Exiles in Babylon: A Christian Political Identity. Preston Sprinkle

Theology in the Raw

Preston Sprinkle

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This episode is a talk I gave at the Center for Pastor Theologians annual conference held in Oak Park, IL, in September 2024. In this talk, I try to unpack what the Bible says about a Christian political identity by looking at the Scriptural themes of exile and Babylon. The talk was received fairly well, espeically by the Anabaptists in the back, who were hootin' and hollerin'. Others had some really thoughtful questions and pushback. -- If you've enjoyed this content, please subscribe to my channel! Support Theology in the Raw through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw Or you can support me directly through Venmo: @Preston-Sprinkle-1 Visit my personal website: https://www.prestonsprinkle.com For questions about faith, sexuality & gender: https://www.centerforfaith.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, friends, we're doing it again. The Exiles in Babylon Conference is from April 3rd to 5th in
0:05.6	Minneapolis, Minnesota. That's 2025. All the info is at Theologyinthorod.com. This is going to be
0:11.7	a barn burner of a conference. Lots of fun stuff happening. Some amazing speakers coming out. Again,
0:17.7	go to Theodgera.com to check out all the information. And there is a
0:21.2	early bird sign-up special that expires December 31st. You want to take advantage of that offer.
0:26.4	My guest today is the, da-da-da-da-me. This is a recording of a talk I gave at this year's
0:34.0	Center for Pastor Theologians Conference in Oak Park, Illinois, back in September.
0:40.3	And in this talk, I try to articulate my summary of what I mean when I say, we should be living as
0:50.8	exiles in Babylon.
0:52.9	Goodness gracious, I get all kinds of comments on social media where people are like,
0:56.5	you know, what do you mean by Babylon?
0:57.7	What do you mean by exile?
0:58.7	What about this?
0:59.2	What about that?
0:59.8	And in this talk, I try to give kind of my most concise 40 minute or so summary of what
1:08.3	I think is a solid, biblically faithful Christian political identity.
1:14.6	Yeah, it was a fun conference.
1:17.4	I got lots of interesting feedback from the audience.
1:19.9	Most of people really resonated with it.
1:21.5	Got some hard questions as well.
1:24.3	So yeah,
1:25.1	really enjoyed participating in this conference.
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