[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

Odd place to start Martin Luther in that the Church had already been resisting the rise of Islam for centuries when Luther was born.

[Louis Foxwell]

When a moral people succumb to the tyranny of evil rulers they become one with evil and can no more be considered a moral people.

[ForYourChildren]

Generally yes. Not just for Americans but for all Christians.

This is an extremely broad topic, and each situation needs its own biblical analysis. But Lex, Rex, by Scottish Presbyterian minister Samuel Rutherford, is a great intro for this topic.

With respect to the Declaration of Independence, there were many many years leading up to that point in time. The black robe brigade (regiment) during the revolutionary war is an example of pastors engaging the cultural times.

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The Black Robed Regiment was the name that the British placed on the courageous and patriotic American clergy during the Founding Era (a backhanded reference to the black robes they wore). [1] Significantly, the British blamed the Black Regiment for American Independence, [2] and rightfully so, for modern historians have documented that:

There is not a right asserted in the Declaration of Independence which had not been discussed by the New England clergy before 1763.

[Alice M. Baldwin, The New England Clergy and the American Revolution (New York: Frederick Ungar, 1958), p. 170.]

http://nationalblackroberegiment.com/original-black-robe-regiment/

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[Clump]

Pfl

[TalBlack]

Do Americans have a right to oppose unjust authority?

...Sigh...

[trisham]

"We moved our base camp last night and we’re now positioned literally
within feet of the river. Have been sitting here watching the border
patrol patrolling in their riverboats all night and all morning..."

~Jim Robinson

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