The Narrow Path Ministries

What about deterrance? If you know you are likely to be heavily fined and/or imprisoned if you rob people or injure them, are you not less likely to carry out your intentions? Will you not be more likely to commit a crime if you think you can get away with it? Are not the actions of the police a re...

Who is going to prevent them from harming others or their property, if there is no government? This is one of the most common objections to this position…I’ll give some feedback, but I don’t want to derail this thread from its intended subject (1) Does the existence of the state, modern or ancient,...

If it is immoral to force anyone to pay for someone else, then your whole system of income tax is immoral. Do you oppose that as strongly as you oppose universal health care? No government is able to function without having the people as a whole pay for the service to others. Do you belong to the L...

As long as the people want the system, it NEVER becomes an act of wrongdoing. If the majority disapprove of the system, they will elect a government which allow people to opt out of the system. I cannot see this happening, because if they opt out, their taxes will not be reduced (although the small...

Another possible interpretation of Romans 13: What if Paul is purposely being vague and subversive, similar to Jesus answer about paying Roman taxes? Jesus' response, Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and give to God what is God's ...was meant to convey ambiguity to the surface level listener. The sta...

I'm currently teaching our church group through Matthew 24 and have been using Steve G's audio teachings about this passage as a springboard for my study. Many of those I'm teaching have only ever heard the Futurist approach to the Olivet Discourse and I'm attempting to contrast that view with what ...

Are 4, 8 and 9 really pieces of one argument?

Does it make sense to split them out?

While I believe that defensive force is OK, I have issues with the professions of violence ... 2. Nor can you suggest a Christian should not be a soldier or a police officer. 3. You also cannot 'equate' defensive actions and necessary lethal defensive means - with violence. Regarding soldiers or the...

I've not understood the "missionary" reason for Christians placing their children in public schools. My wife and I teach our 5 children at home. Children below 16 year of age, tend towards high levels of peer pressure and absorption of outside influence. They are not fully developed, nor have they c...

1 & 2... I would think the phrase is fairly all inclusive... governments, institutions, etc. 3 & 4 & 5... The Bible itself speaks of Satan in such terms Satan is called the prince of the world (John 12:31) Satan is called the God of the world (2 Cor. 4:4) Satan is called the ruler of the world (Eph...