The Recon Tavern is pleased to announce this very exciting development: The release of the book “Reconstruct: Recovering Christian Advance in a Culture of Retreat.” The book is intended to be an introductory overview of Christian Reconstruction, it’s...
Do Christian Reconstructionists “argue from silence” when they say that civil government should not presume upon powers unless such powers are explicitly granted to them in scripture? If I’m understanding him correctly, in this article Peter...
Setting the Stage Events over the past several years have conspired to expose that much of the “conservative” evangelical pastorate has been asleep at the switch when it comes to the intersection of faith and civil government. These can be touchy subjects, and Pastors...
In a perfect world, we could launch straight into a discussion of theonomy from the ground up, confident that it will be evaluated fairly on the merits. Instead, we face a mountain of long-standing prejudices that have successfully recast the three terms “theonomy,”...
“Theonomists” are those who affirm that civil magistrates today are obligated to rule in accordance with God’s law, including some (but not all) transcendent civil laws given under Moses. Those who oppose theonomy and Christian Reconstruction sometimes use the “boogie...
