Bishop Hopkins and the Christian Character of our Constitution
Through our Constitution, we wished to show that officeholders were subject not only to popular will but to God Himself.
Through our Constitution, we wished to show that officeholders were subject not only to popular will but to God Himself.
How many will admit this represents an ideological bias embedded in American Protestantism whose reckoning is long overdue?
Homosexuality is not just “any sin,” but an egregious public sin that infects society.
The fact that political power may be used for evil provides no valid reason for it to be rejected or ignored. Power must be used for good.
Cooper and Dyer are able to rebut so many contemporary scholars on America's "Christian founding" because most of those scholars simply don’t know what the Christian tradition actually is.
So many difficulties would be easier to solve if Christians could rightly separate, without radically divorcing the two kingdoms.
Certain aspects of how God made the world do not cease to be operative simply because sin has twisted and deformed those institutions.
This effort will be a massive, long-term project because most radical manifestations of expressive individualism threatening us are the culmination of centuries of intellectual trends.
What is really at issue is strategic how much influence is warranted in the political environment, and tactical, the right electoral appeal.
Politics, as a reflection of the image of the God who first ordered and forever rules the world, is fundamental to who we are as human beings.