Oddbean

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.

yes the verses are without context and must be read and interpreted in context read ezra and nehemiah. recognize that they, and daniel, served one of the most brutal series of tyrant kings the world has seen. and were commended for it.

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.

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

your opinion stems from your self worship. bible doesn't let you be the center of anything. so it definitely means that you're totally mistaken. you're supposed to die for the ones you love/serve. left handed victory etc. submit. and find true freedom. we all die. desperately grasping at power for the sake of self worth is a pathetic way to go out.