The Obligatory Post on Romans 13
Every single individual who finds interest in the topics concerning public policy and theology is forced, at one time or another, to deal with Romans 13. Not because Romans 13 presents a problem. For...
View ArticleDriscoll, Tribalism, and Ad Hominems
So, our fearless editor passed along not only a video of Pastor Mark Driscoll discussing Tribalism, but included in the link was a critical and unfavorable critique of Driscoll’s positions. It is my...
View ArticleThe Complex Issues Part 1: A Rigid Defense of Individualism
Note: This was the first of a four part series on some complex theoretical issues revolving largely around intersections between (Protestant) Christianity as a worldview and its political and economic...
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The Golden Rule and Force
Do you enjoy being forced to do anything? Of course, this is a rhetorical question. Clearly, no one enjoys being forced to do anything (and to cut off any insufferable belligerents at the pass: true...
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God’s Elect “Replaced” God’s Elect?
Is it vital for the Christian to maintain that God still recognizes the people of Israel? Without a doubt. According to Romans 11, God has “by no means” rejected them and has a place for a great number...
View ArticleFive Reasons for Evangelism
Because we believe that God “chose us in Him before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4) and that ” in love He predestined us for adoption as sons through Christ Jesus, according to the purpose...
View Article“If God is For Us.” Ruminating on Romans 8:31
The entire book of Romans pours forth in one fluid and glorious presentation of the magnificent glory of God. It is therefore quite a chore to attempt a short meditation of a single phrase smack dab...
View ArticleWhy Does American Still Have Freedom of Religion?
Freedom of religion was a radical shift from the status quo in the Western World at the time of the American Revolution. To have freedom of religion meant that the central power would not be able to...
View ArticleHas the Christian Lost His Footing?
As the Church tragically discarded the use of logic and reason in its worldview during the early liberal era, especially during the Presbyterian split of the 1920′s, the irrationalism that has cloaked...
View ArticleThe Issue of Rights and the Christian
From where do rights originate? And what do they look like? The foundational framework of a just society requires that one ask, and subsequently answer, questions such as these. The Christian must...
View ArticleThe Separation of Church and Truth
“Do I have to be a bigot to be a Christian?” That was the question that Jeff Cook asked in his recent article in Relevant Magazine following the shocking announcement that Exodus International, a...
View ArticleA Christian Perspective on Murray Rothbard’s “Why Be Libertarian?”
Hands down, Murray Rothbard is the most influential libertarian of the twentieth century. Not everyone in the libertarian movement these days is a fan of “Rothbardian” libertarianism, but I doubt one...
View ArticleThe Complex Issues Part 3: “Giving Honor” and “Name Calling”
Note: This is the third installment in a four part series on some complex theoretical issues revolving largely around intersections between (Protestant) Christianity as a worldview and its political...
View ArticleThe Church Paid-Off
The Churches gladly set themselves up as 501(c)(3) organizations. And why shouldn’t they? A tax-exempt status is a great position to be in. If the State took money from these Churches, the Churches...
View ArticleThe Complex Issues Part 4: The State and Christians Who Worship It.
Note: This is the forth installment in a four part series on some complex theoretical issues revolving largely around intersections between (Protestant) Christianity as a worldview and its political...
View ArticleLibertarianism and Anarchy: Where We Stand
I think that this post will be an important one. I also think that it will be divisive and defining. Divisive in the sense that the outcome, whatever it may be, will cause some to cheer and others to...
View ArticleThe Reformed Libertarian Manifesto: Defining Our View
As the audience and readership for this site expands, it is becoming increasingly important that I make it plain exactly what I hold to be true in regards to theology and polity. As the Facebook page...
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The Dominance of Irrationalism: Rachel Held Evans and the New Liberals
It was once popular in the Christian Church, as you might discover by reading Christianity and Liberalism by conservative Christian stalwart J. Gresham Machen, that the fundamentals of Christianity...
View ArticleGod Glorified in the Evils of Statism
The Background The first published sermon by American Puritan Jonathan Edwards in 1731 was titled God Glorified in Man’s Dependence. In this sermon Edwards aims to show: “1st, that there is an...
View ArticleLonging For the Eradication of Evil and Yet Turning the Other Cheek
In our day and age where the State has buried its flagpole deep into the ground, claiming that it should be worshiped at all times, it is sometimes difficult to recognize its actions as being exactly...
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