Many of us know what it’s like to be placed under some type of authority we don’t agree with. Be it a president, boss, director, any kind of superior— there’s no sugarcoating how difficult it is to sit under bad leadership. As followers of Jesus, we can have a different approach to this issue than that of the world; because we have hope in a King far more powerful than earthly leaders. Scripture has some fairly surprising instruction—and examples— for us when we’re in these situations.
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John the Baptist was many things, but a few he was not. What kind of backbone did he forge in the wilderness, and what should we learn from him? How do we “take the Kingdom of Heaven by force”?
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