De Regno Christi

RE: Four-Fold Foundation or “Truth or Dare” with Darryl Hart
W.H. Chellis
O.k. time for me to stop waiting for the dare and dealing with truth.
The problem of toleration/ liberty of conscience is always with us, even in a secular setting. To what degree do we allow the propagation of subversive “faiths” is difficult (and becoming [...]

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Theological Theses on Christian Civil Government
W.H. Chellis
This set of Theses has been a work in progress for a number of years. Versions have been published in the Christian Statesman and Semper Reformanda. I thought they might be helpful to focus the debate.
I. The Adamic Kingdom:
1. Jesus Christ is fully God, and equal [...]

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The Four-Fold Foundation of National Confessionalism
W. H. Chellis
Jesus Christ is King over all. This is a biblical truth in need of an application. How do we, citizens of a twenty-first century America far removed from first century Palestine, apply the truth of Christ’s reign, not only over the Church, but also over such [...]

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American Religion?
Peter Leithart
Over on the First Things web site, Michael and Jana Novak offer some Independence Day reflections on the meaning of a nation being “under God.” They trace Lincoln’s claims about the “new birth of liberty” and “nation under God” to Washington and Parson Weems, Washington’s biographer, suggesting that Lincoln’s Gettysburg address echoes [...]

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