Here's a great question from a podcast listener named Nolan.

Pastor John, my name is Nolan from a West Palm Beach, Florida.

And first, Thessalonians 4-11 Paul writes this.

Make it your goal to live a quiet life, minding your own business and working with your hands

just as we instructed you before.

Now, instantly I thought of faithful Christians who led revolutions, Martin Luther, Martin Luther

King, Jr., etc.

And noted that they did not live quiet lives, minding their own business.

So my question is, does this passage prevent us from leading social movements, many of

which are bold and upfront, like the civil rights movement?

What would you say, Pastor John?

Well, and of course, you don't have to jump over 2,000 years of church history to find

examples of people who stirred up trouble almost everywhere he went.

Exactly.

In the Testament, that would be the first thing we think of is Paul who wrote these words.

And the other person we think of is Jesus who never did anything wrong and both were accused

of turning the world upside down when they opened their mouths, quietness did not follow.

Like a division followed, riots followed, murder followed.

So I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.

So good question, just you don't need Martin Luther or MLK to ask it, although they're

relevant and I'll come back to that board willing.

We have Paul against Paul here, and we have Jesus who drove the money changers out of

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