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Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?

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Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many?
January 30, 2018 at 5:18 pm
(January 30, 2018 at 5:01 pm)polymath257 Wrote:
(January 30, 2018 at 4:29 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote: So,if I may ask... if you could have a King who knew more, was wiser, and better than you;  why would you not follow them?  This seems foolish to me.

A benevolent dictator is still a dictator and thereby not to be obeyed.

Who says? 

This seems very much just like a rule you are presenting without reason, rather than a thought out principle
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RE: Jesus as Lord - why is this appealing to so many? - by RoadRunner79 - January 30, 2018 at 5:18 pm

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