This week we answer the question “what does it mean to be a Christian who is an American?” What does the Bible say? Not a podcast or talk radio or Facebook or the so-called conservative media or even a “Christian” politician. What does Jesus say, and how did his followers in the 1st century understand the intersection of faith and politics – citizenship on earth and citizenship in heaven?
To begin, we’ll explore what is perhaps the most familiar“ political” story in the Bible. Read Matthew 22:15-22 as you prepare to join your GCC family for worship this weekend.
The kingdom of God grows in ways that often surprise us, quietly and steadily, even when we cannot see it happening. In Mark chapter 4, Jesus tells two parables about seeds that reveal how God's kingdom expands and what our role is in that process. We are called to scatter the seed of the gospel through prayer, invitation, service, and simply caring for the people around us. But we cannot make the seed grow. Only God can do that. From a baby in a manger to hundreds of millions of believers around the world today, small beginnings produce unexpectedly large outcomes. These parables give us confidence to keep planting, even when the harvest is not yet visible. God is faithful, and no seed sown in faith is ever wasted.
