Can a Christian Vote for a Socialist?

Jesus commands us to care for the poor. Does that mean Christians should support socialism?

In this episode of Men Who Understood the Times, Zachary, Andrew, and Joshua examine socialism from a Lutheran perspective, comparing its promises with Scripture's teaching on human nature, private property, government, and salvation.

We open the Democratic Socialists of America's own program to discuss life, sex, and marriage, and revisit C.F.W. Walther's warnings about communism and socialism. Can better systems fix sinful people? What limits should government have? And when does a political promise of liberation become a competing gospel?