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We often discuss a 4-step plan for Christian citizenship, and the first step is to go over or review your role as citizen in light of Scripture. This is a necessary and ongoing exercise for Christians ministering in the public square, and Patrick Schreiner has written a great book–Political Gospel–to assist with this.

In Political Gospel, Patrick Schreiner argues Christianity not only has political implications but is itself a politic. The gospel at its very core is political––Jesus declared Himself to be King. But He does not allow you to put Him in your political box. Often, the accusations are fair. Christians tend to get stuck in one of two political ditches: we either privatize our faith or make it partisan. We think religion and politics should be separate and never intermingle, or we align so tightly with a political party that we conflate the gospel with a human agenda. In a supercharged political climate, Political Gospel explores what it means for Christians to have a biblical public witness by looking to Scripture, the early church, and today. Should we submit to governing authorities or subvert them? Are we to view them as agents of the dark forces or entities that promote order? In these pages, we’ll see that Christians live in a paradox, and we’ll see how to follow Christ our King right into the political craziness of our day. (Note: This explanation is taken from the book description of Political Gospel).
Link to book: https://tinyurl.com/politicalgospel

Patrick Schreiner is the Director of the Residency PhD program and Associate Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He previously taught at Western Seminary in Portland Oregon (2014–20) and received his Ph.D. from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2014). He is the author of a number of books, including a commentary on Acts (B&H), The Visual Word: An Illustrated Guide to the New Testament Books (MoodyThe Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross (Crossway), and The Ascension of Christ: Recovering a Neglected Doctrine (Lexham Press). He serves as an elder at Emmaus Church in North Kansas City and previously served as an elder in Portland, Oregon.

Key Takeaways:

• How the ancient, Biblical conception of church and state different from our own and why that is important.
• The Christian’s call to a citizenship that both submits to and subverts governing authorities and what Patrick means by those terms.
• Lessons from Jesus and Paul concerning citizenship.
• Why the cross is the perfect picture of submission and subversion.
• A critique of the term Christian nationalism and why the Christian citizenship Patrick describes is not that.
• The meaning of the term Ekklesia or assembly and why that is important for the church.
• A review of Biblical principles concerning our default role of submission and when civil disobedience is required.

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