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Table of contents
00:00 - Intro
06:37 - What is the job of a politician (legislator)?
07:14 - Can Governors make laws?
Why is it that legislators can make laws but not governors?
09:15 - What was the job of senators originally?
10:40 - What is the purpose of the laws (if legislators are here to pass the laws)?
15:35 - Moral law issue: Divorce and Family
18:35 - Government welfare: fiscal issue or moral issue?
How do you respond to these claims?
20:20 - “You can’t legislate morality”. “It is wrong to force your morals on other people.” [“Is that a moral that you are forcing on others?”]
23:40 - “Jesus was not involved in politics.” - Why did Jesus not get involved in Roman politics?
28:57 - Christians should never say bad things or call politicians names.
30:45 - “Christians can’t hold non-Christians responsible for Christian Moral values.”
33:25 - “Christians shouldn’t be in politics.”
35:21 - When did Roman Society become Christian? [313 AD but it took 61 years till 374 AD before a pastor/preacher went to the Emperor Valentinian asking infanticide to be outlawed]
35:42 - Why is preaching the gospel and making disciples not good enough? B/c for 200 years, gospel was preached on Sundays in US and UK and slavery still continued.
37:25 - Atheists should want christians in politics. Behind almost every law that changed the Status Quo, there was a church and a pastor
38:20“- Render unto Caesar…” What happens when we take Caesar to be “politics”? [Does it actually mean separation or participation?]
40:22 - Who is our Caesar?
47:15 - What’s the 3.5% rule? [1776, only 17% of population go of church - yet we wrote the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution; Today, we have 24-48 % of the population ]
51:55 - Q&A 1: Preaching gospel and living it
53:02 - Q&A 2: What can we do in addition to voting?
1:02:55 - Q&A 3: The doctrine of lesser magistrate
1:08:00 - Q&A 4: Is Bonhoeffer attempting to kill Hilter legit?
1:11:30 - Q&A 5: Just war theory
1:12:40 - Q&A 6: Public education