68 - If God Pardons Like a President… Should That Worry Us?

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How ought the Christian feel about presidential pardons given our personal dependence on pardons? On today's episode, we dug into the messy intersection of presidential pardons, public trust, and Christian theology to ask a hard question: when a leader can erase consequences with a signature, who bears the cost of the harm?

We start with a rapid-fire tour through a heavy news cycle filled with violence, a personal reset, and broach the topic of gerrymandering as another “false scale” that skews representation, eroding legitimacy and fueling resentment.

Then we shift from civics to Scripture. God’s pardon isn’t favoritism; it’s costly love. The cross tells us forgiveness absorbs harm rather than denying it, and real grace aims at transformation: repentance, repair, and a life remade in Christ. That vision challenges cheap mercy in politics while resisting vindictiveness.

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