But far too often, I encounter the usage of this Scripture for a soap box platform. The church deserves better.
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On Neighbors, Love, & the Magistrate
We do not want to be "those who turn aside the alien" and do not fear God.
John Calvin and the Civil Magistrate (Part 5)
Get our troops off of foreign soil and return to a true Christian magistrate.
John Calvin and the Civil Magistrate (Part 4)
Molech is alive and well at any Planned Parenthood. Asherah poles are regularly called TVs now. Under the guise of
John Calvin and the Civil Magistrate (Part 3)
There are no perfect systems. They each have potential flaws due to the sinfulness of man. Ultimately, Calvin supports aristocracy since "Owing, therefore, to the vices or defects of men, it is safer and more tolerable when several bear rule."
John Calvin and the Civil Magistrate (Part 2)
"It is our duty, therefore, not only to pray for those who are already worthy, but we must pray to God that he may make bad men good." - John Calvin
John Calvin and the Civil Magistrate (Part 1)
The church cannot suffice as a law unto itself. Calvin says, "they stupidly imagine her to be such as she never can be found in the community of men."
The pursuit of peace apart from Jesus (the Prince of Peace) or His gospel (the gospel of peace) is doomed to failure because it (the pursuit of peace apart from Christ), just like the Galatian Judiazers, is based on works of the law which cannot bring true peace.