Stanley Hauerwas on Romans 13 (5 minutes)

https://youtu.be/PSw3tL-VkuI

Don’t leave out Romans 12:14.  (Actually, Romans 12:13* looks good, too.)

“Most American Christians don’t know how to read the Bible well… because they are American first before they are Christian.”

Here’s the actual text:  http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=396075970

Here’s who Stanley Hauerwas is:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Hauerwas

(This link is via a former pastor of mine; I didn’t discover this on my own.  Thanks, Carl. 🙂 )

*I think when Paul says “the saints”, he means poor Christians in Israel, generally, but there’s obviously a lot of room for discussion on that one.

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