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Thinking about Thinking about Romans 13

If you are a Christian who hasn’t given a lot of thought to Romans 13 over the last year and a half, then you are not a very thoughtful Christian. We have heard a lot about that chapter from numerous perspectives, and I am intrigued by the polarized opinions of it. On one end of the spectrum of interpretation we have, “you must obey the government no matter what;” and on the other end we have, “don’t worry about Romans 13, meet me at the Capitol.”

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My Orthodox Reconstruction

THE LONELY SATANIST

It was the summer of 2013. Things were not great for me at the time, but when were they ever? I had been in the church for seven years, but I didn’t read the Bible, I had struggles with leadership, and I couldn’t see where I fit in the world of Christianity. When for years you have Christians telling you that you’re satanic just because of the music you like, you might start to accept that as a fact and settle into it. There just didn’t seem to be a place for me in the church.

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2020: Final Thoughts

It would be easy to—and surely many people will—look back on this year and enumerate the many negative things that took place. Endless content could be produced about the failures of our government and politicians, our churches, small businesses, and even ourselves. 2020 was the year that nothing short of totalitarianism was instituted in the United States. That’s something remarkable and worth noting.

However, The Death of Death has always been geared toward the positive side of things. Christ’s victory over sin, death, and everything else. That includes the worst that 2020 could possibly throw at us, and even the unthought possibilities from which God spared us (if you can even imagine such things).

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