Psalms as Political Propaganda

My good friend Jason Hood interviewed Peter Leithart a couple of years ago on Christianity and politics. This paragraph is revolutionary.

Worship is the leading political activity of Christians.  In worship, we sing Psalms that call on God to judge the wicked and defend the oppressed, and God hears our Psalms; we pray for rulers to rule in righteousness; we hear the word of God that lays out our alternative way of life, and we sit at the table where we who are many are formed into one body, an alternative Christian polis, by sharing in the one loaf.  The problem is that in many churches those things don’t happen.  Churches don’t sing Psalms, and especially don’t sing the hard Psalms that call on God to judge the wicked.  More churches are having weekly Eucharist, but in evangelicalism that is still more the exception than the rule.  The first political agenda for American Christians is to get worship more into line with Scriptural requirements.

Catechism

This is one of the greatest things about being a dad: 

Josh: Who is the King?

Cecily: DADDY!!!

Josh: And who's the King of Daddy?

Cecily: JESUS!!!

Josh: Who's Jesus?

Cecily: God. AAAAAAAAAAND He growed up to be big and strong and HIS Daddy the ooother God chooseded him to be the King.

Josh: That's right, and do you know how Jesus became King?

Cecily: [incredulously] NO

Josh: He died on the cross

Cecily: But Daddy, kings don't die on a cross.

Josh: You're right, they don't usually, but Jesus died because of all the times we disobeyed. And then do you know what happened?

Cecily: Noooo [smiling]

Josh: He WOKE UP FROM THE DEAD AND NOW HE'S THE KING FOREVER AND EVER!!!!

Cecily: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! [dancing around]