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The ‘Deeper Magic’ of Sphere Sovereignty

June 11, 2015 • by Jordan J. Ballor

The ‘Deeper Magic’ of Sphere Sovereignty

I was reading through Abraham Kuyper’s inaugural speech at the founding of the Free University in Amsterdam, in which he lays out his vision of “sphere sovereignty,” and this passage struck me as particularly noteworthy. Continue Reading...

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