When Politics Threaten Christian Unity: Navigating Faith, Trump, and the Border Crisis (Q&A Episode)

Voxology

Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

How do Jesus followers make sense of today’s political and social divisions while remaining faithful to the Kingdom of God? In this Q&A-driven episode, Mike Erre and Kevin dive into a series of powerful listener questions exploring topics like immigration, political allegiance, the modern church, the Me Too movement, and how to present the gospel in a postmodern context.

With honesty and humility, they tackle whether it's possible to follow both Jesus and support political figures like Donald Trump, how Christians should respond to the heartbreaking images and policies at the southern U.S. border, and what it really means to be “in church” amid deconstruction and reconstruction. They also dig into the limits of media narratives, how shame and community relate to faith, and offer a broader, more narrative-driven way to understand and share the gospel.

Key Takeaways:
• Navigating Political Allegiances as a Christian – Why pledging full allegiance to any political figure or party can distort Christian witness and compromise the church’s prophetic voice.
• Justice at the Border – Wrestling with immigration policy, family separation, and the ethics of tear gassing women and children, while acknowledging the complexity and conflicting narratives.
• Redefining the Church – Deconstructing the idea that weekly Sunday church attendance is the ultimate marker of faith, and embracing diverse, communal expressions of following Jesus.
• Rethinking the Gospel – Moving beyond a guilt-based salvation model to a larger narrative of kingdom restoration, image-bearing, and renewal of the world through Christ.
• Me Too and Justice in the Church – Acknowledging the deep challenges of seeking justice for sexual assault survivors and the limitations of applying ancient legal standards in modern contexts.

Resources Mentioned:
• Romans 6 – The theological basis for understanding sin and death
• Deuteronomy & Biblical Law – Context for the 2–3 witness requirement
• “The Patient Ferment of the Early Church” by Alan Kreider – [Link]
• Voxology Podcast Email – [email protected]
• Voxology Website – voxologypodcast.com
• Support on Patreon – Patreon.com/voxology

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0:00.0	Everybody, welcome to the Vox podcast mike here with uh with friend kevin
0:23.7	friend kevin yep friend kevin kevin number two k2 as as he's known many names as he's known in the biz
0:30.3	wow and um and he's been called i'm sure worse things somewhere along the line. By you.
0:38.2	Probably.
0:39.1	Probably.
0:40.9	Welcome to the show, everybody.
0:42.7	We're always, always.
0:44.5	And I know I see this every time, but it's true.
0:46.3	We are so glad to be a small part of your life.
0:49.3	Thank you for tuning in.
0:51.8	We have just more questions to get through today. I mean, it's, again, this is the best
0:59.5	part of the whole enterprise is hearing from people and seeing what's going on and hearing
1:05.9	questions they're wrestling with. What do you, what do you look at at? I was just happy that
1:09.5	you called it an enterprise. I didn't know that we made, you made it to enterprise level. Oh, dude, this is total enterprise.
1:14.2	Okay, total enterprise. This is, this is way beyond hobby. This is deeper than passion.
1:19.4	This is bigger than job. This is enterprise. This is what this is. All right. Now, Kevin, we've got, man, we've got some good ones. Dang. And so I try not to spend a lot of
1:30.9	time on them ahead. So to kind of give the, hey, this is like a real-time Q&A. And I spend zero time
1:36.9	because you won't even let me know the questions. I know. Andy used to drive Andy nuts.
1:41.8	Andy'd be like, but that was part of what I liked.
1:44.5	I liked having somebody there who was like real time reacting to what was going on.
1:50.1	So I'm here for you.
1:51.0	All right.
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