It’s not uncommon for an American couple working in a foreign country to have a child, and through no effort on the part of the child, he or she has dual citizenship, a citizen of America and a citizen of the nation in which the child was born.

Every Christian has a dual-citizenship. Hebrews 11:13-16 and the entirety of 1 Peter make plain to us that we are sojourners on this Earth, that God has prepared for us a far greater homeland in which we will one day experience unmeasured delight in the presence of our God and Savior Jesus Christ. At the same time, here and now, we are indeed citizens of a city, state, and country, and God’s word makes plain to us that we have responsibilities as citizens in the place we call home.

Keith Pond begins a two-part series on what it means to be a Christian and a citizen of the United States, today looking more closely at that dual citizenship and next week examining how that plays out in an election season.