It is interesting to see the workings of a fallen society within the world of the Walking Dead. There are no more institutions, either civil government or the Church, and therefore people are left to fend for themselves. The series illustrates the veneer that is civil society; remove the societal constraints of government and the Church and people descend back …
Monthly Archives: March 2016
In the Walking Dead series we see humanity at both its best and worst. There are times where people are absolutely brutal and selfish and then other times where people exhibit a sense of self-sacrifice for others. It is interesting to watch the series to see how people react to each other in an environment with no civil government to …
Since the new Walking Dead episodes are now being aired, it reminded me that I had previously planned to write a series of posts about how the show reveals truths about various topics. In this post, I want to focus on the role of civil government (what Lutherans would call God’s “Left Hand Realm”). One of the most salient realities …