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The Church and Politics: Part 1


The Church and Politics: Part 2


The Church and Politics: Part 3

The Church and Politics: Power Point presentation (in case you wanted to copy/paste any of the text)

Note Taking Form - Part 1

Note Taking Form - Part 2

Note Taking Form - Part 3

Links to other blog posts by Pastor Powell on the topic of the Church and Power/Politics:

My Thirty Year Journey Away from Rush Limbaugh

The Myth of a Christian Nation - by Gregory Boyd: a summary and response

What the 10th Century 'Peace of God' Movement can teach us about our country's embrace of political partisanship and violence

The downward spiral of Bonhoeffer biographer Eric Metaxas

After Election 2020: The Way Forward for the Church

An unhealthy overemphasis on politics

God and Politics: Greater than, less than, or equal to?

Beware of the Political Church: John MacArthur declares, "any real true believer" can only vote one way.

The theology of mandated/compulsory prayer in public schools is atrocious, its implementation would be worse.

Timeless truths in Karl Barth's Barmen Declaration, written against the Nazi dominated Evangelical Church in Germany

A rejection of a One-Party Church, and pastors as political operatives

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  • First Baptist Church of Franklin, PA
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