History illustrates the word of God.
Law of Nations came out of the Reformation. The Golden Rule is the one verse that can be used to describe the Law of Nations.
If there is a tyrannical dictator, we should be aware of it, publish the evil, and send in missionaries.
Review:
- Nations are extensions of individuals
- God's Law is the framework for a nation's domestic and foreign policy
- God's Covenant is the model for international treaties
- God governs nations by the law of the nations, from the bottom up, inside out.
America's original foreign policy
1. No interdependence. (Sovereignty)
2. No intermeddling. (Neutrality)
3. No intervention. (Interposition)
The War of Northern Aggression was the turning point of America's foreign policy. We began to think from the top down.
PanAmerica was a trend toward interdependence. Annexation of Hawaii was a trend toward colonization and intermeddling. The Spanish-American War was towards colonization and interventionism.
You don't have true freedom unless you are free to fail.
The League of Nations was an international government renouncing war, yet at the price of justice (peace without victory).
The three things that dominated U.S. Foreign Policy in 1950-1970 were:
Appeasement (Interdependence)
Containment (Intermeddling)
Disarmament (Interventionism)
Today we are seeking to spread democracy through these three ways.
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So glad you have posted these talks!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Maybe sometime I'll get around to posting notes on the talks from last year. :)
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