Episode 007: Into the Kingdom

James Decker is a rural mayor. Dan Stewart is a rural pastor. Both care deeply about their local community and want to make Stamford TX better! This is not a podcast on politics or theology, but a conversation on how to be a good neighbor...

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On this episode. Dan and James discuss the need to have a Christian politick first, before we build our opinion on American politics. We look at the Sermon on the Mount as Jesus' guiding light for His followers to follow. The Sermon on the Mount is not some "pie-in-the-sky" utopia, but it is the way for Christians to reflect the Kingdom of Heaven.

What We've Been Reading:
James Decker
- Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina - Book Link
- John Steinbeck - Cannery Row - Book Link
- The Southern Agrarians - I'll Take My Stand - Book Link

Dan Stewart
- Andrew Root - The Pastor in a Secular Age - Book Link
- Marc Morris - The Anglo-Saxons - Book Link
- Fareed Zakaria - The Age of Revolutions - Book Link
- Jacques Ellul - Spiritual Writings - Book Link
- Brandon Sanderson - The Way of Kings - Book Link