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Podcast: Saints‘ Hill Church Podcast
Episode: Saints in the World: Why Politics?
Description: Is Christianity mainly about the Spirit catching people up into the progression of heaven on earth? Or is Christianity mainly about building institutions, societies, and laws that benefit the individual conscience and familial aims?
We see both in the Scriptures. Spirit and structure.
As Christians, we engage in politics because of the Incarnation. Because Jesus is both God and man, heaven and earth are coming together. The earthly king is not God, but humans have the ability in partnership with God to bring His rule into ours.
The messy part is how that ha...