One of the things I liked best about Pope Francis’s recent visit was that his speeches included positions that, in some cases made those on the political left happy, and, in other cases, made those on the political right happy.
They did not fit one party line or ideology.
Christians do not fit into the categories of this world.
We belong on a spectrum of belief that is defined and given by God.
We have good news to bring to this world, as well as prophetic words of conditional judgement.
In Christ, we are in this world, but not of it. (John 17:16)
As we approach the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, Pope Francis served as a reminder that what binds Christians together is not our conformity to this world, but by our transformed nature through God’s gift to us all of Jesus Christ on the Cross.
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