In his 1981 book, 'A Christian Manifesto,' Francis Schaeffer waxed eloquent on what many in our day consider too political an application of Christian faith and Biblical teaching.
He talked of John Witherspoon, the first president of the college that would eventually become Princeton University, as well as a Scottish presbyterian minister, as well as a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
So also, Schaeffer quoted Revelation 3:2 in relation to the American Church, and its lackadaisical indifference to good governance in the late 20th century.
"Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God."
In sum, writing a mere 8 years after the U.S. Supreme Court made Roe v. Wade the "law of the land" in 1973, Schaeffer demonstrated and argued persuasively that the Christian who reads their Bible, as well as Church history generally, as well as American history especially, must conclude some very important things about the proper role of good government.
More specifically, a believer's position relative theirs must be informed by the conviction that God is our supreme authority, with human authority by needs be sublimated to what Scripture prescribes, commands, prohibits, and promises.
That is to say, the communists have a manifesto. So, too, the humanists have theirs. The Christians, therefore, must also have a manifesto, and do, in the Word of God, and the faithful testimony of 2,000 years of saints who precede us, particularly since the Protestant Reformation, and the founding of the United States of America.
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