The New Citizenship: The Christian Facing a New World Order
Overview
In this volume, A. T. Robertson reflects on the issues and challenges facing the church in the early twentieth century—the years of war, economic turmoil, the relationship between church and state, patriotism and pacifism. He explores the implication of Christ's kingdom with regard to each challenge the church faces, and suggests possibilities for engaging complex issues. The posture and approach of his engagement with culture serves as a model for the church in every age.
Top Highlights
“They do not recognize the power of Jesus in certain sections of their own lives as in politics and in business.” (Page 14)
“The purpose of government is to make possible the free exercise of all proper liberties by the citizens. The government that secures this is a good government.” (Page 50)
“The Kingdom of God has never been rightly understood by men. Probably it cannot be because of the complexity of the conception.” (Page 145)
“But the Kingdom of God itself has been confined in our minds to purely spiritual affairs” (Page 15)
“It will never do for the prophets of the new age who dream of a new order to overlook the fundamental fact of personal righteousness.” (Page 146)
- Title: The New Citizenship: The Christian Facing a New World Order
- Author: A. T. Robertson
- Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
- Publication Date: 1919
- Pages: 157
A. T. Robertson (1863–1934) was a renowned scholar and a terrific preacher. He was educated at Wake Forest University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1892, Robertson was appointed professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary where he taught until 1934.
Robertson was a founding member of the Baptist World Congress, now known as the Baptist World Alliance. Throughout his incredible life, Archibald Thomas Robertson wrote 41 books ranging from grammars to simple character studies.
His books are still used today and his publications available in Logos include Practical and Social Aspects of Christianity: The Wisdom of James, Studies in Mark's Gospel, The Divinity of Christ in the Gospel of John, and A Harmony of the Gospels. Also available from Logos is the A. T. Robertson Collection (15 vols.), which includes a number of Robertson’s grammars, commentaries, lectures, and sermons.