“Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s,” Jesus famously said in Mark’s gospel. But how this relates to the relationship between religion and politics is a topic Christians have debated for centuries. In 426, in City of God, Augustine argued that Christians should focus on eternal […] The post The danger of blurring the line between church and state appeared first on U.S. Catholic.| U.S. Catholic
Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts For many, the term “anarchy” connotes chaos, disorder, even violence. Yet some anarchists are pacifists. And some are even Christian. The earliest Christian communities, some scholars believe, had certain anarchist tendencies, such as making decisions through group consensus, versus top-down hierarchy. Later on, of course, the church became more structured and hierarchical. […] The post Can Catholics be anarchists? | Renée Roden appeared first on ...| U.S. Catholic
The directive last year from former Superintendent Ryan Walters drew immediate condemnation from civil rights groups and prompted a pending lawsuit from a group of parents, teachers, and religious leaders.| Word&Way
In the first month of direct state aid for Missouri’s K-12 scholarship program, 98% of funds went to Christian, Jewish, and Islamic institutions.| Word&Way
The thirteenth volume of Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ exposition of Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, Life in Two Kingdoms is a tour de force of Christian teaching on the church, the state, and the individual Christian’s relationship to the ‘higher powers’. One mark of Lloyd-Jones’ treatment is specific, straightforward application. One such application concerns capital punishment—the state’s use […] The post Maintaining the Sanctity of Life: Lloyd-Jones on Capital Punishment appeared f...| Banner of Truth USA
Life in Two Kingdoms, volume 13 of Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ series of expositions of Romans, covers Romans 13:1–7. This is, as Dr Lloyd-Jones notes, the locus classicus—the classic place—where the Holy Spirit, through Paul, addresses the question of the state: the ‘powers that be’. The following excerpt is taken from pages 51 to 53 of that […] The post Subject to the Higher Powers, Unless… : Lloyd-Jones on Christian Civil Subjection appeared first on Banner of Truth USA.| Banner of Truth USA
Speaking at a recent worship service at the Pentagon, Hegseth said the US needs to be ‘in prayer, on bended knee, recognizing the providence of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.’| Word&Way
After their pursuit of taxpayer school funding failed to get approval from the U.S. Supreme Court, the plans to open St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School have been canceled.| Word&Way
by David Ramirez We are blessed to be able to celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea this year. The lion’s share of attention will be rightly paid to the Nicene Creed, the triune nature of God, and heroic confessors of the faith such as Athanasius. However, we ought not overlook the man who convened the council — Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Constantinus Augustus. No bishop convened the council, and certainly no pope, but the ruler of the Roman Empire. In the calen...| The Lutheran Witness
Arkansas became the latest flashpoint in church-state politics this week as legislation introduced less than a month ago now only needs one more round of voting to make it to the desk of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.| Word&Way
In Atlanta, immigration agents arrested a Honduran man outside the church he helped plant. Is it an isolated case or the start of a trend?| Christianity Today
Hello! I hope your Saturday is going well. Here is a talk I gave in November, at the Psychological Society of Ireland’s annual conference. The transcript appears below. Enjoy! * * * * * * Transcript: Psychology, religion, and public policy Now, this particular topic is very wide-ranging. I wouldn’t […] The post Psychology, religion, and public policy appeared first on The Science Bit.| The Science Bit
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‘Religion Hid in War’: The Revelation of the Whore and the Beast Introduction: The Twenty-Seven States or “Churches” of Human History The Twenty-Seven States, or Heavens, represent dogmatic Christianity in its successive aspects. They are to man’s spiritual life what the Mundane Shell (which contains them) is to his physical being: an enclosure which shuts him […]| thehumandivinedotorg
⚡️ “On #Evangelicals #ChurchandState #ImpeachmentDay and #Healing https://t.co/S68fZ5v0Pb — Lisa Sharon Harper (@lisasharper) December 18, 2019 The post On Evangelicals, Church and State, Impeachment Day and the healing of our nation appeared first on Lisa Sharon Harper.| Lisa Sharon Harper
