Cooked Barbarians & Resident Aliens

One of the reasons it's hard to locate ourselves as Christians in this cultural moment is because the Kingdom we are called to seek first is so radically different than the world we find ourselves in. So what does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus living as a resident alien?

“Dear friends, I urge you, as resident aliens and exiles, to abstain from sinful desires, which wage war against your soul." 1 Peter 2:11