Conservatives and Liberals Within The Same Kingdom Jesus would simply not allow the world to set the terms of his engagement with the world. This explains how he could call Matthew, a tax collector, as well as Simon, a zealot to be his disciples. Tax collectors were on the farthest right wing of Jewish politics, zealots on the farthest left wing. In fact, historical records indicate that the zealots despised the tax collectors even more than they despised the Romans (sometimes even assassinating them). Yet Matthew and Simon spent three years together ministering alongside Jesus. No doubt they had some interesting fireside chats about politics. But what is positively amazing is that they ministered together with Jesus to advance the kingdom of God. Just as interesting, we never find a word in the Gospels about their different political opinions. Indeed, we never read a word about what Jesus thought about their radically different kingdom-of-the-world views. -Excerpt from The Myth of a Christian Nation by Greg Boyd
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