"sovereign of"

[Nell]

Originally Posted by Trapped

... So I'm just trying to figure out if the LC's use this phrase correctly.

No. They don't use the phrase correctly. However, I never heard "sovereign of" at all before I checked out in the '90's.

Since it isn't biblical, as has been pointed out, it falls in the category of a "non-biblical teaching" taught to Christians as though it were biblical, and, IMHO, is often used to deflect the reality of a situation. Depending on the context of using the expression, it's almost like "oh well" on one end of the scale and on the other end, acknowledging God's Sovereignty.

Later when the use of the expression became more common, it was in a different context. It was used to "spiritualize" an answer.

Nell