Name: A Faithful Response to Cultural Trends
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What This Free Course Covers

This free course gathers three short question-and-answer lessons about Christian responsibility in a politically and culturally tense world. The lessons do not offer a party platform or a culture-war strategy. Instead, they ask how Christians can speak with care, keep a respectful attitude toward government, and bring public issues under the way of Christ. One lesson considers how to discuss politics without sounding uncaring or disconnected, especially around election season.

Another addresses the difficult question of obedience, taxes, and wicked rulers by looking to Romans 13, Nero, and the principle that Christians obey God rather than men when human commands conflict with Christ. The final lesson explains why the speaker does not plan to write on several current ideologies, while pointing to his focus on making early Christian material accessible to everyday believers.

Christian citizenship Kingdom of God Respectful speech Civil obedience Obeying God rather than men Romans 13 Early Christian witness Cultural discernment Everyday Christian teaching

What You Will Study

How to speak about politics with respect, care, and wisdom
Why Christians should avoid a hateful or dishonoring attitude toward their country or leaders
How political questions can become openings to discuss the kingdom of God
The difference between obeying civil authorities and violating the laws of Christ
How Romans 13 is applied in the context of wicked rulers such as Nero
Why early Christians could be loyal subjects while refusing idolatry and emperor worship
Why the speaker chooses not to focus his writing on several current cultural ideologies

Questions This Course Helps Answer

How can a Christian explain noninvolvement in politics without sounding uncaring?
What attitude should Christians have toward their government and leaders?
How can political conversations be redirected toward the way of Christ?
Does the kingdom of God speak to issues like abortion, borders, and healthcare?
Should Christians obey the government when rulers are wicked?
How does Romans 13 apply when the ruler is Nero?
Would the same principle apply to a ruler like Hitler?
When must Christians obey God rather than human authorities?
How did early Christians show loyalty while refusing idolatry?
Why might faithful obedience lead to suffering under a hostile government?
Will the speaker write about cancel culture, LGBTQ questions, gender ideology, or progressive racism?
Why does the speaker focus his writing on early Christian sources for everyday believers?

Lesson-by-Lesson Guide

How Should Significant Theological Issues Be Handled in the Unity Movement?

This lesson responds to a question about discussing politics around election season without appearing uncaring or disconnected. The answer stresses respect for government, love for leaders, and using heated political issues as a way to point toward the kingdom of God rather than partisan answers.

How should Christians speak about politics with unbelievers or professing Christians?
How can a believer avoid sounding uncaring while not engaging politics in the usual way?
What does it mean to bring public issues under the way of Christ?
How can knowledge and conviction be joined with care and love?

Would David Pay Taxes and Obey the Government If He Lived in Nazi Germany Under Hitler?

This lesson addresses whether Christians should pay taxes and obey the government under a deeply wicked ruler. The answer appeals to Paul writing Romans 13 under Nero, while also affirming that Christians must obey God rather than men when civil commands require disobedience to Christ.

Should Christians pay taxes under an evil government?
How does Nero affect the way Romans 13 is understood?
When does obedience to government stop?
Why did early Christians refuse emperor worship and idolatry?

Will You Address Current Unbiblical Ideologies Like Cancel Culture, LGBTQ, More Than Two Genders, and Progressive Racism?

This lesson answers a question about whether the speaker plans to write or record on several current cultural ideologies. He says he does not plan to do so, explaining that his writing focus is the early Christians and making patristic material accessible to everyday believers.

Will the speaker write on cancel culture or current gender and sexuality debates?
Why does he avoid taking up those subjects in his own writing?
What audience does he try to serve in his work on early Christianity?
Why does he emphasize making early Christian sources accessible?

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A Faithful Response to Cultural Trends

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