Ps. 115:16. This passage of scripture needs to get into the spirit of every one of God’s children so that you begin to walk in the authority and power that has been given to you.

The first, 1 Peter 2:13-17, calls believers to “be subject” to every institution. It is, Teague observes, “one of the clearest statements of respect for the God-given authority of government.” ...

T o own the Bible means, for this veteran Lutheran scholar, to be effectively owned by it—that is, to be the community it addresses, namely the Christian church, which must acknowledge its God ...