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Response to Anonymous Diatribe against Theonomy
Some anonymous person wrote the following diatribe. It’s worth reviewing it, since the spirit behind the diatribe walks to and fro and up and down in the Earth, ensuring that this won’t be the last time we hear these sorts of things: theonomists believe in following the OLD LAW rather than the NEW TESTAMENT, and…
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The Old Testament Law – Tripartite Analysis
To provide some background for discussion of the law of God, it is important to understand the categories involved: CategoriesThe law of God in the Old Testament is of three kinds: 1. Moral Moral law, because it reflects the character of God, is enduring and immutable. It never was and it never will be permissible…
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What If Natural Law Teaches Theonomy?
Let’s grant, for the sake of the argument, some of the apparent theses of the “Two Kingdoms” folks, and assent to the idea of “natural law” as being the normative principle for civil governments. What if, just as the light of nature points us to find the revelation from God and read it in things…
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Part of the Problem of the Label "Theonomy"
For example, I tend to call myself a “theonomist,” and yet I reject (for the reasons mentioned in the article) the “theonomy” described in this excellent article (link) by Pastor Sherman Isbell. UPDATE: (New Link) -TurretinFan To God be the Glory!
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R. Scott Clark on Theonomy and the Reformed Confessions
R. Scott Clark has a piece that, from its absurd opening, I at first thought was intended as a humorous article (link). RSC writes, “One of the more interesting ways in which theonomy is contra confessional is its Barthian-like rejection of the classic Reformed doctrine of natural law and implicitly it’s skepticism regarding natural revelation.”…
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Death Penalty for Idolatry?
Lane Keister, at GreenBaggins has posed a question: I know that I have at least two theonomists who regularly read my blog, and so this is a question addressed to them. The sin of idolatry, in the Old Testament, was punishable by death. Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Buddhists, Hindus, and many other religions practice idolatry. One…
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Natural Law, Theonomy, and Homosexual Marriage
R. Scott Clark has an interesting blog post up on the issue of Homosexual Marriage (link). RSC approaches the issue from the standpoint of “two kingdoms theology,” a viewpoint that I’m not sure I can fully embrace. Instead, I tend to self-identify with “theonomy” (a term that’s perhaps even more liable to confusion than “two…
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Just Criminal Laws
How can we determine whether a penalty is just, excessively lax, or excessively severe? Considered Biblically, such a question falls into the theological category of “theonomy” – a term that sets off all sorts of red flags in folks’ minds these days. As one who adheres to Sola Scriptura as expressed in the Westminster Confession…
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The Real Turretin on: The Duty of the King Toward Religion
JetBrane at Iron Ink has provide a quotation from the real Francis Turretin on the subject of the duty of the Christian magistrate. (link) JetBrane goes on to make an application to the so-called R2KT (Radical Two-Kingdom Theology) viewpoint. Without getting embroiled (for now) with that topic, I can of course commend Turretin’s comments as…
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No, He Did Not
According to this article (link), a man followed every rule in the Bible for a year. No. He did not. Only Christ ever followed every rule in the Bible for a year. What the man in the article did is mock every rule in the Bible for a year. While a few men have been…