ICTHUS: More thoughts on Christ and Culture

So if we’re having a discussion about politics and it doesn’t include practical discussions of loving your enemy (I mean really, non-violently), my guess is that the conversation is wrong-headed to begin with. Because this new reality of the Kingdom of God has already begun (even if not not yet fully realized), it is not the job of the Christian to transform the world or the culture through means of power. This is powerful work that has already been done by God through the cross (and this is really Good News!).
So I raise the question of “being in charge” as a means to encourage Christians to reclaim their distinctly Christian imagination and identity by living by a different set of practices than those of coercive power.