Q&A With Brad Jersak - When The Lights Come On
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- Опубліковано 26 жов 2019
- Q&A With Brad Jersak - When The Lights Come On
Credits: Impactnations Podcast www.impactnations.org/podcast
A discussion with Canadian author and theologian Brad Jersak about the nature of salvation, Jesus warnings, and some old dudes with great names.
You can learn more about Brad and his work at www.bradjersak.com. Brad is also working with St. Stephen’s University and their Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice.
Brad knows that everyone and everything will be perfected. I want him to shout it from the mountain tops.
I don't get why abortion- the killing of innocents , does not ever seem to be part of the discussion - immigration and climate change take center stage. I do not have allegiance to a particular party but somehow the killing of the innocents moves me more than these[ and similar] other issues. Whichever side you take, innocents will die , but the womb should be a safe place.
Great question. I agree. I have come to bring life Jesus said. Life matters. ❤️
22:30 lotta people do wipe the sweat.
Great discussion.
Loved the discussion of politics and Jesus. Very relevant today.
A close friend of mine recently died because he struggled with addiction most of life and relapsed and received drugs laced with fentanyl. Of course, there’s been a fentanyl epidemic across North America in recent years. And we know that it comes to America via the border. A country by definition has borders and some kinds of laws in place, including those pertaining to borders. Knowing who and what is coming into a country is not racist or anti-gospel. And being anti-theocracy or anti-American or anti-nationalism isn’t somehow synonymous with being pro-Kingdom. It’s amazing to me how many people have accepted this bizarre, abjectly and obviously false notion that being anti-nationalism (seemingly only pertaining to America) is somehow the same thing as being pro-Kingdom.
As Christians, we're to honor the rule of law, but on the other hand, systematically tolerate (thus encourage) others to break it? This seems incoherent. To wit, many laws exist which have humanitarian consequences---both direct and indirect---similar in kind to those of immigration law. Which of these laws is it permissible for Christians to systematically disregard, in the name of the gospel? In effect, the logic that it's a-okay---nay, mandatory---for Christians to disregard the rule of law whenever, and wherever, it is perceived (correctly or not) to violate the gospel would make political dissidents and subversives of us all. In short, the suggested principle would require Christians to openly oppose, and indeed violate in practice, every such law.
What's more, in what way supporting the rule of law is supposed to be in violation of the gospel, in regard to immigration law, is not specified in this discussion. In sum, the argument, as presented, is a non-starter, imho.
That said, yes our social system is in violation of the gospel in countless ways. And as Christians I would imagine Jesus would like us to do what we can to help influence its shape and direction, if and when possible. But I imagine he would also encourage us to do so in obedience to earthly authority, however sinful and rebellious that authority itself may be. Thank you for the enlightening discussion.