tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post8710393646991043611..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: Texas Controversy Persists and Proper Ways to Understand "Christian Nation"Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-86234795571930300972010-01-12T13:28:11.823-07:002010-01-12T13:28:11.823-07:00BTW, we read that excerpt from "Sinners"...BTW, we read that excerpt from "Sinners" from a widely used textbook in a public school in Indianapolis. Religion was definitely a forbidden subject, so I have often wondered how that crept in there.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165084874363214919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-67156810761033328062010-01-11T21:54:04.209-07:002010-01-11T21:54:04.209-07:00JRB
Romans 13 comes up usually when control freak...JRB<br /><br />Romans 13 comes up usually when control freak pastors want to make sure no one challenges them. Not so much on the political front that I have heard either from the pulpit or in laymen conversation circles.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525858551867530960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-37940083921849358702010-01-11T21:48:36.441-07:002010-01-11T21:48:36.441-07:00Jon stated:
"And, to the contrary, it's ...Jon stated:<br /><br />"And, to the contrary, it's just as valid an evangelical understanding of Romans 13 to view all rebellion, including and especially what occurred in America in 1776 as a sin, a sin on par with witchcraft."<br /><br />Most balanced statement you have made on this Jon. I think all this back and forth has been worth it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525858551867530960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-21586942919682448152010-01-11T20:40:02.745-07:002010-01-11T20:40:02.745-07:00Interesting, JRB. I have no first-hand knowledge o...Interesting, JRB. I have no first-hand knowledge of what's coming from the pulpits these days, but I would recommend rereading this Founding-era sermons, when the government offers itself in place of God.<br /><br />No Christian owes his loyalty to such a beast. That much became a staple of Christian thought. Word up.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-33338255381334929222010-01-11T13:40:19.927-07:002010-01-11T13:40:19.927-07:00...Marshall told The Wall Street Journal, "We...<i>...Marshall told The Wall Street Journal, "We're in an all-out moral and spiritual civil war for the soul of America, and the record of American history is right at the heart of it."</i><br /><br />I believe that it was Robert Sproul that I heard on the radio this morning as I was driving, and he was talking about the culture wars and how essentially the government was out of control. He alluded to the fact that no one was taking up arms yet (sounding rather ominous), as they had in the earlier American revolution (which he referred to as a rebellion against the parent government). The centerpiece of his presentation was that all persons of good faith should band together in an ecumenical jihad against today's secular corrupted society and government. I believe that it was in reference to the work of a Peter Kreeft.<br /><br />I've heard other God-fearing people talking of the coming revolution or armed rebellion and there are/have been many a call to stockpile guns and ammunition for the coming strife.<br /><br />Given all this, the seeming revolutionary mindset that's developing, is Romans 13 a part of the modern discussion in Christian America either from the pulpit, the Christian media or from the pews?jimmiraybobnoreply@blogger.com