Romans 13 Quotes

“It is blasphemy to call tyrants and oppressors, God’s ministers. They are more properly the messengers of Satan to buffet us. No rulers are properly God’s ministers, but such as are just, ruling in the fear of God”
― Jonathan Mayhew

“We must reclaim Romans 13 from both the tyrants and the cultured despisers, and read it with fresh eyes as it truly is, not through the mistaken interpretive lenses bequeathed to us by the centuries. Doing so may well help us discover a new “two kingdoms” theology, one which recognizes the fallen nature of the kingdom of the “powers that be,” and seeks to overwhelm them with the light of the inbreaking kingdom of God.”
― Rob Arner, Consistently Pro-Life: The Ethics of Bloodshed in Ancient Christianity