Good Questions (Mostly Yours)

I'd like to pick up on a few of the questions posed within several of your comments earlier in the week. What's your response to any of these?

• Why do American Christians seem to think that a democratic republic is the best system of government? Are there other alternatives (theonomy, for instance) we should consider this side of heaven?

• What defines a "good citizen"? Can one be a good citizen and not vote? How would the first-century Christians have viewed their role in the govermental procedure?

• When the New Testament refers to Christians as exiles, what (if anything) does this imply for our role in/within the state?

• "Live like Democrats but vote like Republicans." Is this helpful advice?

Any other questions you would ask? Give me something I can print.