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2. Apple v. Mike Daisey

3. Apple v. Mike Daisey

4. Apple v. Mike Daisey

5. Apple v. Mike Daisey I think I was terrified that if I untied these things, that the work, that I know is really good, and tells a story, that does these really great things for making people care, that it would come apart in a way where, where it would ruin everything. --Mike Daisey

6. Apple v. Mike Daisey I’m not going to say that I didn’t take a few shortcuts in my passion to be heard. But I stand behind the work. My mistake, the mistake that I truly regret is that I had it on your show as journalism and it’s not journalism. It’s theater. --Mike Daisey

7. Hosanna Tabor v. EEOC (2012)

10. Power of the tongue Power between church and state

11. Power Trip The Westminster Confession: Chapter XXII-XXIII Of Lawful Oaths and Vows Of the Civil Magistrate

12. Oaths: A Definition • 22:1 A lawful oath is part of religious worship, wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth, or promiseth; and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth.

13. Oaths: A Definition • Attesting to the validity of a claim between men by invoking God as the source of accountability for it. • Staking one’s own integrity before God as the basis for confidence in the truth being spoken

14. Oaths: Parameters • Their Ground: • 22:2 The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear. . . . • Such oaths ought only invoke God as witness, and therefore with due reverence

15. Oaths: Parameters • Matthew 5:33-37 • “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ 34 But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.

16. Oaths: Parameters • Their Ground: • “God is my witness” (ROM.1:9; 2 COR.1:23; PHIL.1:8). • “I assure you before God” (GAL.1:20). • “I adjure you by the Lord (1 THESS.5:27).

17. Oaths: Parameters • Their Ground: • 22:2 The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear. . . . • Such oaths ought only invoke God as witness, and therefore with due reverence • The making of oaths found in the OT remains valid and proper in the NT

18. Oaths: Parameters • Forethought: • 22:3 Whosoever taketh an oath ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act. . . . • The significance of making an oath requires commensurate care in what is being claimed • The making of oaths found in the OT remains valid and proper in the NT

19. Oaths: Parameters • Forethought: • 22:3 Whosoever taketh an oath ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act. . . . • Therefore all statements bound by oaths must align with: • Character • Conscience • Capacity

20. Oaths: Parameters • Obligations: • 22:4 An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation, or mental reservation. . . • Obfuscation offends what oaths oblige • Oaths are also binding irrespective of • Outcome • Worthiness of those to whom they are made

21. Vows: A Definition • 22:5 A vow is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness. • Like an oath, it is an invocation of God as validation of a promise of faithfulness • But it is a promise not to men, but to God

22. Vows: Parameters • Recipient • 22:6 It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone:

23. Vows: Parameters • Boundaries • 22:7 No man may vow to do any thing forbidden in the Word of God, or what would hinder any duty therein commanded, or which is not in his power. . . . • Only those vows compliant with God’s commands • And only those congruent with God’s promises of capability

24. Human Authority: Its Source and Purpose • 23:1 God, the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates, • Those with civil power derive their authority ultimately from God

25. Human Authority: Its Source and Purpose • 23:1 . . . to be, under Him, over the people, for His own glory, and the public good. . . • Such authority, rather than existing for its own sake, is ordered toward certain purposes • Honor of God • Protection and provision • Punishment

26. Human Authority: Legitimacy of Christian Leadership • 23:2 It is lawful for Christians to accept and execute the office of a magistrate, when called thereunto. . . • Believers may rightly rule when rightly chosen • They are thus doubly responsible to rule with integrity

27. Human Authority: Limitations of Civil Authority • 23:3 The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and sacraments. . . • Civil authorities may not intervene in matters of ecclesiastical authority • Civil authorities must do all to preserve right function of the church, irrespective of denomination

28. Human Authority: Citizenry’s Obligations to the Magistrate • 23:4 It is the duty of people to pray for the magistrates. . . • Pray for • Respect • Pay taxes to • Obey laws of • Submit to the authority of

29. Human Authority: Citizenry’s Obligations to the Magistrate • 23:4 It is the duty of people to pray for the magistrates. . . • to give all such manifold deference irrespective of the authority’s religious convictions or commitments

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