{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Christians, Politics, and Government - Fear","description":"We seem to be living in a time when politics is particularly driven by fear, when government is introducing policies that seem to be motivated or supported by fear. What does it mean to be a Christian - to follow Jesus, in such a time? We consider the most frequent instruction or command one can find in the Christian scriptures: &quot;Do not be afraid!&quot; Why? How? Can we love our neighbors and fear them at the same time? Visit us on the web:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/www.lbfc.org. Give: https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate?hosted_button_id=3ZJ93YXC6X9AS Music &quot;Front Porch&quot; by Adam Selzer, see https:\/\/openchurch.com\/free-download\/front-porch-1011834\/, (CC-BY-SA-3.0) Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version\u00ae, NIV\u00ae. Copyright \u00a9 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.\u2122 Used by permission of Zondervan. Background photo of two denarii on title image from BiblePlaces.com. ","author_name":"LBFC Weekly Sermons","author_url":"https:\/\/lbfc.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/36599845\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/36599845"}