By Tony Evans | Watch | 42m
Published in September of 2020
SUMMARY: Using a football game with two teams (the warring ideologies of culture), officials (Christians), a rule book (the Bible), and a crowd (the people of the world) as analogies for how Christians should engage in politics Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship (Dallas, TX) pastor Tony Evans preaches from Joshua 5:13-15 as he details a distinct perspective God has on voting. Go 24 minutes in to start the sermon.
KEY QUOTE: “Kingdom voting is the opportunity and the responsibility of committed Christians to partner with God by expanding his rule in society through civil government.”
DIG DEEPER: After the sermon check out the discussion notes on ocbchurch.org.
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