered such an address earlier in the year,

the coronavirus and other factors combined to delay last night's report.

Biden began his speech with an update on where the country stands with vaccines

before moving on to a general overview of his legislative priorities going forward. Among the most discussed

were jobs, health care, immigration reform, climate change, foreign policy, and education. He spoke for

just over an hour and took a generally optimistic and conciliatory tone, with a phrase,

the country supports it used several times to portray a general

agreement among Americans on several of the issues he discussed. But while Americans may agree on the

problems that need to be addressed, there remains a general lack of consensus on how to best address

them. Tim Scott, in his response to the president on behalf of

the Republican Party, emphasized that reality on several occasions. Scott spent much of his speech

lamenting the partisan divides that still exist and outlining how the disparate views on how to

move forward have often been at the heart of such conflict.

He argued for a greater emphasis on taking a bipartisan approach to crafting legislation

rather than just in support of legislation as a key component of the solution.

That emphasis is one of two I would like to highlight from last night's affairs that can help us better understand how God is calling us to serve others and advance his kingdom today.

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