The Christian Civics Blog

Loving God with all our mind, when what’s on our mind is politics.

Our Redeemer Liveth: The Administration of God
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Our Redeemer Liveth: The Administration of God

The following article is the transcript of a homily delivered by pastor and Body Politic reader Rev. Dr. Richard Hyde earlier this year at the First Congregational Church of Gray, Maine.

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The Gift of the Outsider
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The Gift of the Outsider

With my white brothers and sisters in Christ, it rarely feels like we're in this together. Yet the command for this could not be clearer: “Carry each others’ burdens and in this way you fulfill the law of Christ.” 

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Welcome to the Fold: How to Respond to Christians Abandoning Trump
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Welcome to the Fold: How to Respond to Christians Abandoning Trump

Believers who have already spent months puzzled as to how people who agree with us about Jesus can deign to support a candidate who we detest have a difficult choice to make: We can lord the change of heart over them or we can make an effort to provide them a path to repentance.

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