Replying to Escitalopram Why?

I'm not usually this generous, but let it be known that this morning I am in a good mood. Here are just a few:

Where?

Exodus 22:28

Proverbs 24:21

Deuteronomy 17:12

Ecclesiastes 8:2-4

Matthew 22:21

Luke 20:25

Acts 23:5

Ephesians 6:5-8

Colossians 3:22-25

Philemon 1:15-16

Romans 13:1-7

1 Timothy 2:1-2

Titus 3:1

"Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work."

1 Peter 2:13-17

"Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake"

Hebrews 13:17

Who?

John Chrysostom, Homilies on Romans and Homilies on Matthew

Augustine of Hippo, City of God

Martin Luther, Temporal Authority: To What Extent It Should Be Obeyed?

John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion (Book 4, Chapter 20)

Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity

Samuel Rutherford, Lex, Rex

Jonathan Edwards, A Divine and Supernatural Light (sermon)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics and Letters and Papers from Prison

Francis Schaeffer, A Christian Manifesto

Nikolai Berdyaev, The Realm of Spirit and the Realm of Caesar

John Knox, The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women

John Milton, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), (Chapter 23: Of the Civil Magistrate)

Martin Niemöller, sermons and letters

The proper role of the magistrate, and for that matter resistanceto tyrrany and principled disobedience, is meaningless once you remove the real authority of said magistrate.

You want to be your own little god who doesn't have to be inconvenienced by another human interfering with your plans. It's a poorly informed worldview. Eat some meat.
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The Beave 1y ago

This... It's going to take a while.

I haven't read any of those sources. I don't consider some of them worth bothering with, others are already in my list. I don't really care about much reading by people that's not directly exposition if the Bible.

As for the biblical references, I'll have to go through those. Thank you for the list. This will take a while to respond to.

Exodus 22:28

Cursing a ruler is not the same as disobeying evil.

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Escitalopram Why? 1y ago

haven't read any of them? further proving your self-worship and mental masturbation to the sound of your own voice.

guess you've got your work cut out but 100% positive you'll find an excuse not to read any of this. especially as you've already written some of them off ha ha ha

also check out volume 1 of god and government by gary de mar. pretty contriversial stuff but tons and tons of direct exposition of the scriptures