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In Our Program, Kuyper makes a comprehensive effort to counter the secular politics of his day with a Christian alternative. In an era where the church usually either controlled or was controlled by the state, Kuyper showed that it was possible to frame a political program in which church and state engage while remaining separate. Though couched in its particular time and place, Kuyper’s...

But no matter what the scenario, one must make sure that people fully acknowledge that this sovereign authority is from God and not from man. The destructive delusion of popular sovereignty must be permanently abandoned and remain banned. If a people imagines it can grant sovereignty it will also view itself as supreme; then it will want to dominate instead of obey, and “sit in the seat of God.”5 And if one tries to camouflage popular sovereignty with milder expressions like “the social contract
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