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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a meaningful discussion on Jesus and politics. It is based on the book he did recently with Mike Bird entitled Jesus and the Powers, which we have reviewed and is a brief but helpful read.\u00a0 \u2018Jesus is Lord\u2019, and Caesar is Not, a famous quote from Wright.\u00a0 \u00a0John 19, Jesus says to Pilate, you would have no power over me unless One from above had given it to you.\u00a0 But what would Jesus say about democracies?\u00a0 \u00a0There is some interesting comments here about Constantine.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a meaningful discussion on Jesus and politics. It is based on the book he did recently with Mike Bird entitled Jesus and the Powers, which we have reviewed and is a brief but helpful read.\u00a0 \u2018Jesus is Lord\u2019, and Caesar is Not, a famous quote from Wright.\u00a0 \u00a0John 19, Jesus says to Pilate, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":68308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15025,15028],"class_list":["post-68395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-all-power-corrupts","tag-and-ultimate-power-corrupts-ultimately"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>N.T. Wright about Jesus and Politics<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xvdQtTkiD9s&t=241s Here's a meaningful discussion on Jesus and politics. 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