S2 Ep1159: The Politics of Exile: A Raw Narrative

Theology in the Raw

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This unique episode covers the release of Preston's book 'Exiles, The Church and the Shadow of Empire', the journey of Theology in the Raw podcast, the planning and execution of the Exiles in Babylon conference, and the concept of living as exiles in the modern world.

The conversation emphasizes the importance of embracing a Christian political identity and living out the principles of God in a world that may be hostile or indifferent to the faith. It explores the themes of faithfulness, living as exiles, and the intersection of politics and Christian identity. The episode also gives advice for living as exiles in a foreign land and the importance of emptying ourselves of political affiliations.

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0:00.0	Hey friends my book exiles the church in the shadow of empire is out now I am so excited and a bit
0:06.3	nervous about the release of this book this is a topic I've been thinking about for many many years
0:11.0	and finally put pen to paper to write out all my thoughts.
0:15.2	Specifically I'm just addressing the question what is a Christian political identity as
0:20.6	members of Christ's global multi-ethnic upside-down kingdom scattered across the
0:25.7	nations, how should we as members of that kingdom think through and interact with
0:30.6	the various nations that we are living under.
0:33.0	So the book is basically a biblical theology of a Christian political identity.
0:37.3	We look at the nation of Israel.
0:38.6	We look at the exile of Israel.
0:40.6	We look at several parts of the New Testament, the life and teaching of Jesus, several
0:45.2	passages in the book of acts, the letters of Paul, do a deep dive into First Peter in the
0:49.4	Book of Revelation and then explore some contemporary points of applications.
0:53.5	So I would highly encourage you to check out my book, Exiles,
0:56.8	and would love to hear what you think,
0:58.6	whether you hate the book, love it,
1:00.6	or still thinking through it,
1:01.8	would love to hear what you think by dropping a review on Amazon or I don't know post the blog just you know
1:08.0	ripping at the shred I don't really care I would love for you to just wrestle with this really important topic in this really volatile
1:14.0	political season that we're living in. Hey friends welcome back to another
1:17.4	episode of theology in the Ra this is going to be a very very different
1:21.8	theology and raw episode this is something that's ever been done before. So let me give you a little bit of backstory. We've got a buddy, Travis McCool, who has been an avid listener of the theologian raw for many years and has attended both
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