In this episode of Flashes of Liberty, we look at Etienne de la Boétie La Boétie provides one of the earliest and clearest explanations of why the suffering majority obeys the minority who rule over them; it is an example of voluntary servitude. Here is an abridged...
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To Him is Due from Angels and Women
The Westminster Confession of Faith Applied to Women To Him is Due from Angels and WomenSection 2 God hath all life,John 5:26 glory,Acts 7:2 goodness,Psa 119:68 blessedness,Rom 9:5; 1 Tim 6:15 in and of himself; and is alone in and unto himself all-sufficient, not...
There is One Only Living and True God
The Westminster Confession of Faith Applied to Women There is One Only Living and True GodSection 1 There is but one onlyDeut 6:4; 1 Cor 8:4, 6 living and true God,Jer 10:10; 1 Thes 1:9 who is infinite in being and perfection,Job 11:7-9; 26:14 a most pure spirit,John...
The Supreme Judge is Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture
The Westminster Confession of Faith Applied to Women The Supreme Judge is Holy Spirit speaking in the ScriptureSection 10 The Supreme Judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers,...
When She has a Question about Scripture
The Westminster Confession of Faith Applied to Women When She has a Question about ScriptureSection 9 The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself; and therefore, when she has a question about the true and full sense of any scripture...
Women of God have Right unto the Scriptures
The Westminster Confession of Faith Applied to Women Section 8 The Old Testament in Hebrew (which was the native language of the people of God of old), and the New Testament in Greek (which at the time of the writing of it was most generally known to the nations),...
The Learned Woman but the Unlearned as Well
The Westminster Confession of Faith Applied to Women Not Only the Learned WomanSection 7 All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto all;2 Pet 3:16 yet those things which are necessary to be known, believed, and observed, for...
She Acknowledges the Inward Illumination of God
The Westminster Confession of Faith Applied to Women She Acknowledges the Inward Illumination of GodSection 6 The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own glory, woman's salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or...