Jordan Ballor Expounds How Christ Is King

About this episode

Dan Hugger interviews Jordan J. Ballor about his essay on the Kingdom of Jesus and its implications for society and culture.

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Jordan J. Ballor, executive director of First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy (CRCD), about his feature essay in the latest issue of Religion & Liberty, “The Upside-Down Kingdom of Jesus of Nazareth.” Subscribe to our podcasts Watch this podcast here The Upside-Down Kingdom of Jesus of Nazareth Essays on Religion, Science, and Society | Herman Bavinck Rooted & Grounded: The Church as Organism and Institution | Abraham Kuyper On Charity & Justice | Abraham Kuyper Calvinism: Six Stone Lectures | Abraham Kuyper If you’d like to support this podcast, you can help by leaving a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts. If you have questions or suggestions for a future episode, you can email us at podcast@acton.org.

People in this episode

Host: Dan Hugger

Guest: Jordan J. Ballor

Topics covered

• religion
• culture
• Christianity
• democracy
• society

Keywords

• Christ
• King
• religion
• culture
• democracy
• interview
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy, Religion & Liberty, Acton Institute

Books & works: The Upside-Down Kingdom of Jesus of Nazareth

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