Jewel: The Care of Both Tables of the LawIs Committed to a Christian Prince by God “We give our magistrates no further liberty than what we find is their due by the Word of God, and what the practice and example of the best governed commonwealths have confirmed. For besides that, the care of both … Read more
Chrysostom on the Sin of the Sodomites “For even if there were no hell, and no punishment had been threatened, this were worse than any punishment. Yet if you say “they found pleasure in it,” you tell me what adds to the vengeance. For suppose I were to see a person running naked, with his … Read more
Calvin on Living Peaceably With All Men (Romans 12:18) “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.” (Romans 12:18) “Peaceableness and a life so ordered as to render us beloved by all, is no common gift in a Christian. If we desire to attain this, we must not … Read more
Bolton: The Law Sends Us to the Gospel;The Gospel Sends Us to the Law “Just as the Papists set up the law for justification, so the Antinomians decry the law for sanctification. We claim to be free from the curses of the law; they would have us free from the guidance, from the commands of … Read more
Romans Thirteen and Christian Resistance to Evil Rulers by Stuart DiNenno Contrary to what is commonly taught in today’s churches, the Bible does not require Christians to submit unconditionally and absolutely to an Anti-Christ government. Introduction Perhaps there is no Bible passage more abused than Romans 13. The teaching of the modern “evangelical” or “reformed” … Read more
The Biblical Definition of Our Neighborand Our Responsibility to Help Him Contrary to what you may have been led to believe: (1) the Bible does not teach that everyone in the entire world is our neighbor; (2) the Bible does teach that our duty to assist strangers is a limited one; and (3) the Bible … Read more