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The New Citizenship: The Christian Facing a New World Order is unavailable, but you can change that!

In this volume, A. T. Robertson reflects on the issues and challenges facing the church in the early twentieth century—the years of war, economic turmoil, the relationship between church and state, patriotism and pacifism. He explores the implication of Christ’s kingdom with regard to each challenge the church faces, and suggests possibilities for engaging complex issues. The posture and approach...

history” (“The Social Teachings of the Prophets and Jesus,” p. 254). 2. Prayer for Kings Nowhere in the New Testament is a form of civil government prescribed. Jesus admitted the rights of Cæsar. Paul taught “subjection to the higher powers; for there is no power but of God, and the powers that be are ordained of God” (Rom. 13:1). This great passage (Rom. 13:1–7) is a clear and powerful presentation of the rights of government. Christianity is wholly on the side of law and order and against all anarchy, mob
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