How to Think About Human Institutions From Within the Biblical Narrative

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i think it's important for christians to locate s human institutions in the biblical narrative. The prophets were raised by god to say, we've got to get the light of the nations when israel has fallen into bad imaging,. And what's the biblical term for fast false and bad imaging? It's called idolatry. Idolatry is a false image, a bad, corrupted image. So that when you look at the prophets f the old testament, they do care about the idolatry happening in assyria and philistiin and babylon. But first most, they are most concerned with getting right any and correcting any idolatry within israel's mists

In the inaugural episode of the Good Faith Podcast, David French and his theological wingman Curtis Chang discuss some of the recent issues at Liberty University and how Christians should think about the concept of institutional sin. Curtis makes the theological case for how human institutions fit into the biblical narrative and that as such, they are both made in the image of God and also capable of sin and brokenness. They also discuss why it is important for Christians to place a high priority on being honest and open about institutional sin in our own ranks, amongst our own institutions.

Show Notes:

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