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Category Archives: Spirituality of the Church
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
Two Kingdoms Is Protestant
With all due respect to my fellow Outhouser who approvingly linked us to Carl Trueman’s response to Jason Stellman’s developed views, there is a better way to assess the correlation between those views and two kingdom theology. The latter is … Continue reading
Posted in DG Hart, Links, Old Life, Spirituality of the Church, Two-kingdoms
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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
Two Kingdoms Illustrated
No, I’m not starting a magazine (can you imagine the swimsuit issue?), merely sharing a post from a blog I follow, Anonymous Doctor; in which a Doctor shares anecdotes from his work. Anonymously. In today’s episode, the good (but Anonymous) … 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
It’s the Church, Stupid
In an uphill battle against a President associated with The Persian Gulf War, Clinton campaign strategist James Carville didn’t want the campaign to be about foreign policy. He wanted to take the campaign to a different venue and on a … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality of the Church, Two-kingdoms
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When Political Shunning Becomes Ecclesiastical Shunning
Conservatives have long complained about a liberal media bias and their point is probably well taken. That’s why I was surprised that a particular story didn’t pop up in my (non-exhaustive) search for articles on last Saturday’s Republican forum. Certainly … Continue reading
Guess Who
This name ["theocracy"] is not found in the Scriptures, although it admirably describes what the Biblical account represents Israel’s constitution to have been. Probably the term was coined by Josephus. He observes in regard to the governments of other nations, … Continue reading
I Hear It Tastes Like Chicken
He who channels all things Francis Turretin writes back. There isn’t much new. It still isn’t clear why cautioning against bringing politics into the church means one is somehow opposed to preaching the law. After all, it is possible to … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Spirituality of the Church, The gospel, Two-kingdoms
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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
It’s About the Gospel, TurretinFan
There has been a bit of back and forth between the Heidelblog and “He Who Anonymously Channels All Things Francis Turretin.” (I experience the same trouble submitting a comment at Tfan’s blog that RSC seems to have.) At this point, … Continue reading
Rabbit-Foot Theology
Dale Ralph Davis, commenting on 1 Samuel 4, where the Israelites try to use the Ark of the Covenant as a lucky battle-charm, and end up losing it to the Philistines: In spite of Israelite enthusiasm (v. 5; in Israel’s … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes, Spirituality of the Church, Transformationism, Two-kingdoms, W2K
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What Hath Geneva to do with Itself?
If Keith Mathison’s review of David VanDrunen’s “Living in God’s Two Kingdoms” is any measure, it would seem that when two kingdoms advocates draw a connection between the ecclesiastical doctrine of the two kingdoms and the soteriological doctrine of justification … Continue reading
The Rainbow Coalition
No, not the Jesse Jackson kind, the Paul Helm sort, who has a helpful post on getting involved in politics. Did he really just say, “First off, then, who’s to say that there is a God-given universal obligation to be … Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality of the Church, The gospel
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Guess Who
No Googling, you know the drill… Americans are not a people accustomed to suffering. We are used to winning, to succeeding, to getting ahead. We want to be “seen at the top.” We plan careers and make career moves. We … Continue reading
