magistrate

Hello everyone, I've been studying the purpose of God's institution of the civil magistrate. Romans 13 and 1 Peter 2 both state that God has given the civil government the sword for the punishing of the evil and the praise of the good. Do you believe that this bearing of the sword against the...

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, andgiving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” Calvin on public prayer for the magistrate: “That...