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What is the biblical perspective of politics? Or more broadly, power games in general? Christ wasn't a conqueror so what does that mean for apprenticing under him? I know there is Romans 13 about submitting to the wirldly authorities but that mean it is un-Godly to pursue an office of authority over others?
Along similar lines, are we called to be leaders? In what capacity?
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average_bitcoiner · 4d
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adenglvs · 4d
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freeborn | ἐλεύθερος | 8r0gwg · 4d
Great questions. The lives of Daniel and Joseph are instructive. Also: https://opc.org/wcf.html#Chapter_23 Finally, here's a decent primer on living 'in the world, but not of the world': https://www.amazon.com/Living-Gods-Two-Kingdoms-Christianity/dp/1433514044
DrDaniel ⚡️ BIP110 · 4d
Indeed. Both Daniel and Joseph rose to high offices while submitting to ungodly leaders. However, Daniel ended up in the lion's den for disobeying a law that violated his conscience. Here's a book that is poorly written (IMHO), but the underlying message is solid (again, IMHO). https://blossom.pr...
+Ragamuffin! · 4d
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Duncan Cary Palmer · 4d
The church has been deluded about politics for centuries, co-opted by means of bad Bible translations and false teaching that elevates human governments into objects of worship. Scripture clearly presents ALL nation-states as ultimately doomed satanic fiefdoms (Psalm 2, Daniel 2), destined to be en...
R · 4d
Christ conquered death and was given all authority. While he patiently restrains his earthy conquering, so that others have opportunity to repent, we are expected to represent him here. That includes not shirking opportunities to use our skills and wisdom for good. In America specifically we do...
hodlbod · 4d
There's no one idea of Christian politics. The gamut ranges from Monarchy to Anarchism and everything in between. I think Judges (decentralized self-governance) vs Samuel (two kings, one righteous, one unrighteous) is instructive. I think the ideal form of government is probably dependent on history...
SuiGenerisJohn · 4d
Render unto caesar.
Shllomo N · 4d
God very grudgingly allowed only the elective monarchy. The people elect a sovereign monarch. Anything else is an invention worse than the monarchy and will fail miserably, as it is already failing. In fact, there is no true monarchy in the world anymore.
S.Y. Slay · 3d
https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Realm-Civics-American-Christians/dp/1963505085/?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=theurban-20&dplnkId=f10f9562-f1b2-431c-ba99-723616799f31 This looks like a helpful resource on the topic. I heard the author interviewed about it.