While Abraham Kuyper makes the creation/providence relationship his second tenant of what constitutes a “political faith,” this paper intended to show that it ought to be, instead, the bedrock of any Christian political theory, or political-piety. It is the creation/providence relationship that in civil government will be for us “fit teachers of piety.” Reverence, love, trust, patience, praise, and other virtues will blossom as we come to sense who the true source of civil government is and in what ways he Governs it. Therefore, we must be weary of political theories that downplay or reject God’s rule in any way. If we conform our thoughts about civil government—about our role in society, legislative debates, election seasons, etc.— around
