Tag Archives: the State

Defend The State, Defend Socialism

As I will argue here, so long as the state can collect funds by force to pay for national defense and crime prevention, it can collect funds by force to pay for anything, and so long as the state can legitimately enforce it’s monopoly of the defense and justice services, so too can it enforce a monopoly of any service. Continue reading…

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God and Secular Government

Just because God has authorized limited government and some coercive taxation, that does not mean that we must have limited government and some coercive taxation. All it means is that those who seek to have limited government and some coercive taxation are held accountable to God to not overstep the limits that he has authorized. Continue reading…

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The State and Proper Role of Government

It must be asked if the institution known as “the state” operates under the proper role of government. I seek to answer that question in this brief essay. Continue reading…

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SOVEREIGNTY: THE LORD, THE STATE, AND PARENTS

Parents should teach their children about the absolute sovereignty of the Lord. Continue reading…

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O That I Had a King!

King Benjamin, a man in whom all political power and authority was concentrated, labored just like you and me to support himself so as not to tax his subjects. Continue reading…

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