“If the gospel is true, that means the gospel is not a means to an end. It’s not a tool to excite nationalistic passions, or to form social bonds, or to teach civics. The gospel is the announcement that God has raised the crucified Jesus from the dead and seated Him in the heavenly places at the right hand of God as the heavenly ruler of the cosmos. If that is true, then every other allegiance is subordinate,” Moore said, his voice now rising. “Jesus teaches us to pray by asking first of our Father, holy and set apart, for the coming of the kingdom on earth as it is in heaven. And only then
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