Dominion, Stewardship and the Family The Dominion Mandate was originally given to man in the context of marriage and family (Gen. 1:26-28). The man was to work (Gen. 2:15) and his wife was to be is necessary helper (Gen. 2:18). He ...
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Jesus And The Dominion Mandate
The prophets made it clear that, like Adam, the coming King was to rule over the entire world . . . . —David Chilton, Paradise Restored (1985) A Little Lower than the Angels David wrote these words nearly three ...
Read More »A Christ-Centered Covenant
The covenant with Noah binds together God’s purposes in creation with His purposes in redemption. —O. Palmer Robertson, The Christ of the Covenants (1980) Dominion and the Fall Man’s fall into sin corrupted his own nature. His natural impulse ...
Read More »God’s Plan For The Stewardship Of Earth
As a result of the fall, however, man’s urge to dominion is now a perverted one . . . it is a desire to be God. —Rousas J. Rushdoony, The Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) Did God Fail? In the ...
Read More »Do Christians Really Have To Subdue The Earth?
Made in God’s own image, man has a unique responsibility to “subdue” the earth and rule over every living creature (Gen. 1:27, 28). —O. Palmer Robertson, The Christ of the Covenants (1980) Is the Dominion Mandate Still in Force? On ...
Read More »The Handwriting Is On The Wall
There is a new crisis in the Middle East. —Pat Frank, Alas, Babylon (1959) Alas, Babylon! Nebuchadnezzar reigned for forty-three years and died. His throne passed quickly through a succession of weak hands. Nabonidus, a son-in-law to Nebuchadnezzar, was the ...
Read More »How God Deals With Kings And Politicians
Kings must know, or shall be made to know, that the most high God rules in their kingdoms . . . and that he appoints over them whomsoever he will. —Matthew Henry, Commentary on Daniel (1712) When man seeks to ...
Read More »For God So Loved the World
Jehovah is no mere tribal deity, but is “the God of the whole earth”; and the salvation which He had in view cannot be limited to that of a little select group or favored few. —Loraine Boettner, The Reformed ...
Read More »What Jesus Really Said About Being Born Again
Born to raise the sons of earth, / born to give them second birth. —Charles Wesley, “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” (1739) There Was a Man . . . Nicodemus was a Pharisee. In his day and within his culture, ...
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. . . From Their Sins Born thy people to deliver / Born a child and yet a King. —Charles Wesley (1744) Let earth receive her King . . . —Isaac Watts (1719) Who Is Jesus? A popular but suspect ...
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