(172) S1E33 {Interview ~ Jason Porterfield} Fight Like Jesus




The Fourth Way show

Summary: This interview is with Jason Porterfield, author of the new book, "Fight Like Jesus." We cover a bunch of topics which you can find timestamped below. 0:00 - Episode Introduction 3:10 - Jason's Introduction 11:50 - Jesus paying taxes to Caesar 20:20 - How does submission and Romans 13 play out in a modern day context 26:15 - If we can't bear the sword, can we be involved in government? Isn't abstaining from government retreatism? 31:00 - How do we think about nonviolence when real life happens, like the war in Ukraine? 42:15 - How does violence tend to do injustice primarily to the poor? How does nonviolence look like justice? 52:10 - Is nonviolence idealistic? How ought Christians to pursue the ideal through community, or an alternative politic, the church? 1:02:55 - What does it mean to be nonviolent and submissive in the face of oppressors? 1:11:05 - The Passover as liberation vs. as atonement