September 8, 2024 Brandon Haan

Luke 4:1-13

They say you shouldn’t talk faith and politics in polite company because you never know who you might offend. And yet, that’s what we’re going to do in this series. In a continuation of a series we did two years ago, we’re going to spend the next five weeks talking about faith, politics, and how to engage the political process in a Christ-like and Christian way. And we start today by looking at the all-too-common temptation to pursue our own kingdoms, power, and glory rather than Christ’s.

A few books I found helpful in preparing this series were Not In It to Win It by Andy Stanley, The After Party by Curtis Chang and Nancy French, and The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory by Tim Alberta. While I don’t agree with everything these authors say (I hardly ever do!), I found their books thought-provoking examinations of how Christians should (and shouldn’t) engage the modern American political process.