tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post1178859549969219270..comments2023-11-02T02:58:53.594-07:00Comments on From the Pew: iMonk UpdateSteve Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10297044571819912511noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-67464226167182173632010-03-31T18:07:34.270-07:002010-03-31T18:07:34.270-07:00Hi, Steve,
Like others, I found your blog from yo...Hi, Steve,<br /><br />Like others, I found your blog from your internetmonk guest post last year. <br /><br />Your "Re-thinking Romans 13" series interested me and I just skimmed through it again. It's a chapter that I usually read with the Declaration of Independence every July 4th, trying to reconcile the two. I agree that it's one of the most mis-used parts of the bible (even commandeered by the atheist Soviet Union to subdue believers!). <br /><br />I'm not sure I agree that it has "nothing whatsoever to do with obeying civil government" but I do agree that Paul wasn't turning over authority from God to Caesar. In fact, if we count up the times Paul says that rulers are "God's servant" or that they "hold no terror" we start to get a picture of irony. He mentions this several times, and did so in the age of Herod the Great and Nero. I think Paul may have been offering a "loophole" to the "submission" that he preached, if rulers do terrorize or don't act like God's servants. And you're right, Paul is also reminding rulers that they are placed there by God and are accountable to Him. A lot of people don't get that nuance. <br /><br />I'm also lamenting Michael Spencer's illness and am praying for a speedy transition to something better, all in the Lord's will. <br /><br />Keep up the good work. <br /><br />TedTedhttp://www.hcmm.homestead.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-57123784214632249492010-03-16T15:29:33.180-07:002010-03-16T15:29:33.180-07:00I sure do hope and pray that best comes his way in...I sure do hope and pray that best comes his way in these next few months - even healing if that is a possibility. <br /><br />Nonetheles, the way you speak of this man's writings - I sure hope they get the respect they deserve...maybe I'll even help out and post a few (I will need to check out his site).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-72178958720192565222010-03-14T04:58:52.464-07:002010-03-14T04:58:52.464-07:00I'm thinking I found you via that guest post a...I'm thinking I found you via that guest post at Imonk. It was a shock, a "knife in the gut", to read of his prognosis, although I, too, know him only through that site, a journey that takes me back about eight years. We did not always agree, but always I heard him with respect for what he said....Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302132941940784968noreply@blogger.com