“I would like to borrow a metaphor from Warfield and apply it to the phrase ‘the lordship of Christ.’ In the hands of liberals, the lordship of Christ is like pie dough—the farther you spread it, the thinner it gets” (Empires of Dirt, p. 124).
Theocracy and the Tijuana Brass
Introduction: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. The Gospel Coalition and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission are holding a conference in April to commemorate it (MLK50: Reflections from the Mountaintop). Anticipating the conference, earlier this week Russell Moore took the opportunity of MLK day to write …
A Difficult Imagine
“Imagine trying to prove from the Bible that God wants rulers, especially Christian ones, to pretend that He doesn’t exist—to pretend in public that they don’t know Him” (Empires of Dirt, p. 123).
People Love Writing Tomes About Theocracy
Russell Moore & Theocracy: Sir, I read Russell Moore’s article regarding theocracy that you linked to, and I am a bit aghast. How can anyone who has read the Bible make any such blanket and universal condemnation against theocracy in any and every form (i.e., his critique “also is true of every theocracy.”)? Does Mr. …
Sinning Right and Left
“Incidentally, I am making this argument so that Christians may call their leaders to righteousness, whether those leaders are Republicans or Democrats. I am not assuming that only Democrats are guilty of this kind of hypocrisy—far from it. When these words were first written, the present writer was being represented in the United States Senate …
Like a Dog Chasing a Firetruck
Introduction: What I would like to do, if you all will be kind enough to permit it, is further explain what I mean when I say that all societies are theocratic, by necessity, of necessity. I would also like to do it in a way that is compelling to absolutely everyone on the planet. But …
Funny How That Works
Forgiveness is Never Apolitical
“When a people sin in three dimensions, and they demand that the throne be established on unrighteousness, and they frame iniquity with a law, and they say that a woman can have her child dismembered in the womb as her constitutional right, does the Church, which its message of deliverance from sin and death, have …
I Will Be Brief If I Can
So brief. So the president allegedly called certain other countries a name that I will not repeat here, but it was rude, crude, and unattractive. In response, I tweeted this: “In response to the president’s alleged rude comment about certain countries, I call upon Christian leaders everywhere to refrain from giving any theocratic admonitions.” What …
As of Course, It Sometimes Does
