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Be Not Like Jelly Men

10 July 2022 By David Trounce

Like Jelly Men - Sermo Humilis

The year was 1558 and Scotland, which had become increasingly Protestant, found itself being governed by an increasingly tyrannical Roman Catholic Monarchy. Between the people and the Roman Catholic government of Mary I, or Bloody Mary (so-called because of her murderous … [Read more...] about Be Not Like Jelly Men

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Courage, Government, Intercession

#15 Jesus and Government

2 May 2021 By David Trounce

#15 Jesus and Government - Jesus Through all of Life

The Early Church had plenty of conflicts. There was conflict within its own ranks and with Rome. As believers who want to adorn our lives with the gospel, these conflicts are often complicated. But God has given His word to help us navigate these conflicts and teach us how we … [Read more...] about #15 Jesus and Government

Filed Under: Jesus Through all of Life Tagged With: Caesar, Government, Lordship

What’s Yours is Mine

24 January 2019 By David Trounce

Taxation as Fleecing - sermo humilis

The point of the biblical emphasis on God's ownership of the earth is that all property must be held in accordance with His commands. Property will always be owned and the commandment, "Thou shalt not steal", implies the right to private ownership. God's claim on the earth … [Read more...] about What’s Yours is Mine

Filed Under: Life in Christendom Tagged With: Government, Land, Money, Theft

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.