By Justin Giboney | Watch | Listen | 45m
Published in September of 2019
SUMMARY: In an engaging and thoughtful 45-minute sermon rooted in Ephesians 4:14-15 Justin Giboney challenges, “Christians on both sides of the political spectrum…to ask themselves if they are going to be accomplices or cross bearers? Will [they] add to the tribalism and division or will [they be] models of civility and reconciliation?” Giboney provides a framework for Christiians to engage politics in a distinctly Christian way that is not partisan, but anchored in truth, love, justice, and moral order. Note that the audio for the first half of the video is out of sync.
KEY QUOTE: “A Christian can choose a political party – there is nothing wrong with that. A Christian cannot choose between love and truth. They are not in conflict. They are not at odds. They are interdependent.”
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