Comments and questions concerning Civil and Ecclesiastical Reform

1. What is the Civic Covenant? How does one enter into it? By what authority is it established? What are its blessings and curses? What are the obligations of one who has entered into this covenant?

2. What does the structure of the home teach us about our civic and ecclesiastical families? What are the similarities and differences? How does the role of mother and father coincide or enable us to understand the roles of Church and State? How has the breakdown of the roles of Fathers and Mothers contributed to the breakdown of our civic and ecclesiastical bodies? What can the study of a biblical home teach us about the nature of representative government, nurturing, discipline/punishment, protection, social class, poverty, education and maturity?

3. The natural state of man is fallen. Any body of people rather civic or ecclesiastical is made up of fallen men. Accountability is a basic and fundamental concept of human interaction within family and church structures. This concept must also be fundamental in our civic lives. Any civic government must be limited. Man must be restrained form his natural weaknesses and passions. The government must restrain the populace and the populace must restrain the government from tyranny and wickedness.