Romans 13 tells believers to submit to governing authorities, and Pastor Adam refuses to soften it. He sets Galatians 5 alongside it, argues neither church nor state produces righteousness by rule, and leaves Daniel’s defiance as an open question rather than answering it.

Pilate tells Jesus he has the power to free him or crucify him, and Jesus relocates the whole question. Pastor Adam opens The Politics of Jesus by dismantling the assumption most believers hold quietly: that Jesus’ political views happen to match their own.