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Second, the magistrate, the ruler, "is the minister of God to thee for good" (vs. 4). The ruler is God's minister, His diakonos. He is a deacon, a laborer, a ministrant, an attendant to people for God. As the derivation of diakonos shows, he is one who runs errands: God's errands. In particular...

Continuing with Civll Government: The Neglected Ministry http://vftonline.org/VFTfiles/thesis/commentators/Jones/CIVIL%20GOVERNMENT%20THE%20NEGLECTED%20MINISTRY,%20by%20Archie%20P_%20Jones.htm Something every pastor should share with his congregation yearly, especially as election time nears...

When looking at a SCOTUS ruling involving homosexuality, the best source to go to is homosexual websites to see what their thoughts are on the case. Looking at the views of Lambda Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Transgender Law Center (Centerlink stresses the importance of passing...

Reading more on the SCOTUS opinion on Fulton v Philadelphia: The religious views of CSS inform its work in this system. CSS believes that “marriage is a sacred bond between a man and a woman.” App. 171. Because the agency understands the certification of prospective foster families to be an...

More on Fulton v Philadelphia (Catholic Social Services regarding failure to adopt to homosexual couples) Court holds that city’s refusal to make referrals to faith-based agency violates Constitution The ruling was a victory for Catholic Social Services, an organization associated with the...

I'll review the different SCOTUS opinions in the SCOTUS blog in the next few days and see if I can figure out what "work with" means. The Alliance Defending Freedom is claiming this as a religious freedom victory but that's the same organization that defended Christian baker Jack Phillips...

Wow, who would have thought that Sonia Sotomayer and Elena Kagan would be on the side of religious freedom and rule against anti discrimination laws that protect their beloved homosexuals and transgenders? Do you think Sonia and Elena have found religion Idolater? (Yeah, that must be it) ...

Continuing from page 36, post #708 and Civil Government: The Neglected Ministry Something every Pastor should study and explain the importance of to his flock on a regular basis. "Neglect one institution (the family, the Church, civil government ) and you inevitably impair the functioning...

Before I continue with "Civil Government: The Neglected Ministry: It looks like SCOTUS in a 9-0 ruling threw a wrench into the spokes of Donald Trump's not so tough on crime Presidency, when they ruled that low-level crack cocaine offenders cannot benefit under a 2018 federal law that reduced...

aCultureWarrior said: I'll go with the definition that life long libertarians like Ron Paul, Murray Rothbard, Walter Block and Lew Rockwell wrote in the Libertarian Party Platform: "As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty: a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives...

aCultureWarrior said: I'll go with the definition that life long libertarians like Ron Paul, Murray Rothbard, Walter Block and Lew Rockwell wrote in the Libertarian Party Platform: "As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty: a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives...

aCultureWarrior said: If the civil ruler rules based on libertarian ideology ("It's MY body and I can do with it as I please!"...i.e. pro abortion, pro homosexuality, pro recreational drug use, etc.), then explain to the people following this 6 part thread why that person couldn't be a...

aCultureWarrior said: If the monarch [or any civil ruler] rules based on libertarian ideology ("It's MY body and I can do with it as I please!"...i.e. pro abortion, pro homosexuality, pro recreational drug use, etc.), then explain to the people following this 6 part thread why that person...

aCultureWarrior said: Do you think someone can embrace libertarian ideology and still be a follower of Christ ? You're confusing a Godless ideology (libertarianism) with a form of government (a monarchy). If the monarch rules based on libertarian ideology ("It's MY body and I can do with it...

Disgusting. 29:13, Trump's support of homosexuality.

Good point, with Cheap Grace Theology out there, people are drowning because they don't know the truth. Back to one of the reasons that they are drowning: more of "Civil Government: The Neglected Ministry"

aCultureWarrior said: Do you think someone can embrace libertarian ideology and still be a follower of Christ marke? When it comes to supporting God's requirements for salvation, what would those requirements be marke in the area of civil government and selecting civil leaders? Good point...

aCultureWarrior said: Now back to my other questions that you seemed to have missed: Do you think someone can embrace libertarian ideology and still be a follower of Christ marke? When it comes to supporting God's requirements for salvation, what would those requirements be marke in the area...

Correct, following the 613 Mosaic laws given to the nation of Israel will not save a person (duh). Repentance (a change of mind, which also brings a change of actions, i.e. good works) is required; Acts 26:20 Now back to my other questions that you seemed to have missed: Do you think someone...

If something needs to be proven, it's a requirement. In a court of law, in order to convict the defendant of the crime(s) charged against him, it's required that proof of the defendants guilt is beyond a reasonable doubt. The libertarian that identifies as a Christian yet commits sins of...