Civil government
118Elijah and Obadiah
16 May 2022
26:31¶ 85
“What we’re really seeing is that God is consistent throughout all time with his own words, obviously. We’re seeing the initial kind of aspect…”
27:05¶ 86
“It’s not something you can just say, “Well, because XYZ policy or ruler or whatever, we can completely discount your authority” – that doesn’t…”
27:35¶ 87
“Romans 13 does say he doesn’t bear the sword in vain. He has the sword. It’s a real sword. It can stab you. He…”
110Rulers
21 Mar 2022
21:23¶ 51
“It’s metaphorical and poetic, but the idea is that a godly ruler can accomplish much good. The libertarian approach, and to some regards also…”
21:55¶ 52
“But David goes beyond that to say that kings – and he’s talking in terms of monarchy, and we don’t have a monarchy, or…”
31:25¶ 78
“So we need to get away from the idea that kings in and of themselves, or political rulers or magistrates in and of themselves,…”
51Prophecy and the Ten Commandments
20 Dec 2020
2:12¶ 13
“There’s a couple ideas that go into this. First, the State, the Commonwealth, the social community – call it what you will – is…”
2:41¶ 14
“He hands the sword very explicitly to the magistrate and tells the State to act as his servant, his deacon, to punish injustice and…”
14:51¶ 52
“The basis for taxes comes in the simple economic reality that, like you were saying before, there’s a service that is being done. In…”