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November 2016 Newsletter

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Date November 2016

Shar ing OURFait h New Hope's M onthly Newsletter

SECULARANDSPIRITUALLIFE Rev. St eve Nor den , Sen i or Past or nor den@NewHopeWor ship.com ? 614.766.5445 ? NewHopeWor ship.com/Pa stor Steve

NEWHOPECHURCH A M inistry of the Reformed Church in America

Rev. St eph en M . Nor den , Sen i or Past or Rev. Sar ah E. Pal sm a, Associ at e Past or

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......................... New Hope's Mission To Reach people for Chr ist, Root people in Chr ist, and Rel ease people to ser ve Chr ist.

"Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God." - Romans 13:1 "I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people - for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." - 1 Timothy 2:1-4 I lear ned a new ter m today. In an online post, I r ead that in July of this year Pew Resear ch r epor ted that 60% of the Am er ican public w er e suffer ing fr om "election fatigue." It's not that people ar e uninter ested. It's sim ply that they ar e w or n out fr om all the political r ancor and accom panying vitr iol. Had som eone told m e w hen I cast my fir st pr esidential election ballot in 1972 that pr esidential politics w ould degener ate to the state in w hich w e find our selves today, I w ould not have believed them . Yet, her e w e ar e. The tem ptation for m any Chr istians, I believe, is to divide life betw een the secular and the spir itual. Ther e is the "faith" par t of life and then ther e is "ever ything else." How ever , this per spective is entir ely unbiblical. The Hebr ew faith know s no cleavage betw een the secular and spir itual. The Apostle Paul m akes it quite clear that those w ho ar e in author ity over us ar e established by God and w e ar e enjoined to pr ay for them . The concept of separ ation betw een Chur ch and State is a r elatively new phenom enon in w or ld histor y, intr oduced by Thom as Jeffer son in his letter to the Danbur y Baptists of Connecticut in 1802. I am one w ho believes that this concept is m isunder stood by the vast m ajor ity of Am er icans. As I r ead Thom as Jeffer son's inter pr etation of the Fir st Am endm ent, it seem s to m e that he is not suggesting that ther e should be no inter action betw een the Chur ch and State but that ther e should be no "state chur ch" as w as the com m on pr actice in Eur ope at that tim e. Neither should the State give pr efer ential tr eatm ent to any single Chur ch. (continued on next page)


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