Yes, I love Livingstone despite his shortcomings.


And Yes, I agree about the Hegelian invention thing (though I wouldn't blame Hegel so much for it.....I am really not sure what the one MAIN factor in forming the modern nation state is....possibly the Reformation and Wars of Religion helped).

And yes I believe that missionary influence will yield societal affects. The ending of infanticide, tribal murder, and revenge killings is an aim that is dear to my heart here.


I do agree with you that individuals MIGHT not be the main focus of the Biblical texts.

The focus is, from Rev 5, tongues, tribes and nations in the origianl sense of ethne. This indicates people clusters and affinity blocs and ethnic groups, not countries - and thus we avoid any civil religon, theonomy or social gospel, but we target ethno-linguistic groups, break doen and translate the Bible into their languages and encourage local evangelists to spread the Gospel to the furthest extent of every people-group boundary.

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"If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice?"
-- David Livingstone