Most of life and faith is lived in the tension between the two extremes. On this show, we look at what many of us were taught growing up in evangelical churches, weigh it against what our current culture is saying, and try to find what Jesus has for us in the tension between the two.
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Most of life and faith is lived in the tension between the two extremes. On this show, we look at what many of us were taught growing up in evangelical churches, weigh it against what our current culture is saying, and try to find what Jesus has for us in the tension between the two.
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Tension was called Unlearning Youth Group for the first six seasons.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
You've heard it said by Christian influencers and hyper partisans: you can't be a Christian and vote for a democrat.
We don't agree with that. We believe the Gospel doesn't fit into one American political party and that Bible believing, Jesus loving people can disagree on how we apply our faith to government.
In this episode, we walk through a Biblically focused grid to show how we came to the conclusion that we would be voting for certain democrats this fall. This episode is not to convince you that voting Democrat makes you more of a Christian or that voting Republican makes you less of a Christian. It's simply to show how an honest look at the Bible can result in different applications.
NOTE: this episode was recorded before the assassination attempt of President Trump. That shouldn’t impact any of the content, but we wanted to clarify for anyone who may have wanted that context.
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Timestamps:
9:04 - We all negotiate our faith
10:48 - Step 1: Determine what the role of government is from a biblical perspective.
14:49 - Democracy and forms of government in the Bible
18:14 - It is not your religious duty to vote
31:55 - What does the Bible say about taxes?
40:56 - Step 2: Determine the issues you believe most accomplishes the role of government.
41:59 - Jonathan’s answer to what most accomplishes the role of government
43:47 - Eric’s answer to what most accomplishes the role of government
51:51 - Step 3: Determine which candidates align with your priorities to accomplish the role of government.
1:00:18 - How the Bible says we should approach those with a different political preference
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Andy Stanley sermon Eric references:
https://youtu.be/vga6t63XGcQ?si=ph0X-HLuOOLWRmmD
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