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Is Your Understanding of the Gospel All Wrong? with Matthew Bates

Truth Over Tribe: Christian Takes on Culture, News & Politics

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The Coercive Ethic of the Church

"We don't think the kingdom is going to come through political reign," says Bob Greene. "I would rather allow injustice to happen to me and to my people than forcing people to live in the right way" The church has sometimes been overly corrupted by a coercive ethical vision, he adds. But it's not out of line with the King Jesus gospel to try to work for the better good of society, even when society doesn't want that good.

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