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Category Archives: Civil religion
WCF Says No on Gay Marriage
To pull a trick from Zrim’s bag, I think it’s time for a re-post, revised and expanded for our current times (because if the Outhouse is about anything, it’s about Relevance!) The question came up what (R/W/Z)2K’ers think of the … Continue reading
This Week in 2K History
For your consideration, here are a couple of interesting data points in 2K History from This Day in Presbyterian History over the last week. May 16, 1861: A Political Issue Divides the Old School General Assembly: Rev. Gardiner Spring, the … Continue reading
One Lord, One Baptism, One Sentiment
This is so DGH, it’s not worth trying to Guess Who: An implicit assumption of faith-based politics is that people who hold the same religious convictions will, or at least should, look at the political order in similar ways. Some invoke … Continue reading
Water is Thicker than Blood
Heard an intriguing quote from an unlikely source during my commute .mp3 listening. The discussion started in relationship to how “Christmas” seems to get earlier and earlier every year, no longer held back by the buffer of Thanksgiving. I bet … Continue reading
What Do Bill Maher and A Southern Baptist Pastor Have in Common?
They both think a religious set of beliefs not theirs is enough to disqualify someone for public office. During the 2008 Presidential campaign Bill Maher was interviewed on NPR about his film “Religulous.” Just before the ten minute mark, Teri … Continue reading
More Reasons to Love Lutherans…and Wonder about Baptists…and Family Research Councils
Evidently, evangelical Protestants have been snubbed when it came to the seating arrangements for religious ceremonies at the National Cathedral this weekend to commemorate September 11. Lutheran pastor Bill Cwirla says: So as a Lutheran clergyman with a firm hold … Continue reading
Michele Bachmann Impersonates John Piper
Brian Lee has a good point that religious faith is not synonymous with irrationality and that religious bigotry, like sin, is an equal opportunity affliction. I am reminded of Bill Maher’s remark in an NPR interview (plugging “Religiulous”) during the … Continue reading
Guess the Good Guy
We are constantly told, it is true, that there ought to be an equal opportunity for all the children in the United States; therefore, it is said, Federal aid ought to be given to backward states. But what shall we … Continue reading
Guess Who
From a discussion of secular schooling: [Objection:] But participation in state schools is unwise for Christians. It aids and abets a movement toward greater state power, and hence toward a greater domination of unbelief in our society. I respect this … Continue reading
Trueman on Puerile Religion
Over at the Q: Ideas blog Chris Donato asks Carl Trueman some questions about civil religion, secularization and poli-tainment. I have always been struck myself at the general adolescent impulse that beats beneath American Protestantism, so I found this question … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Carl Trueman, Chris Donato, Civil religion
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Who wants to eat blood anyways?
OHS JJS’ most recent post touches on something I’ve been wondering about for quite a while: why are the Gentiles prohibited from ingesting blood? JJS is referring to Acts 15:29, but I’ve always been curious about Genesis 9:4. I mean, … Continue reading
Reading Assignment
I don’t know if there are any regular visitors to the ‘house that are not already regular readers of OHS JJS’s Creed, Code, Cult, but just in case, you should know that we’ve been given a reading assignment: I’d encourage … Continue reading
Solomon and Canon
I apologize for the disjointed and incoherent organization here, but I need to squeeze this out; maybe I can clean it up later, or hash things out in the comments… Last time, I asserted (hopefully convincingly) that Solomon’s lack of … Continue reading
Posted in Civil religion, Gospel, Law/Gospel Distinction, Two-kingdoms
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Solomon and Reprobation
As preface to addressing a larger issue in a subsequent post, I’d like to take up the question here of whether Solomon was elect. I’d say the evidence is pretty overwhelming that God did not grant Solomon the gift of … Continue reading
Posted in Civil religion, Gospel, Law/Gospel Distinction
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Not All Visions Are Created Equal
Upon request, the Outhouse wants to do its modest part to promote Reformation Christianity by pointing folks to an upcoming conference in Washington D.C. called “Preaching in the Capital.” As the phrase suggests, this conference is all about bringing the powers … Continue reading
