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Category Archives: Two-kingdoms
Now That’s A Communion Rail
In light of the recent dust-up that Darrell Todd (“Scoop”) Maurina’s hit piece has created (again, again, again, and again.But wait, there’s more), an Outhouse correspondent has reached back into the archives and requested something get re-posted. As if Old … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Culture War, Scoop Maurina, Two-kingdoms
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New Audio Links
When someone gives me a sermon or lecture to listen to, I usually don’t. Well, I hope you’re not like me. Below are some links to some helpful 2K lectures. I’ve also added them to the “The Tempting Sounds” list … Continue reading
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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Is He Talking to Us?
Amidst the screeching across the P&R internets in the wake of the nuclear bomb that was dropped yesterday, Carl Trueman stands out as a thoughtful, and even useful voice. Jason Stellman was a man with a high ecclesiology; and high … Continue reading
If You’re In The Neighborhood
Matthew Tuininga is doctoral candidate in Ethics and Society at Emory University in Atlanta, is currently writing his dissertation on John Calvin’s two kingdoms theory, and is licensed to preach in the United Reformed Churches of North America. He also blogs at … Continue reading
Posted in Matthew Tuininga, Plugs, 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
We Don’t Need the Enlightenment to Know the Government Shouldn’t Enforce True Religion
Anymore than we need the Bible to know stealing is wrong. But the Bible also seems to have something to say about physically enforcing the true religion and punishing everything else. Advocates of two kingdom theology are sometimes disparaged by … Continue reading
Posted in Calvin, Church and State, Matthew Tuininga, Theonomy, Two-kingdoms
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Watch What You Say…
Pastor Jim Cassidy contemplates two kingdom theology and concludes with a worry that it …may in fact cause Christians to lose their greatest apologetic and witnessing opportunities. This is because while the unbeliever and the believer may not have any … Continue reading
Posted in David VanDrunen, Protestant piety, Two-kingdoms
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What Hath the Three Rs To Do With The Three Persons?
In the latest issue of Ordained Servant (with thanks to Old Life), David Noe is an Assistant Professor of Classics at Calvin College who, by way of exploring the differences between nouns and verbs and adjectives, seems to have arrived … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Ordained Servant, Two-kingdoms
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We Can B Xuberant, 2 or Happy Belated April Fool’s Day
This logo is the Outhouse’s two kingdoms answer to the Gospel Coalition’s transformationist hipness and spiritual exuber-o-sity. And it doesn’t stop there. Oh no, we may even transform the off-putting name of “Outhouse” into something more akin to “Adventures Foundation.” … Continue reading
Posted in David VanDrunen, Two-kingdoms
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Caught Between the Scylla and Charybdis
David Van Drunen recently answered a few questions by Chris Cooper at “Credo’s” blog. One answer struck me as particularly insightful, very likely because it captures what my own sense was all those years ago as a smoldering wick within … Continue reading
Posted in David VanDrunen, Pilgrim theology, Quotes, Reformed piety, Two-kingdoms
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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
How We Know Sola Fide is So Important
It seems that at some point we’ll have to have some discussion here in the ‘house of the most recent Frame job. Horton, in his response, captures very well a thought I’ve had before: This is ironic…that someone who is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Church relations, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Confessions, Federal Vision, Horton, John Frame, Justification, Law/Gospel Distinction, Lutheranism, Mike Horton, Protestant slogans, Quotes, Sanctification, The gospel, The Protestant Reformation, Two-kingdoms, W2K, Westminster Seminary
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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
