Thanks to Brannan for this.
R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.
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Philip,
Yes, counter-intuition is the best thing in the whole wide world.
Maybe some anti-Bull Durham instead of Nancy Reagan (she was Ronald Reagan’s wife; he was one of our presidents in the 80s):”Don’t build it and they will come.” Oops, sorry, more 80s American coming out.
I was aiming at Nike, rather than–who? I’m not yet 30, and British. Don’t expect me to have heard of your soap opera stars. 😉
There’s something which appeals, in a subtle and subversive way, about adapting the slogan of Nike (meaning victory) for a theological position which proclaims something quite different from the world’s conception of victory.
So, Philip, should the 2K slogan be a hybrid between the Nancy Reagan after-school special solution to drug abuse (“Just Say No”) and a Nike commercial (“Just Do It”)? I kinda like that.
One reason why distinguishing the two kingdoms is so important? No inaugural prayers = no problem trying to work out precisely what to think about this story. It’s almost impossible to think anything except Just Don’t Do It.
http://boarsheadtavern.com/2009/01/14/bish-robinson-horrified-at-christian-prayers/
Go to this link to google books and see another reference by Madison to two kingdoms in a letter. He references Luther as well.
Go to the link then scroll down to the letter to Schaeffer:
http://books.google.com/books?id=I6tLmjLqRfAC&pg=PA242&lpg=PA242&dq=madison+luther+%22led+the+way%22&source=web&ots=ndGIJRRB-h&sig=46eyaJhyh-XpAOUFbaoyWIzaUH4&hl=en#PPA242,M1