Thanks for these articles and posts. This subject particularly has been a struggle for me. I have felt caught in the middle of this great political divide we seem to be in as a world. I have distilled your thoughts to walking the path which God places before me. My identity is not as a Republican or a Democrat but as a member of the Lord's Church. Thank you again. I hope I can gain a better understanding of your teaching as we go along.
Thanks for these articles and posts. This subject particularly has been a struggle for me. I have felt caught in the middle of this great political divide we seem to be in as a world. I have distilled your thoughts to walking the path which God places before me. My identity is not as a Republican or a Democrat but as a member of the Lord's Church. Thank you again. I hope I can gain a better understanding of your teaching as we go along.
Thanks for this article, I enjoyed it. You sometimes ask for ideas of what we would like to see you post. Based on what I think I understand you to be saying here. I would like to see an expansion of these ideas:
"The answer that I’m suggesting is to situate oneself as a citizen of an entirely different political structure—the church—and to array one’s way of life to preserve every virtue that is grounded in the church’s constitutive text. This way of life should critique every iniquity and inequity, particularly those that stand in the way of living 'a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity' . . .
"Of course, we are also participants in particular nations and empires, and we are responsible to support structures of virtue that are most conducive to the Christian pursuit of “a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.”
Your thoughts in the post relate to the church. Yet, as you point out, we participate in political systems as individuals. I'd be interested in more of your ideas about how we, as citizens of another kingdom, can do the most good as we take part in the political realities of our time.
Thanks for these articles and posts. This subject particularly has been a struggle for me. I have felt caught in the middle of this great political divide we seem to be in as a world. I have distilled your thoughts to walking the path which God places before me. My identity is not as a Republican or a Democrat but as a member of the Lord's Church. Thank you again. I hope I can gain a better understanding of your teaching as we go along.
Thanks for these articles and posts. This subject particularly has been a struggle for me. I have felt caught in the middle of this great political divide we seem to be in as a world. I have distilled your thoughts to walking the path which God places before me. My identity is not as a Republican or a Democrat but as a member of the Lord's Church. Thank you again. I hope I can gain a better understanding of your teaching as we go along.
Dr. Jones,
Thanks for this article, I enjoyed it. You sometimes ask for ideas of what we would like to see you post. Based on what I think I understand you to be saying here. I would like to see an expansion of these ideas:
"The answer that I’m suggesting is to situate oneself as a citizen of an entirely different political structure—the church—and to array one’s way of life to preserve every virtue that is grounded in the church’s constitutive text. This way of life should critique every iniquity and inequity, particularly those that stand in the way of living 'a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity' . . .
"Of course, we are also participants in particular nations and empires, and we are responsible to support structures of virtue that are most conducive to the Christian pursuit of “a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.”
Your thoughts in the post relate to the church. Yet, as you point out, we participate in political systems as individuals. I'd be interested in more of your ideas about how we, as citizens of another kingdom, can do the most good as we take part in the political realities of our time.
Thanks again!