Is a Christian Community Welcoming to the Resident Alien in Your Midst?

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A conviction that seems to welcome the outsider and seems to actually welcome the resident alien in the biblical terms, would at least make you more open to a more open emigration posture any ways. That's certainly, there's a lot of christian argument for that as a is a default posture by christians. So i think it is of urgent importance for christians to be able to separate out their politics that is the result of theology, and what is the result from sociology? And what is it that the result may be of history? We need to actually deconstruct that point well.

In a follow up to last week’s Deconstructing Faith episode, David French and Curtis Chang dive into the sometimes murky and contradictory political views of Christians. All too frequently, the political stances we think are biblical are actually just cultural.

Why are most Christians’ political stances so predictable? For example, why do many believers who care about abortion not care as much about systemic racism? Or vice versa?

Tune into today’s episode as Curtis and David tackle the fascinating interaction between politics, culture, and the Bible… and end with a surprising take on abortion and systemic racism.

Show Notes:

-More in Common - The Hidden Tribes of America

-Paul D. Miller - The Role of Social Science in ‘Deconstructing’ White Evangelicalism

-Kristen du Mez - Jesus and John Wayne

-Jemar Tisby - The Color of Compromise

-George McKenna - On Abortion: A Lincolnian Position (circa 1995, but still relevant)