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Sermons that address politics. Make sure to check out our politics resource page for all of the curated media on politics.
A short 21-minute sermon, delivered with mirth, from pastor Thomas McKenzie on five principles from Colossians 1:11-20 for Christians to engage in politics well.
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.
Preaching from Mark 12:13-17, Church of the City (New York, NY) pastor Jon Tyson lists five purposes for the state and government (order, justice, virtue, prosperity, safety) and then lists five things Christians uniquely bring to government (dignity, care for the poor, suspicion of human nature, priority of the other and the power and favor of God).
Pastor and theologian Tim Keller says that Jesus was simultaneously political and not political because Jesus's definition of power is different from the world's definition. Keller explains that true power, as interpreted by the world, consists of coercion and power over people while power, as defined by Jesus, lies in self-sacrifice that results in changing people internally.
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.
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