Dual Citizens

Pastor Kim reflects on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, urging believers to order their loves by placing God first according to Matthew 22. Contrasting triumphalism and cynicism, he uses parables of the rich fool, great banquet, hidden treasure, pearl of great price, and good Samaritan to illustrate disordered versus ordered loves. Emphasizing dual citizenship from Philippians 3 and rendering to Caesar what is Caesar's while giving God what is God's from Mark 12, Pastor Kim calls the church to practical love, gratitude mixed with lament, and active stewardship as light and salt in the world, all rooted in the gospel and Christ's finished work on the cross.