Citizens of God's Kingdom

I'm reposting Debbie's blog entry from Monday,

I'll admit it. I've already voted, and I'm really tired of the whole thing.

And as tired as I am of the constant election coverage, the promises that will never be kept, the gut-wrenching fear for the country my ancestors came here to build, something else bothers me more than all this.

I think what has caused me the most distress throughout this election is the amount of venom coming from Christians on both sides of the political spectrum. It breaks my heart when I hear people who I respect or love (or both) spewing malicious falsehoods and judging the validity of another person's relationship with God based on their political views. When we do that we're not acting like citizens of God's kingdom. We're down in the muck and certainly not showing the love of God. We're not being his ambassadors in this broken world. We're failing in our job to others the One who is The Way, The Truth, and The Life.

And when it comes down to it. We know that neither candidate can truly fix our broken and hurting world.

Jesus can.

In the archives is the sermon Citizen Paul.