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If 2020 was anything, it was a highly politicized year. As such, it’s become harder and harder for Christians to find a place to stand on public issues that wasn't blatantly partisan. So how do we navigate this important issue of politics as followers of Jesus? Jay Kim, Liz Ditty and David Tieche stop by to discuss this.

NOTE: This conversation was inspired - and directed - by the new WestGate Church position paper on faith and politics (available here: https://www.westgatechurch.org/position-papers). Although no single paper can exhaust all that needs to be said about a topic this complex, we think this paper is a good starting point for conversation about this topic, and we hope it helps you.

We live in a time of fractured discourse, made worse by not only polarized social media, but also in light of the election and the myriad of deeply-emotionally-charged issues facing the world right now. So how do we, as Christians, talk to one another? Especially when people - even people in your Christian friend group - are divided dramatically about these issues? Is there a way to talk TO each other and not PAST each other? Jay Kim, Liz Ditty and David Tieche stop by to talk (civilly) about this important topic.

During this difficult season of 2020, an age-old question has intensified in the hearts of many: if God is truly good and all-powerful, then why do such terrible things happen? WestGate Church lead pastors Steve Clifford and Jay Kim join David Tieche to talk through the theology and hope of why God allows suffering - and why asking the question "Why" might be the wrong question to ask.

RESOURCES:
Walking Through Pain and Suffering with God - by Tim Keller
God Has a Name - by John Mark Comer
Evil and the Justice of God - by NT Wright