Whiffing On Nero And Romans 13

Whiffing On Nero And Romans 13

Recently in the Theonomy Q&A group (a terrific resource!) we received a question that touches on an issue that comes up quite a bit. It relates to the oft repeated and oft mistaken notion that Romans 13 was written during the Neronic persecution. The idea is that...
Unbelievers Will Never Create a Just Society

Unbelievers Will Never Create a Just Society

Last year at George Mason University Pastor Jason Garwood and I were on the campus in the main square to speak on behalf of the unborn with the Gospel as the foundation of our calls for justice. In conversation with one bright young man, we began to talk about how...
Megalomaniacal Pastors And Faulty Ecclesiology

Megalomaniacal Pastors And Faulty Ecclesiology

When it comes to interaction with various ecclesiastical authority figures throughout your life, how many times have you heard yourself thinking questions like: What’s up with this pastor? He’s always been a nice guy but where did that behavior come from? Man that...
Reforming Tribalism

Reforming Tribalism

Normally a good eye-catching way to start out an article like this would be to rhyme of a bunch of examples of various tribes. The problem with this is that it immediately feeds into our minds tendency to want to “other” the problem away outside ourselves....
Why Might a Reconstructionist Vote Trump?

Why Might a Reconstructionist Vote Trump?

What is voting? Can the Christian reconstructionist vote for the lesser of two evils? Is Donald Trump the clear lesser of two evils? What about third party voting or not voting at all? How does localism fit into all of this? Amid these swirling questions, before we...