or, “How would Jesus vote?”
With a general election looming in the United Kingdom I am asking the question, “How, as a follower of Jesus should I vote?” Does Jesus give us any clue how we should act in a democratic age? Jesus said a lot about how we should order our lives, but very little about how we should go about choosing a politician or political party to rule over us. But if we want to be true to following Jesus we need to look carefully at his life and words and see if we can glean some clues.
- What are the cultural differences between Jesus’ day and today?
- Was Jesus a nationalist?
- Was Jesus a socialist?
- Did Jesus believe in a free market?
- How would Jesus vote? [Read more…]
This week we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and we must ask ourselves, “Why is this so important, and what is the relevance to us?” Why is a reported event that took place nearly 2000 years ago so earth shattering? If we believe that Jesus was who he said he was, nothing could bring more hope to the human race than God himself dying as a human being but defeating death and promising the same for us.
All matter will approach absolute zero in temperature, all life will have long since disappeared. Everything around us decays. Life ends in death.
Christine and I belong to a choir. We have just held a number of Christmas concerts and we sang this carol among others. It starts with typical words about Christmas bells and “Peace on earth”. The carol goes on to say:
My last blog was about nationalism and racism and how the future is effected by them. When we look at the world we could be very gloomy. But basically I am an optimist because I believe the ultimate future is what Jesus called the Kingdom of God.
