The state is a bankrupt institution. The only alternative to this bankrupt 'humanistic' system is a God-centered government.
R.J. RushdoonyThe triune God exercises total government over all things, and He requires us as His image-bearers to exercise government in Christ in our own spheres in terms of His law.
R.J. RushdoonyThere can be no good character in civil government if there is none in the people. You cannot make a good omelet with bad eggs.
R.J. RushdoonyChristianity is completely and radically anti-democratic; it is committed to spiritual aristocracy.
R.J. RushdoonyIt is significant that, as innocent babies are killed, and capital punishment is withheld from their murderers, the same men who plead for the murderer's life also demand the “right” to abortion. Usually, the same picketers that carry a sign one day, “Abolish Capital Punishment,” also carry “Legalize Abortion” another day. When this is called to their attention, their answer is, “There is no contradiction involved.” They are right: the thesis is “condemn the innocent and free the guilty.
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