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What Does It Mean To Be Christendomian?
Many evangelicals have been taught that to care too much about wider issues of culture, politics, and society, would be a distraction from the Gospel. But even if forms of "social action" have often been a worldly preoccupation for liberals, evangelicals dismiss the call for societal transformation at their peril. Refusing to be salt and light in the world will eventually come back to haunt the Church in the end. While there are certainly some negative byproducts of historic Christendom, including worldly corruption and nominal faith, what if those evangelicals most keen to embrace a "post-Christendom" attitude invite other forms of worldliness and unfaithfulness into their thinking and (in)action? Does a robust approach to socio-political influence inevitably lead to compromise? Or are there ways of combining a truly pious faith of the heart with the outward influence akin to the kingdom of God for which we're called to pray "on earth as it is in heaven"? Aaron and Nathan discuss all this and more, including the surprising significance of a certain Kevin Costner film.Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might
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Fear God Christ is Lord
God save the king...