Wisdom and Government

By Joe Boot / November 4, 2015

Context EICC Leadership Roundtable, Mississauga

What does God's word have to say about our livelihoods, families, neighborhoods and nations? What place does Scripture have in the public sphere, and how does it relate to the government of nations?

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