There's a fascinating conversation between John Mark Comer and David Brooks on John Mark's (somewhat new) Live No Lies podcast. They talk a lot about how politics has become a secular religion where people try to find identity and meaning. This idea reminds me of an earlier blog post of mine on how we treat politics a lot like a team sport and we are "fans" of our "team".
This is dangerous in a lot of ways, but especially for Christ-followers. Our primary identity is to be found in our relationship to Jesus, not in our politics (or our sports team, I suppose).
If you're interested in a thoughtful discussion on this, check out the Live No Lies podcast from September 13, 2021 titled "David Brooks on Politics as Secular Religion, Moral Formation & Why the Church Needs Saints Not Celebrities".
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