State, Church, Family…? The civil government usually claims, now and across human history, to be the distinguishing and unitary factor of each society. On occasion the religious institution, the ‘church,’ makes a grab for the same, but it does so
Some often unrecognized parts of his mastery. Tolkien is recognized far and wide as a master of worldbuilding, of language, and of legend. Some dislike his implementations. Some despise his theology. Some say a lot of things. But, as a
Partisanship just isn’t avoidable. [As of transfer to this archive, I’m not as confident in this article as at time of writing, though it makes valid points.] Gerrymandering is a difficult topic to analyze. We can all see the blaring
Reviewing Wolfe’s evidence. Is theonomy a novel doctrine in church history? According to Stephen Wolfe, it is novel at least to Reformed theology. To a very small extent, he succeeds. But he succeeds much less than he purports, going by
Is Scripture sufficient? In a recent article (probably the most recent one, but I’ve jumbled the order before), I made some acerbic remarks on Stephen Wolfe’s assertions in Biblical sufficiency in A Study Report on Reformed Christian Politics (though in fairness he’s
Stephen Wolfe takes on theonomy, and it doesn’t go well. I must confess to being disappointed by the chapter of A Study Report on Reformed Christian Politics (by Stephen Wolfe et al) which dealt with theonomy. I did not expect Wolfe to
Now that I’ve stuck my hand in the boiling oil, listen up. We’ll start with the principle I’m building off of, then do a short analysis of Israel’s status in light of that principle. The Principle The national right-to-inhabit (and
Errors at the base of his political theology. So far, Stephen Wolfe’s new work on political theology has not been convincing, to my eyes, as it rests much of its argument on a set of two presuppositions I cannot in
The primacy of different types of order [Note: I wrote this in January 2025 while contemplating a new format for Creational Story but never posted it.] The difficulty of defining poetry is in drawing a line which keeps everything poetic on one
I’ve been listening to James White on Catholicism. And I want to do a funny. Have you ever felt that the Protestant Bible was too straightforward? Have you ever wanted to dunk on the Catholics by putting them in a