In this episode, we take a look at what it is that makes “A City on a Hill” such an attractive metaphor for the United States and why we believe the Church of Jesus Christ is the true light of the world.
Here is a link to the full farewell speech by Ronald Reagan.
Here is a link to the sermon from John Winthrop.
We make five suggestions about how the Sermon on the Mount shapes the political involvement of the church:
1. “Salt and Light” speak to the public effect of being kingdom people. Salt and Light are effects derived from having the character described in the beatitudes.
2. God’s people are only salt and light when their actions in the world are governed by the beatitudes.
3. Morality is not the goal of the beatitudes or of the salt and light. This is how it has been treated for many years.
4. The point of salt and light seems to be that the public lives of kingdom people will reflect the inner transformation that takes place when we identify ourselves by faith with the king.
5. To hide your light under a basket is to not identify with the king when given the opportunity. One can speak up for moral things while hiding the light of the true king!
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Music:
Little Lily Swing, Tri-Tachyon, Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/the-kleptotonic-ep/little-lily-swing
Sorry, Comfort Fit, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Germany (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE), https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Comfort_Fit/Forget_And_Remember/03_Sorry