The Gospel gives us the resources to love people who reject both our beliefs and us personally. Christians should think of how God rescued them. He did it not by taking power but by coming to earth, losing glory and power, serving and dying on a cross. How did Jesus save? Not with a sword […]
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Tim Keller and the Political Moment
26 May 2023
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The idea of loving a political enemy feels foreign and out of place, but so did the entry of the God-Man into our Creator’s narrative. Like putting the king of kings in a manger and surrounding him with shepherds, loving those who oppose us, and who work feverishly to defeat us, seems like a recipe […]
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Living the Truth in Politics: Part 2
29 Aug 2018
***This is a three-part series on Living the Truth in Politics. Part 1 sets the stage of how truth is treated in the political realm. Part 2 looks at how the Bible treats truth, especially for the Child of God. Part 3 examines the obvious conflict and attempts to answer a question: how does the […]
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The Bereans spend more time discussing Donald Trump and Evangelical support.
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The Gaping Maw of Politics
27 Sep 2017
Nothing is beyond the gaping maw that is politics. Not fast food. Not movies. Not church. Not sports. Not the family. Not the backyard barbecue pit. There is no respite, no place to exhale, and no shade for cover from the sun. Gone Fishing? PETA will have something to say about that. Take in a […]
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Explaining the Christian World(View) of Politics
15 Sep 2013
Our Bereans@thegate blog has as its aim the engagement of Christian thought with the spheres of politics, economics and culture. But it has occurred that perhaps the readers of the blog may not have a full sense of why and how we write what we do. In other words, many of the posts are about […]
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Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) should resign. The Virginia governor, a self-proclaimed Christian and a graduate of Notre Dame and Regent University, is outspoken about his faith. Upon his inauguration, he called his post a ‘ministry‘, and McDonnell has encouraged the Republicans to be more ‘humble’ and Christ-like in their approach to public life. While seemingly willing to […]