If you've ever had trouble sleeping because "that person" might get elected, but you've never had a sleepless night praying for someone to be saved...
...you might be obsessed with the wrong Kingdom.
If your blood boils when you hear candidates lie, but your blood never boiled because of your own sin...
...you might be obsessed with the wrong Kingdom.
If you've said "Trump" or "Hillary" or "Gary" or even "Jill" more than "Jesus" lately...
...you might be obsessed with the wrong Kingdom.
If you have said that "Christians have a duty to vote!"...
...you might be obsessed with the wrong Kingdom.
If you spend more time trying to convince people to vote a certain way than you do trying to share the gospel and save them from the fires of eternal hell...
...you might be obsessed with the wrong Kingdom.
If you find it more embarrassing to pray for someone, than to share your political ideology...
...you might be obsessed with the wrong Kingdom.
If you spend over an hour watching a Presidential debate, but "don't have time" to do serious Bible reading and prayer...
...you might be obsessed with the wrong Kingdom.
If you are more fired up by/annoyed by/excited by political discussions than you are by sermons...
...you might be obsessed with the wrong Kingdom.
"Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.
For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame,
and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him
who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.
For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame,
and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him
who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not
grow weary and lose heart." ~ Hebrews 12:1-3 (NIV)
Written by guest blogger Jeff Piepho, pastor of Revolution Church (a contemporary Brethren in Christ congregation in Salina, KS). A graduate of Biola University, Jeff obtained a Masters degree in Christian Apologetics. He is politically informed and involved, but knows how to keep his priorities straight. Jeff hosts a popular weekly radio show called Truth Revolution, which is where “faith and reason meet” as each week he and associate pastor Dave Waggoner tackle science, mathematics, archeology, and logic, integrating them into faith, Biblical studies, and religion. Truth Revolution can be heard on thirteen radio channels and podcasts, as well as broadcasts on YouTube: Truth Revolution Live!
Copyright © 2016 Jeff Piepho (used by permission).
Copyright © 2016 Jeff Piepho (used by permission).
Thanks, David!
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