| Be Careful About Reading the Bible as a Political Guide
Without a mature understanding of God’s purpose for governments, we’ll default to the commonplace views of our culture.
Jonathan Leeman
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When
it comes to determining how the Bible addresses political issues, its
many related verses can feel like a massive sack of Legos. One person
opens the sack and builds a car, another a brontosaurus, another an old
Western town. With enough skill, you can build whatever you want.
Want
to make the Bible say welfare policies are bad? Find a proverb on
laziness leading to poverty (Prov. 10:4). Want to say the opposite? Find
another calling people to “defend the rights of the poor and needy” ...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Be Careful About Reading the Bible as a Political Guide
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