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To Gengwall (318)
So your claim is that “authority” is not nurturing, self-sacrificing or centrally focused on the good of others.

What then are the implications of raising children as described in the Bible? What then shall we call the actions of a parent who nurtures their child by disciplining them for getting into the medicine cabinet? Or insists that they do need to finish their homework despite the pressing allure of a video game? (fortunately my children are still young)

Are these actions characteristic of “authority?” – Absolutely
Is this type of authority rightly nurturing, self-sacrificing and centered on the good of others. – Completely
Is this the type of authority that God exercises over us as His children. – Most assuredly