Theology and History Blog
Should Socially conservative Christians live like the Amish?
In my previous essay, A Call to Community Living: A Return to Deliberate Christian Settlements, I laid out ten advantages of forming deliberate [...]
Does David’s refusal to take the life of King Saul prove that tyrants may not be resisted?
The refusal by David on two separate occasions to take the life of King Saul, who was hunting him down to murder him, has [...]
Answers to Theonomy Critics
The following Scripture passages are often used as prooftexts against the doctrine of theonomy. However, such use of them fails to take into account the [...]
The New Testament and Theonomy
It has often been asserted that in the sermon on the mount, Jesus added to or broadened the scope of the Old Testament Law. [...]
Scripture on Divorce and Remarriage
What do the Scriptures teach on the matter of divorce and remarriage? This is a very important topic in our day when unbiblical divorces and [...]
Lecture Notes on Reformed Credobaptism
In 2004, at a two day conference in Central Texas, Pastor William O. Einwechter, a Reformed Baptist pastor from Pennsylvania, gave a series of lectures [...]
Comparison Between Hebrew and American Republics
Comparison Chart Between Hebrew and American Republics Left: Hebrew Republic. Right: American Republic. Judge/King Elected (Joshua, Num. 28:19, 22; Jephthah, Jud. 11:4-11; Samuel, 1 Sam. [...]
God and Government
In order to properly study what God's word says about civil government, we must first define the word. What is government? The word govern comes [...]
A Call to Community Living: A Return to Deliberate Christian Settlements
In this essay, I wish to present the case and reasons for community living. I have touched on the themes of Christian communities, Christian societies, [...]
A Covenantal Perspective on Government and Jurisdiction
(This article was inspired by a lecture by Pastor William O. Einwechter on the same topic. I have retained his headings, but the content of [...]
A Christian America: What It is and What it isn’t
In recent times, there has been a lot of use of the term “Christian nationalism.” It is a term that is frequently employed by [...]
Homosexual Acts Should be Criminalized by the Civil Magistrate: A Defense of the Biblical and Historical Position
There has been a lot of discussion in the not-too-distant past about the recent law passed in Uganda, the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act, which makes [...]