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No Cover for Tyrants: 1 Peter 2:13-17 Explained (God and Government) Kindle Edition

by Gordan Runyan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This is a 26 page essay. No Cover for Tyrants is a compilation of the information contained in several lectures given by pastor Gordan Runyan. It is a verse-by-verse, and often phrase-by-phrase exposition of 1 Peter 2:13-17. This passage of Scripture urges Christian submission to human authorities, and has been used (or rather abused) by many to advocate for meticulous, unqualified obedience to all civil government, no matter what. Pastor Runyan explains how the context of the passage does not support such an idea. He also goes into detail about the actual words the Apostle used, and why a word like "submit," for instance, does not mean unqualified obedience. Considering the path that the governments of the world seem intent on pursuing (re: Marxism, deficit spending, totalitarian control of citizens, etc.) it is imperative that God's people genuinely understand what the Bible teaches about the relationship between Church and State, God and Government.
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    April 23, 2013
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00CIDHCXK
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Happy Siege (April 23, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 23, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 152 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 28 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Gordan Runyan

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Gordan Runyan is a husband, father, Christian, Reformed Baptist, pastor, war veteran (having served in the Navy's nuclear submarine fleet during the first Persian Gulf war,) author, teacher, and Paleo-Patriot.

He has been married to the former Miss Joyce Martinez for 27 years, since the day she reluctantly agreed to the arrangement in exchange for his daring rescue of her life, which included grand heroics he's too modest to relate in public (although a dungeon in an enchanted sea-side castle is rumored to have been involved.)

They have three lovely and talented daughters who survived homeschooling with only slight nervous disorders.

Favorite movie: Braveheart. Favorite author: Stephen King. Least favorite Country Song: Hillbilly Bone.

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Michael D Cook Sr
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for believers!
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2015
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This book is short and to the point. I would recommend it to those who call themselves "Christians", as it address the confusion around how we are to behave towards Earthly authority.
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Bill Phillips
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Charles Shank
4.0 out of 5 stars On the Right Track
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2014
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The author is right, there is no cover for Tyrants, here, or in any other passage of Scripture! In fact, as he points out so well, there are quite a few examples in the Scriptures where the people of God are praised for disobedience to unlawful governmental authority!

I believe that a better understanding of the historical context is possible, and thus a closer relation and application to the Christian's duty towards civil government today, but Runyan has done a masterful job here, nevertheless, in spelling out this duty!
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