What is the verse that talks about creation and cultural mandate?
Genesis 1:28
What are the concepts in Genesis 1:28?
1. Be fruitful and increase in number
2. Rule over the earth
3. Manage it well and make it useful
What is the Political Science Verse?
Romans 13:1-7
What was the first founding document on how we are to govern ourselves and
provide order?
The Mayflower Compact
What did Greg Boyd believe?
That the government was coercive and under Satan's power and that Christians should
withdraw from politics
What did Wayne Grudem believe?
Civil government to do the opposite of what Satan does: civil governments are
established by God to do and support good
What were the Articles of Confederation?
The first constitution esque article
With the Articles of Confederation, the US had what form of government?
a decentralized government
Under the AoC, what kind of legislation did we have?
Unicameral where each state got one vote
Under the AoC, how much power did the executive and judicial branches have?
very little; weak
For amendments to be passed under the AoC, how many votes were needed?
A unanimous vote was needed
How were treaties and trade regulated under the AoC?
The states regulated there
.States controlled inter-states trade
.State could make a treaty with another country
What was the Large State Plan also called?
The Virginia Plan
What were the houses based on in the Virginia Plan?
State population
Who were the executive elected by in the Virginia Plan?
Legislature
What did the New Jersey plan argue for?
1. State sovereignty
2. Strengthen articles
3. Unicameral
4. Multi-person executive
What did the Virginia plan argue for?