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Have you ever been home, let’s say at Thanksgiving, and your weird, single Uncle starts groaning about how “kneeling during the anthem” is ruining football and Papa John’s Pizza and...I don’t know, the economy? Well, this week, Dave, James, and Kevin tackle (do you see what I did there) the difficult subject of Jesus and kneeling during the anthem. Spoiler alert: it’s not that difficult. Jesus is cool with it, you duys. So, sorry if that ruins the ep for you but hey, there it is. Anyways, here’s some scriptures we used to discuss the topic: Proverbs 31:9 Proverbs 21:13 Matthew 21:12-13: But then... In the sermon on the mount, which you can read in full in Matthew chapters 5 through 7, but anyways, during that sermon Jesus criticises Romans for their oppression, and then explains that the “kingdom” that he’s talking about is the kingdom of God, which, as writer Pete Enns put it, “not an attempt to make Israel great again.” Enns continues to explain that Jesus’ kingdom is not “of this world,” just like he told Pilate in John 18:36. “If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.” So, Jesus doesn’t want to be aligned with any political party, which can be a hard pill for both Democrats and Republicans to swallow. But Jesus is above and beyond politics. As he so famously prayed, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” The Christian’s number one priority is to be an instrument of welcoming God’s will “on earth as it is in heaven,” and that ain’t easy. And it certainly transcends party lines. Nowhere do Christians have a more obvious responsibility to manifest the Kingdom of God than when other humans are disenfranchised, treated unjustly, or unfairly. So, would Jesus — you know, if he played football — kneel during the national anthem? Absolutely. Questions? Comments? If you have questions about anything we talked about in today’s episode, or if you’d like to comment on anything we said, or if you have suggestions for future episodes, then please connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, or both! twitter.com/WhiteJesusPod facebook.com/SaveMeWhiteJesus Thanks to John Cotton For the use of our theme song "Close" off a forthcoming EP. You can find and buy John's music here: https://nothankyoujohn.bandcamp.com/