4.57 Levi Secord, David Schrock, & Stephen Wellum • Interview • "Law is King: How the Bible Shapes Our View of Law & Civil Government"
Update: 2025-12-15
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ABOUT THE EPISODE
Listen in as David Schrock and Stephen Wellum interview Levi Secord on his COA Longform Essay: "Law is King: How the BIble Shapes Our View of Law & Civil Government"
Timestamps
- 00:30 – Intro
- 03:38 – The Background Behind Servant Not Savior
- 05:11 – What are Some Things that Need to be On Our Radar as We Discuss This Subject?
- 08:15 – Walking Us Through the History from the King to the Law
- 10:27 – The Place of Natural Law
- 13:15 – Where in the Bible Do We Encounter Rutherford’s Ideas?
- 15:49 – Nations Making Covenants
- 21:00 – What is the Responsibility of Christians to Remind the Government of Their Role Before God?
- 22:57 – Who’s Role is it to Preach Before the Government?
- 29:00 – Political Theology is not Just from the Old Testament
- 31:32 – How Should We Read the OT Law to the King and Apply It Today?
- 36:50 – How Does Progressive Covenantalism Apply the Law?
- 40:22 – The Principle of General Equity
- 42:03 – What Can Nations Learn from Israel? From the Church?
- 47:20 – Good Government is the Exception to the Rule
- 51:25 – The Case for Bringing the Bible to the Public Square
- 54:50 – Natural Law is Not Devoid of Special Revelation
- 56:10 – Levi Secord’s Final Encouragements
- 57:40 – Outro
Resources to Click
- “Law is King: How the Bible Shapes Our View of Law & Civil Government” – Levi Secord
- 136: Political Islam – Just Thinking Podcast
- 2026 National Founders Conference: Make Disciples
- Theme of the Month: Christmas Buffet
- Give to Support the Work
Books to Read
- Servant Not Savior: An Introduction to the Bible’s Teaching about Civil Government – Levi Secord
- Defending the Declaration: How the Bible and Christianity Influenced the Writing of the Declaration of Independence – Gary Amos
- A Christian Manifesto – Francis Schaeffer
- How Should We Then Live? – Francis Schaeffer
- He Is There and He Is Not Silent – Francis Schaeffer
- Lex Rex: The Law is King – Samuel Rutherford
- The Origins of American Constitutionalism – Donald Lutz
- Colossians and Philemon (ZECotNT) – David W. Pao
- The Gospel of Matthew (NICNT) – R.T. France
- The Mission of God: A Manifesto of Hope for Society – Joseph Boot
- The Emergence of Liberty in the Modern World – Douglas F. Kelly
- Dominion – Tom Holland
- The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization – Vishal Mangalwadi
- Mere Christendom – Douglas Wilson
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