I think most of us are clear on the fact that Jesus wasn’t a Republican. But there seems to be some confusion about His credentials as some sort of espresso-swilling progressive.
And you know, I see why people get confused. Jesus was witty, sarcastic, frequently at odds with the religious and political power structures, a homeless public intellectual who wasn’t averse to couch-surfing with rich friends, or a little freegan grazing, and it seems that He once told a story wherein some gay people go to heaven.
But then, He took the Old Testament creation story literally (and wasn’t afraid to build doctrine on it), took a very hard line on marriage and divorce, told people to pay their taxes to the predatory imperial power, said more about hell than the Apostle Paul (not ironically), talked about sin a lot (also not ironically), defended an extravagance that cost a year’s wages and could have been used to feed the poor, and was so unapologetically ableist that healing blind, deaf, and crippled people was a mainstay of His ministry.
In other words, His perspective and way of living make a wreckage of our modern political and social positions in all directions.
No matter who you are, Jesus is gonna mess with you. And that’s a good thing.
Full Contact Christianity 