Can you quickly name the four types of government?
We think first of civil, or state government. That’s one; three remain.
You mention church government. Yes, that is right.
Someone mentions the family government. Yes, again, we are thinking alike.
One type of government is left.
If you are like I was, you may be drawing a blank. The remaining type of government is the most important. All the other spheres are malfunctioning because we have forgotten it.
The last type is self-government. Maybe we should list it first because it underlies the other three.
We have the governments of:
- self
- family
- church, and
- and civil, or state
Each successive level of government depends on the level before it, or below it. Each can compensate for isolated but not widespread failure in prior levels.
Today we suffer from widespread failure in self-government, the forgotten form, yet policymakers, thought leaders, and…
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