In Romans 13, Paul instructs the church in Rome to submit to the governing authorities which God has placed over them. This text has been used throughout Christian history to instruct Christian to support governing powers, including when those powers upheld injustice, oppression, and slavery. How are we to understand this text in light of Paul's mandate that the greatest authority, and the truest fulfilment of the law, is love?
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How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART 5: Parables as Puzzles
How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART4: The Wisdom Literature
How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART 3: The Prophets
How and Why to Engage the Scriptures PART 2: The Violent Histories
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Acts Ep10: Non-Anxious Paul in an Anxious World
ACTS Ep9: Paul Performs theScript
ACTS Ep8: The Image of God is Ordinary
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Acts Ep6: The Politics of Respectability
Acts Ep5: Changing Our Mind
Acts Ep4: But The Bible Clearly Says
ACTS Ep3: Marriage, Money, and Power
ACTS Ep2: The Kin-dom of Christ and the House of Commons
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