Anglican vicars stay close to their pensions. Are teacher enabled with a nobler spirit? Let's hope so.

If all power is comes down from above and there is no power but of God. The Father has given all power to the Son, then who has given power to the Supreme Court to rule on God's law? We the people? The creature has power to rule on the Authority of the Creator? That's Blasphemy. Rev.13:1

Jessica Dawson wrote:
I am sorry friend, but it really looks like you are debasing me and exalting yourself.

Friend, that is a heart judgment and you don't know my heart anymore than I know yours. It was not my known intent to debase your opinion or to exalt my own. If I did so, it was not my intent. My intent was for me in my opinions to keep first table commandments and honor God's opinion above yours or mine. I have tried to regulate what I do accordingly, yet not perfectly. I myself left a very lucrative job for conscience sake and it was a battle until it was resolved. The job was not sinful in itself, but the apostasy made it offensive to my conscience, and my conscience is not yours.

Any nation that declares itself independent of The word of God and the authority of Jesus Christ as the Prince of the kings of the earth is a nation of confused pluralism. Any professing church that entertains the same pluralism by not working to resolve her divisions and schisms is accountable to God for her example that has brought this confusion into government and she needs to repent. See J. Durham's work 'Concerning Scandal'and 1 Cor.3 It is the church who leads the nation by example and not the nation the church. The nations job is to protect her, as saith the Scripture.Isa.49:23

Though only the Father knows, I don't believe Christ's return is eminent because there is unfulfilled prophecy. He is not done with Israel, as a nation though in the days to come it may appear that He is. see Hosea 2 and Romans 11. I believe in separation of Church & State because their jobs are different, and that no nation has ever been a Christian nation unless Jesus Christ is declared to be Lord in their constitution. See Daniel 4:34-37 for a heathen king that understood God's essential dominion. Jesus Christ IS Lord and the now ascended Prince of the kings of the earth, this I know by faith in the Scripture for it is written. Psalm 2

Cbcpreacher wrote:
Therefore, I agree with Jesus still when He said, "My kingdom is not of this world". That would be why I made the statements that I did.
Cbcpreacher,
Just to clarify, when I said Protestant I could have replaced that with Reformed in doctrine and worship.
I will comment on the above because I have meditated on this text as well. I believe the Lord meant, as he said in his high priestly prayer, regarding his disciples that his kingdom is still in the world but not of it. I am a historic post-millenialist. It would be just if God was done with our nation but because he is not done with his elect or his visible church it is hard to understand what God might determine.
Do you have sermons on this sight?

Cbcpreacher wrote:
Hope,
I am assuming that you come from a dominion theology perspective.

Cbcpreacher I am not what was referred to as a Re-constructionist in my day. I am assuming that is what you mean by dominion theology. I will say that God has used some of their number to correct what I believe is an errant understanding in the visible professing church. For it is as authoritative as the New, our God is Immutable.

I agree with you that to whom much is given much is required. You may believe that means revival? I do not believe it safe to have revival without reformation. There is a mutual dependence of Church and State without it serious consequences will arise in the lives of the apple of God's eye, His people. I am Protestant in doctrine,and worship; Presbyterian in discipline and government best defined by the Free Church of Scotland's edition of the Westminster Confession of Faith.

Cbcpreacher wrote:
Why do we expect any less from this newspaper or any other secular media in America?

CbcPreacher I believe your first statement on the topic above is related to the rest of the post. A house divided against itself cannot stand. That is true of the visible church and a nation when it combines error and truth when those truths have already been attained but lost by sin from generation to generation.

The proper understanding of Christ's Mediatorial Dominion has already been attained. I read this on the Lord's Day The Lord Jesus Christ has an essential dominion as a member of the adorable Trinity Rom. 9:5 over all Creation and a donative dominion as the Redeemer and Mediator of his Church given Him by the Father and administered by the Spirit's power on behalf of her Head the Lord Jesus Christ.

A Christian nation cannot have a secular media, a secular state will not long have a Christian Church, this has been proven historically, and repeats itself. It would seem to me it is the ministry and the congregation of the true religion who are instructed in the old paths that are even now being called to faithfulness at a dear price. see 1 Kings 22:24-28 Rev.11:3-4

Jessica Dawson wrote:
Acts 19:37 For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

Regarding the cartoon I do not believe it was the issue I was addressing. I was responding to your statement about editors rights and responsibilities in light of all of Scripture. All men and women of every vocation have the right and responsibility to obey God who reveals Himself in His Word. He is an Immutable God and therefore he does not change. I'll use your text for my point.

Demetrius was a tradesman, he was upset with Paul because of what he was teaching, see Acts 17:24-25; 19:26 It was going to affect his livelihood. Acts 19:24 He made no small gain. At that time, God's word had grown mightily and prevailed Acts 19:20. That was what was upsetting Demetrius. Paul was speaking the truth in love yet he did not fail to address idolatry and the worship of gods who were no gods at all. This came across clearly in Acts 17. He spoke in a manner so as not to offend for offense sake but he did not withhold truth that might be offensive. Jesus Christ to some is a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.