In America, we have a long history of valuing the concept of the separation of church and state. This idea historically referred to a division of labors between the church and the civil magistrate. However, initially both the church and the state were seen as entities ordained by God and subject to His governance. In that sense, the state was considered to be an entity that was “under God.” What has happened in the past few decades is the obfuscation of this original distinction between church and state, so that today the language we hear of separation of church and state, when carefully exegeted, communicates the idea of the separation of the state from God. In this sense, it’s not merely that the state declares independence from the church, it also declares independence from God and presumes itself to rule with autonomy.
R.C. Sproul

Monthly Archives: March 2000

Power From On High

Power From On High CHAPTER 1 POWER FROM ON HIGH Please permit me through your columns to correct a misapprehension of some of the members of the late Council at…

MorePower From On High

Power From On High

Power From On High By Charles Finney CHAPTER 1 - Power From On High CHAPTER 2 - What Is It? CHAPTER 3 - The Enduement Of The Spirit CHAPTER 4…

MorePower From On High