Tag: authorities

• Bracing for a 16-Month Season of Rants

  Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to…

  Blake

  August 13, 2015

  Church Communications, conflict, leadership, missional

  agenda, authorities, Christian, communication, culture, disparage, disrespect, Fox News, government, honor, MSNBC, office, politics, rants, respect, Romans 13, season, social media

• Entitlement and the Church

  Tuesday Re-mix: Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.  Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.  1 Peter 3:8-9 Peter offers these words as a brief summary of his “submit to the…

  Blake

  September 30, 2014

  Church Law, Church/State issues, The Church’s Influence, the revolution

  1 Peter 3, America, authorities, church, entitlement, First Amendment, Freedom, gospel, Jews, persecuted, politics, power, privilege, religious, responsibilities, rights, submit