Now here's a man whose government I can get behind!

Scott Ritsema
CIVICS NEWS.com
January 22, 2009

More than a mere man.

Obama calls for people to serve him, the newly elected "leader," and the coercive force known as a human government. McCain called us to put "country first."

I'll take the power of a suffering servant over any manifestation of governmental power. I'll serve only him.


(Thanks to Sean for the pic.)

During the first century, Christians brilliantly co-opted the political slogans of the Roman Empire, that oppressive beast. Whereas Caesar had slogans such as, "Caesar is Lord," and "There is no name given under heaven by which we can be saved other than Caesar," Christians flipped those on their heads and inserted Jesus in place of Caesar.

So, in the spirit of those first century dissidents, those brave martyrs who subverted the empire through courageous love, we say to our fellow followers of Jesus, "In Christ...Together We Can." We can expose the misdeeds of the state, and unmask the true nature of government. We can hold true to the gospel of Christ, refusing to be caught up in the religious fervor or the first days of the new presidency. We can rebuke the oppressor, and defend the cause of the oppressed.

Together we can.