I am, as I’ve probably made sufficiently clear, a theonomist. I am also a Presbyterian, whatever my quarrels with certain parts of the tradition may be. I can offer only slightly-qualified endorsement to the 1788 Westminster Confession of Faith. But,
We cannot edit the law. Many of us have sympathy for the Biblical civil law’s list of crimes. We find murder, rape, theft, adultery, theft, and even blasphemy highly objectionable, and we can see how at least a little punishment
Discretion can become rebellion. A certain strain of Christian Nationalism (and its adjacent positions) places a strong emphasis on the necessary adaptation of principle to circumstance. Stephen Wolfe, for instance, speaks of a necessary discretion, adapting natural and divine law
The PCA recently released an ‘interim report’ to some furor. The topic? In all the PR, Christian Nationalism (but more on that soon). The report itself is thirty-five pages that aren’t worth your time; the writing would be unexceptional if
Are pagans the best rulers? The PCA’s getting-less-recent interim report on Christian Nationalism’s relationship with ethno-nationalism, commonly billed as a statement on Christian Nationalism, has takes the time to twice denounce the removal of political power from non-Christians for their
“War,” it has been asserted, “never changes.” The sentiment is old and worn, found in government report and video game and meme all around. Many of its iterations elaborate. “War never changes. It only becomes more bloody and brutal,” one US
The anodyne, the worrying, and the flat-out confusing The PCA has had the kindness to tell us what we should think about Christian Nationalism, at least for now. Among their Affirmations and Denials (Point 3, page 8), they have even
I do not trust judges, as a category, nearly as far as I can throw them. Judges are, as a rule, biased, trained in secularism, steeped in governmental power, blind to or participant in abuse, deferential to the government, and
Licenses are a measure to control, not protect. In a number of professions, you need the government’s permission to operate. A lawyer, for instance, can only practice as a lawyer if he fulfills the state’s requirements, like a J.D. degree
Right, wrong, and silence. What They Got Right Affirmation/denial #1 of the PCA’s interim report on Christian Nationalism (pg 8) gets a fair few things right. The civil authority is indeed ordained by God; it indeed has a “legitimate role”