If you haven’t yet read Jesus for President, I highly recommend it. Most of, if not all of, my thoughts have been sparked by one of the chapters on this book. So, for the sake of time, and my laziness refusing to italisize, or quote specific lines, I’ll let those few of you who actually read this decode what thoughts are mine and which ones come from the book. Just a hint… It should be pretty easy to tell; scholarly language vs. construction-worker babble…
The greastest sin of policial imagination is thinking there is no other way than the filthy rotten system we have today…Is it possible that we can’t see the destructiveness of our economy not because it’s terrible but because deep down, we feel that it’s necessary and therefore it’s hopeless to criticize it?
I have seen a beast. He stakes his residence in the depths. Keep a sharp eye, for this beast is not the hunter, but the hunted. Beware of those who pierce his boundaries. Slithering through the dark places, gliding through the rock, he seeks not to rule; but rule he does. As a slave to his master he submits; wars are waged, blood is shed, what was once “good” is now polluted. His captors bind him, selling him to the highest bidder, or those with greatest army.
Ignorance is bliss… We are all slaves, some by choice, others by necessity. “We cannot live without this system,” we say. Why ask questions? No one else does, no one else cares. Why should I? “There’s no beast here.” Ah, but there is…
We who are followers of Christ must understand that we are set apart in all areas of life, including economics… We must understand that Christ does not offer reform to these systems, or even a better government, rather he offers another world altogether. Scum of the earth… this is Paul’s snapshot of the early Jesus movement. Do we have the courage to follow?
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