There is no broader way to apostasy than to reject God's sovereignty in all things concerning the revelation of himself and our obedience.
We have a much bigger objective. We've got to look at the long run here. This is an example - the situation between the United Nations and Iraq - where the United Nations is deliberately intruding into the sovereignty of a sovereign nation. . . . Now this is a marvelous precedent (to be used in) all countries of the world.
Sovereignty is not given, it is taken.
Take a firm grasp on God’s sovereignty and trust His love even when you don’t understand His purpose.
If absolute sovereignty be not necessary in a State, how comes it to be so in a family?
Democratic regimes may be defined as those in which, every now and then, the people are given the illusion of being sovereign, while the true sovereignty in actual fact resides in other forces which are sometimes irresponsible and secret.
And what has come to prevail in democracies is the very reverse of beneficial, in those, that is, which are regarded as the most democratically run. The reason for this lies in the failure properly to define liberty. For there are two marks by which democracy is thought to be defined: "sovereignty of the majority" and "liberty. " "Just" is equated with what is equal, and the decision of the majority as to what is equal is regarded as sovereign; and liberty is seen in terms of doing what one wants.
Sovereignty no longer resides in the territory itself, but in the control of the territory. And localisation is an inherent part of that territorial control.
It is by his freedom that a man knows himself, by his sovereignty over his own life that a man measures himself.
An enlightened trust in the sovereignty of human reason can be every bit as magical as the exploits of Merlin, and a faith in our capacity for limitless self-improvement just as much a wide-eyed superstition as a faith in leprechauns.
Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.
God's sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to pray, but rather makes it possible for us to pray with confidence.
To damage the sovereignty of the individual is to replace a community inspired by love, benevolence, and beauty by another based solely on power.
Opposition to divine sovereignty is essentially atheism.
What I'm urging people to do is trust in the sovereignty of God.
The values that we talked about, the values democracy and free speech and international norms and rule of law, respecting the ability of other countries to determine their own destiny and preserve their sovereignty and territorial integrity. Things are not something that we can set aside.
Was all of Stephen A. Douglas's promotion of 'popular sovereignty' a plausible device for getting him elected president? With his death in June, 1861, any possible answer to that question went to Douglas's grave with him.
Human fallibility recognised, Gods sovereignty trusted; these are also the only stable foundations for human beings in society.
For me, Europe consists of three things: sovereignty, unity and democracy.
A high view of God’s sovereignty fuels death-defying devotion to global missions. Maybe another way to put it, people, and more specifically pastors, who believe that God’s sovereign over all things will lead Christians to die for the sake of all peoples.
