Justin Taylor: Dual Citizens: Getting Oriented during Election Season

The link (below) is to a helpful post by Justin Taylor. In his introductory comments he presents Scriptural evidence for our dual citizenship, then concludes:

We are dual citizens, responsible and active members of both God’s spiritual kingdom and earthly kingdom. And if we seek to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, and strength—and to love our neighbor as ourselves—then we should care to some degree about politics and elections and the role of government in our land.

Then he unfolds two broad concerns: Some Christians “care too much” about politics, and some “care too little.” Very helpful stuff!
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Dual Citizens: Getting Oriented during Election Season.

Love the Lord most of all. Here are some sweet thoughts from my daughter, Kathryn, from her blog.
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Do not abandon your first love.

So often we let our hearts become entangled in the things our lives are made of. We focus so intensely on one thing that everything else fades to a blur. Or we spread ourselves so thin that nothing holds any great meaning. Recently I have been convicted time and time again by the idea of a first love. The one true first love. The only love. Of Jesus Christ. My heart has not always been faithful in putting Him at the center of my life. I let other things take over my time, my thoughts, my desires. But God is quick to check me and to remind me of who he is…

The song “O the deep deep love of Jesus” has continuously popped up these first few weeks of school: my roommates and I decided to paint one of the verses on canvas…

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