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Responsibility, Decisions, Accountability, and Politics

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I have made plenty of mistakes in my life, from economic to moral, from spiritual to physical. When I was a child, my parents tried to be selective in when and how they would "bail me out" of the consequences of my errors, all with the intent of guiding me to learn from my mistakes. … Continue reading Responsibility, Decisions, Accountability, and Politics

Government is God's minister? Struggling with Romans 13

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I've been chewing on Romans 13 today.  I am struggling in several ways, but most so in comparing the governments we see in the world today - some that are truly the living definition of "unjust" and "ungodly".  Government that could not be any more "anti-Christian" in nature - yet I go back to Romans … Continue reading Government is God's minister? Struggling with Romans 13