Episode 390: Church and State, Part Four--Checks and Balances

As we continue our summer series exploring why the separation of church and state is good for both sides of that arrangement, we explore the way our voice as Christians can be a helpful check and balance on the actions and decisions of government.  Most folks who have lived in the United States understand the concept of how we are supposed to have "checks and balances" within government itself, in the separated powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government.  But what if the role of the church, either collectively or individually, can have a similar check-and-balance for the state, precisely because the church doesn't wield governmental power?  What if, like the prophets of ancient Israel, it's exactly because we are on the outside of the halls of government that we can be a voice that holds government accountable?  And how would we lose that ability to offer prophetic critique if we were a part of the established government bureaucracy?  These are the places our conversation is going today--join us this time here on Crazy Faith Talk!