[Sen. Josh] Hawley’s idea of freedom is the freedom to conform to what he and his preferred religious authorities know to be right. Mr. Hawley is not shy about making the point explicit. In a 2017 speech to the American Renewal Project, he declared — paraphrasing the Dutch Reformed theologian and onetime prime minister Abraham Kuyper — “There is not one square inch of all creation over which Jesus Christ is not Lord.” Mr. Kuyper is perhaps best known for his claim that Christianity has sole legitimate authority over all aspects of human life.
“We are called to take that message into every sphere of life that we touch, including the political realm,” Mr. Hawley said. “That is our charge. To take the Lordship of Christ, that message, into the public realm, and to seek the obedience of the nations. Of our nation!”
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Every night I hoped and prayed
My dream lover would come my way
A man to rule in Jesus’ name
To blacken freedom with his holy flame
Cuz I want
The state
That Christ
Will bring
And I found Josh Hawley
To crown our Savior’s earthly king
Someday, I don’t know how
I hope he’ll hear my plea
Someway, I don’t know how
He’ll rule both you and me
Dream lover, until then
I’ll pray to God and dream again
That’s the only thing to do
Til my Rule-by-Jesus dreams come true
Cuz I want (repeat chorus)
January 11th, 2021 at 11:29AM
Has anybody here seen my old friend, Bobby Darin? His holy trinity is more human and impressive to me than the latter day Joshua’s.