> Government is not a contract of the people, nor a divine privilege of kings, but a calling instituted by God.

Yet no earthly office ever gains authority over the conscience. That belongs to Christ alone.

In this episode, titled “Why Luther Was Too Biblical for Monarchists and Too Christian for Democrats,” we dig deeply into the biblical and Lutheran doctrine of civil authority, showing how it differs sharply from:

The Divine Right of Kings

Modern “government by consent”

and churchly coercion over conscience

Drawing from Scripture, the Book of Concord, and the writings of Luther, C.F.W. Walther, and Franz Pieper, we explore:

📌 Why Christians honor rulers—even wicked ones

📌 Why Chri ...