God intends that humans should share in running his world, and should be held accountable. Structures through which this happens – though still vulnerable to abuse and distortion – are not automatically evil. On the contrary, they are thus in principle reaffirmed and celebrated. As with everything else in God’s creation, once they stop being worshipped they stop being demonic. It takes the victory of the cross to break their power. But, once that has happened, wise humans can and must rise to the challenge of establishing and maintaining God’s intention for a well-functioning human society. We
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