Archive for the ‘Christians and Government’ Category

Before we seek to correct the justification of the murder of abortion doctors like George Tiller by referencing Deitrick Bonhoeffer’s plot to murder Adolf Hilter, we must remember our responsibilities to God ordained human government. The first responsibility is to obey government as long as government does not try to force the believer to disobey God. [...]

The late Dr. Jack L. Arnold agreed with John MacArthur that the Revolutionary War was rebellion against God: In our own American Revolution, Christians were divided over how to understand their responsibilities to the state and over the right to revolt. Some, especially those of the Church of England, fought on the side of the [...]

On July 4th we celebrate Independence Day, the day commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This document declared our independence from the government of Great Britain in 1776. Great controversy between evangelicals rages concerning what the Founding Fathers did in the Revolutionary War for Independence. Was the America Revolution civil disobedience or rebellion [...]