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Important Vector of Reformation: Lesser Magistrate
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Important Vector of Reformation: Lesser Magistrate
 
Recently heard one of the best presentations of God's Law applied to how reformation needs to proceed that I have heard in a very long time

Here is the link to Pastor Trewhella's  Montana Election day sermon.

Election Sermon to Montana Legislators – The Duty of Lower Magistrates in the Face of Tyranny

 Doug Wilson's recommendation of the two books Book of the Month/January 2015

 

Let me also give you the mirror-opposite interpretation of what the Christian attitude should be toward government.

Roughly these opposing views represent the divine-right of kings viewpoint of the Stewart kings of England in the 1600's, contrasted with the Presbyterian Scottish Covenanter insistence on how the Bible revealed the law of Christ: the judge, lawgiver, and king over all matters political, and High Priest and Bishop over all congregations in the Church.

 

Hopefully you can match up which modern views correspond with these.

Christian Submission vs Belligerent Discontentment Before Civil Authorities



And then, here are the two conflicting views in application:

 

Southern Baptist ethicist says Alabama judges must uphold gay marriage law or resign


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