During the Season of Epiphany and Lent we will be thinking about the topic, The Politics of Jesus as he articulates his vision of the Kingdom of God in The Sermon on the Mount.
In recent years the American evangelical church has seemed dangerously commingled with political agendas that feel distant from Jesus’ vision of the kingdom. The poverty of Christian discipleship was painfully in view amidst the numerous symbols of our faith at the recent protest and insurrection at the Capital.
Join us as we consider the world and common life Jesus imagined and enacted in his life and ministry. We’ll provide questions to follow up each week’s sermon, which you can find on this Google Doc.
Here are a few resources that we are leaning into as we enter this series. You may find them helpful as you wade into your own questions:
Skye Jethani, What if Jesus was Serious? A Visual guide to the teaching of Jesus we love to ignore.
Lee C. Camp, Scandalous Witness: A Little Political Manifesto for Christians.
James K. A. Smith, Awaiting the King: Reforming Public Theology.