We swim in the waters of partisan conflict, and we can hardly recognize that underneath all the posturing, strategizing, and warfare tactics is supposed to be a real vision of human flourishing.
A brief survey of America’s flawed history reveals that during Reconstruction our government has attempted to position itself for greatness in terms of using its power to serve the lowliest in its caste system, formerly enslaved citizens.
To participate in politics in 2020 seems to be an exercise in fear, like the call from Dark in Ray Bardbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Listen to Hannah’s full interview with Sam Haist in this special members-only bonus episode!
Listen to Erin’s full interview with Alan Noble in this special members-only bonus episode!
Erin and Hannah wrap up their For God and Country series with a discussion about the power and privilege of voting and a side interview with Alan Noble about the Christian’s call to vote for truth.
Erin and Hannah host Kathryn Freeman for a discussion about whose voices and whose ideas are welcome in the public sphere.
Christ and Pop Culture members receive digital copy of Compassion (&) Conviction from AND Campaign thanks to InterVarsity Press.
If we reached every person with the gospel, would the common good happen naturally? Erin and Hannah discuss gospel matters in this episode of their For God and Country series.
If we are to truly invest in and bring about the common good, we need to find both the common and the good. Erin and Hannah discuss party lines in this episode of their For God and Country series.
Listen to Hannah’s full interview with Sam Perry in this special members-only bonus episode!
Erin and Hannah talk about “Taking America back for God!” and the Christian nationalist perspective affecting our work for the common good.
Erin Straza and Hannah Anderson host Kaitlyn Schiess to kick off the fall series, For God and Country. Each episode will tackle an aspect of how faith and politics collide. PLUS >> Register to win a copy of Kaitlyn’s book!
If Exodus voices our collective hunger for deliverance, it also calls us to work for deliverance, toward liberatory action.
The most viable option is to plaster the invaluable image of God onto our neighbors, listen to their needs and concerns, and strive to outdo one another in love in whatever capacity we can.
The lesson is that if we don’t tell the true stories, if we fail to pass them down to future generations, the lies will rush into the vacuum and take over.
