• A Revolutionary Reading of Romans 13

  • A Biblical Case for Lawful Subjection to the Civil Magistrate and Dutiful Resistance to Tyrants
  • By: Timothy Decker
  • Narrated by: Joshua David Ling
  • Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins

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A Revolutionary Reading of Romans 13

By: Timothy Decker
Narrated by: Joshua David Ling
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Does Romans 13 command Christians a near unqualified obedience toward the civil magistrate? Is there an appropriate occasion and even a duty to resist tyranny, even if the tyranny is not sinful, per se? The aim of this book is to shed light on the fact that Paul's appeal for submission to governmental authorities in Romans 13 is far narrower than it so often gets treated.

The many events and crises of 2020 revealed the broad brush strokes Christians often painted with it and thereby abuse of it. It is here argued that the apostle Paul wrote Romans 13 within a specific historical context, a pastoral occasion if you will, to take up the matter of warding off the common Jewish revolutionary spirit so pervasive in that period. Such a sentiment of private revolution among church members of Rome would have undermined a Gentile government and thereby destroyed the gospel influence of the Christian church in Rome.

In this way, this book offers a revolutionary reading of Romans 13 that Paul opposed private revolution among private citizens. Therefore, rightly understood, Romans 13 teaches lawful subjection to the civil magistrate while at the same time affirming a Christian's duty to resist tyranny.

©2023, 2024 Timothy L. Decker (P)2024 Founders Press

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