The issues it said are a book of the month for April is prayerful living in a post-Christian culture.

This new book explains how every baptized believer holds an office higher than any earthly ruler,

the office of intercessor before God's throne.

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Prayerful living in a post-Christian culture, The Issues, Et cetera, Book of the Month.

Thy strong word, we praise you and acknowledge you up through endless ranks of angels.

Hi, this is Pastor Wileden, inviting you to join us for our hym sing

at the 2026 Issues, etc., making the case conference. This year's theme, singing the ancient

faith in our own days. Making the case is Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 13th at Concordia University, Chicago.

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Before there was the Ten Commandments and the First Commandment have no other gods before me.

And even before the fall into sin, there was a pre-fall commandment that God gave to all of creation and man in particular, be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it.

That command is still in force.

What role does civil government play in setting the parameters for that commandment?

Welcome back to Issues Cedar.

I'm Todd Wilkin.

Joining us for part two of our series on intercessory prayer in a post-Christian culture.

Dr. Leonard Payton, he's

pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Forest Park, Illinois, author of the issues that said are a book of

the month for April, prayerful living in a post-Christian culture. Dr. Peyton, welcome back. Thank you so

much. Good to be back. How does God measure human government? What parameters does he employ? I think there are really two

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