Skip to main content
SHARPER IRON
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)
  • About
    • About Sharper Iron
    • Doctrinal Statement
    • Contact
    • Search
  • Forum
    • Forum Home
    • Comment Guidelines
    • Search
  • Account
    • Log in
    • Register

What Is Spiritual Authority? Neither Authoritarianism nor Anti-Institutionalism

By Filings on Tue, 06/24/25
Church & Ministry
Authority
Ecclesiology
Individualism
Anti-Institutionalism

“somewhere in between the late middle ages and today, Christians began to detach their view of spiritual authority from the church and began to locate it the individual….Not only are various authorities pitted against one another, such as the spiritual against the political. All authorities began to be pitted against the individual and the individual conscience.” - Word by Word

Related . . .

Topics: Parenting, Authority, Egalitarianism
  • The New Age of Parental Authority
  • What Is a Christian’s Duty to Unjust Government?
  • "We are living in a day when authority in every realm is being rejected in the name of personal liberty and individualism."
  • Can We Celebrate Independence without Celebrating Armed Rebellion?
  • Dr. Bruce Ashford on The Authority of God and the Authorities He has Ordained

Pagination

  • Page 1
  • Next page

Featured Resources

Book cover image

View at Amazon

Book cover image

View at Amazon


(About Amazon links)

​A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.

(ESV, Proverbs 15:18)

Footer

  • About
  • Contact
  • Search
  • Forum

Since 2005

Image
2005 SI Logo Image