David VanDrunen on how Christians should think about the civil magistrate.
Twofold Kingdom
May Christians Take Prozac?
That’s the question WSC student Simon Jooste considers at Creed or Chaos.
The AG Says: Calvinists No Threat
Apparently the two-kingdoms theology is making more progress than I thought. The NY Sun today quotes the Attorney General of the United States as saying: So far as focusing investigations, we investigate where the threat is coming from. The threat is coming . . . Continue reading →
Two on Christ and Culture
Sometimes pagan get it when Christian don’t Politically correct Constantinianism?
New Audio: A Biblical Case for Natural Law
Thanks to the folks at Christ Reformed Church in Anaheim.
Two Kingdoms in Christianity Today
Uwe-Siemon-Netto writes, “Election 08’s ‘False Clerics and Schismatic Spirits.’” Thanks to Darryl Hart for the heads up.
Is Obama Wright or Wrong?
Bill Chellis weighs in helpfully.
There is More Than One Way to Take the Lord's Name in Vain
In the Outhouse.
General Equity and Eliot Spitzer
Bill Chellis weighs in thoughtfully.
Pastor Wright, Evangelicals, and the Two Kingdoms
Jeremiah Wright is the former pastor of Trinity UCC in Chicago. Where, in evangelical mega-church circles, 10,000 members is a medium-sized congregation, in the world of dwindling mainline churches, Trinity is a bona fide mega-church. Pastor Wright’s recent comments, however, illustrate another . . . Continue reading →
How the Two Kingdoms Doctrine Could Have Prevented ECT
From the beginning it was apparent that the cart driving the theological horse in the Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT) negotiations (which continue!) is the pressure to form a “common front” against neo-paganism, secularism, materialism, and other forms of fallout from late . . . Continue reading →
Neo-Lib Theocracy? Just Say No
The two-kingdoms ethic rejects theocracy from the right or the left.
Reeves Responds to Clark
Russ Reeves of Tolle Blogge (and Providence Christian College) wrote such a thoughtful response to the “Natural is Not Neutral” post that it shoudn’t be buried in the comments.
Natural is Not Neutral
Russ Reeves at Tolle Blogge (another great blog name!) makes some thoughtful comments on my “Christ is Lord of All But…” post. I agree with him that it may be that we agree more than it seems, but he raises a few . . . Continue reading →
Christ is Lord of All But…
The question of thinking like a Christian is an important topic and one close to my heart. We discuss this very question each fall in the Historical Theology orientation course. We read and discuss a roundtable discussion published some years ago in . . . Continue reading →
Resources for Reformed Approaches to Natural Law
I get occasional queries about theonomy, reconstructionism, and alternatives to the same. The folks at Covenant OPC (Abilene, TX ) have put together a terrific page of resources on the Reformed approach to natural law. Here’s an essay I did several years . . . Continue reading →