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sacred vs. civil in the public square

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laurencer
Aug 20 2004
08:41 am

while dordt alumni might groan at the mere mention of it (worldview, worldview, worldview), i think the best model for approaching this question is the concept of sphere sovereignty developed by abraham kuyper.

here’s the essentials of sphere sovereignty, borrowed from redeemer’s web site:

Sphere sovereignty implies three things: (1) ultimate sovereignty belongs to God alone; (2) all earthly sovereignties are subordinate to and derivative from God’s sovereignty; and (3) there is no mediating earthly sovereignty from which others are derivative.

and here, because i’ve run out of time for posting this morning, are some other resources:
[list:a87da1c880]:a87da1c880]Kuyper’s Stone Lectures: Calvinism and Politics
[
:a87da1c880]The Center for Public Justice[/list:u:a87da1c880]