# Where Do Faith and Politics Meet?

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Podcast: [Mountainview Church Audio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mountainview-church-audio-131)
Published: 2026-08-16T07:00:00+00:00
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We live in a culture where every election feels like a fight for the soul of the country. It's easy to let politics start doing the job your identity was supposed to do. This week we open the Gospel of Matthew, where Jesus gets handed a political trap by two groups who agreed on nothing except wanting Him gone. He answers by holding up a coin: "Render to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's." We'll talk about what it looks like to let your identity in Christ come before your lo...

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