Singing hymns at the capitol: witness, winning, and who the real enemy is
A host is embarrassed by a friend's Facebook live videos of Christians singing hymns at the state capitol during pro-life legislative battles, even though he agrees with the legislation. The hosts work through whether celebrating a political victory in worship alienates the very people they want to win: how you win matters as much as what you win. They land on two rules: keep right notions of victory and of enemy — the enemy is the deceiver convincing people life works without God, never the people on the other side; gloating takes the victory seat away from Christ. Also discussed: whether evangelicals' middling ratings partly reflect lack of exposure (only 61% of Americans say they know one) and the 'evangelical' label itself.
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