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#WCSK Episode 2.11c: The Christian and the State
Picking up from last week … On Justice I will devote a significant amount of time to highlight the Biblical concept of justice in order to make a contemporary connection to living everyday under the authority of a secular regime. What you will find is that justice in a Biblical sense differs enough from justice…
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#WCSK Episode 2.11b: The Christian and the State
Picking up from last week… The Christian in subjection to the State Romans 13:1-7 is perhaps the most specific and practical text in Scripture regarding what the Christian’s stance should be toward the State: “Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those…
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#WCSK Episode 2.11a: The Church and the State
The series What Christians Should Know Volume II (#WCSK2) boosts your understanding and shows you how to apply biblical principles to everyday life. All Scriptures are taken from the New American Standard Bible unless otherwise noted. Biblical references are examples and are in no way intended to be exhaustive. Many of the ideas here build…
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#WCSK Episode 0.4c: Why suffering? A case study of Job
Job: A case study Any discussion about suffering and the Bible would be incomplete without a mention of Job, the title character of the Old Testament book. Why? Because Job is a textbook on how suffering interacts in a world ruled by a sovereign God. My advice to all those who have never read Job:…
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#WCSK Episode 0.4b: How to deal with suffering
Picking up from last week… How to deal with suffering The Biblical model never asks Christians to deny, dismiss, or minimize suffering. In fact, there is an entire book of the Bible (Lamentations) devoted to the expression of grief. As we discuss later, Job had his outpouring of grief and emotion memorialized for all time in…