Mission Faithwalk

                 The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and his name the only name. (Zechariah 14:9) Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? (Romans 6:16) We’re coming up on a holiday in which we celebrate America as independent from kings. We have a carefully crafted governmental system with checks and balances that are designed to prevent the government from the sort of abuses kings tend to inflict. At the same time, there is a push toward “No Kings” in our culture, which is also a push toward the whole world being under a single leadership. That single leadership, we’re told, will have no kings because the people will govern themselves, will plan their society and their economy. The people will make the decisions. Of cour...