Trueblood: democracy

Monday, July 4, 2016
Meditation:
    What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin...
    —Romans 3:9 (ESV)
Quotation:
    Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it.
    ... Elton Trueblood (1900-1994), Foundations for Reconstruction, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1946, p. 105 (see the book)
    See also Rom. 3:9-18,23; Ps. 143:2; Matt. 1:21; Rom. 5:12; Gal. 2:16; 3:22; 1 John 1:10
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, never allow us to forget our sinfulness. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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