Welcome. We have lost the ability as Christians to think categorically.

Christian discourse around the family and politics endlessly conflate personal versus public,

necessary versus possible, and descriptive versus prescriptive categories.

This renders us unable to think historically,

consider what the future might hold,

and properly discern what course of action we should take.

Tune in now, as we discuss thinking shrewdly

and what America's political future might hold.

All right.

Good to be back for another Wednesday live stream.

We'll be discussing the possibility of an American Caesar and the U.S. Constitution, how they all come together. We'll get into some history, especially at the end. So stay tuned for that for sure. But to set the introduction, to get down to the root of what's causing some confusion, a lot of confusion, this would be not just among unbelievers or maybe crisis conservatives, but among believers themselves, what's causing a lot of confusion. This would be not just among unbelievers or maybe

Christless conservatives, but among believers themselves, what's causing a lot of division and

rivalry would be the ability to think in different categories. So to give an example of this,

in the sermon of the Mount, the beatitude, Jesus says a number of things, but one of the things

he says, for example, is blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

And I've heard this cited when it comes to things like immigration and helping the homeless

and this, that, or the other.

But we have to think about it for a second.

So, blessed are the merciful for they shall receive mercy.

Certainly personal ethics.

So a neighbor that I may have some strife with, a family member, there should

be a degree and measure of mercy that we should show that we'll be returned to us.

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