Democracy in the Light of Scripture (F.B. Hole)What does Scripture say about governance?
Keywords: Policy; Go to the polls
Democracy presents itself to us as the finished product of the wisdom of the ages. History gives us, it may be said, the long and dismal record of human experiments in the art of government, and profiting by past experience the democratic idea has ... morebeen evolved, and now holds the field amongst enlightened nations. It is – to use Abraham Lincoln’s famous phrase – “Government of the people, by the people, for the people.” In practice it comes to this, that the people are to be governed by a majority of the people – for they are never unanimous, and hence the minority must give way – and that majority should rule by its accredited representatives for the good of all the people and not for the majority’s interests only. Whether it really does so is of course another thing.
The great Illusion dispelled (F.B. Hole)Scriptures: 1 John 2 Keywords: Worldliness
The name of this greatest of all illusions is—The world. By this, of course, is meant, not the material earth, not the people comprising its population, but the great “world-system” with its supply of every imaginable gratification ... morefor human desires, without God. In this fearful and wonderful organization, evolved by the master-mind of Satan, we have all had our share. Its favours fall to the few, its miseries are tasted by the many; but whatever may have been the particular part played, my reader, if unconverted, is inevitably involved in it with the prospect of sharing in its ultimate ruin.
Unshakeable things (F.B. Hole)Hebrews 13:1–6
Scriptures: Hebrews 13
How striking a testimony would be rendered if we were marked by that brotherly love which expresses itself in hospitality and practical sympathy, by natural love preserved in undefiled honour, and by a holy contentment, the fruit of the realized ... morepresence of God, and the very opposite of the mad covetousness and discontent of the world.
