RSSEntries Tagged as 'Two Kingdoms'
In Defense of a Theology of Cross and Glory: Part 4
A Non-redemptive Providential Reign of Christ?
“The word of the Lord came to me: ‘Take silver and gold from the exiles Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon. Go the same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. Take the silver and gold and make a crown, and [...]
In Defense of a Theology of Cross and Glory: Part 3
O GOD, merciful Father, who despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart, nor the desire of such as are sorrowful; Mercifully assist our prayers which we make before thee in all our troubles and adversities, whensoever they oppress us; and graciously hear us, that those evils which the craft and subtilty of the devil [...]
Response to Darryl Hart: The Radicality of Christian Obedience
Darryl, you write: “Andrew, I’d be glad to answer these reflections if I weren’t already asking for you to answer them.”
What?! I have been providing answers to this (admittedly) difficult question. The “hard sayings” of Jesus are called such because they are not easy for anyone who recognizes the validity of natural [...]
The Ubiquity of Roman Catholicism
In response to a comment I made about Christianity’s cultural accomplishments, Darryl Hart writes: “Who is this ‘we,’ white Calvinist man (read: Andrew)? Could it be that the we is Roman Catholicism? And could it be that all those good things in Rome came with the cost of missing what was most important — [...]
In Defense of a Theology of Cross and Glory: Part 2
Obedience and Exaltation
What is a theology of cross and glory? We all know what a “theology of the cross†is: since our Lord suffered, his followers must as well (John 15:18-21). Oppression and suffering provide the context in which hatred of God is revealed for what it is, in which the perseverance of [...]
Those Wild, Wild, Whiggish Covenanters got me again!
My time as Chairman of the RPC Synod’s Committee for the Understanding the Times came to a very final conclusion at this evening’s session of Synod.
My attempt to send the committee to its eternal slumber was defeated by a vote of 53-47. This was the last year of my term. For what it is [...]
In Defense of a Theology of Cross and Glory: Part 1
“To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations…just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give him the morning star…To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and [...]
RE: The Problem With Westminster’s Two Kingdoms
Darryl Hart admits that Christendom was far better then the Roman Empire, but asks whether America did anything significant. How America fits in post-apostolic redemptive history is a good question to consider. (I think a case can be made that redemptive history continued after New Testament times. Think of the A.D. 70 [...]
RE: The Spirituality of the Church and 1 Cor. 6:1-11
I did not want this comment to be lost in the shuffle.
This is interesting. Darryl, what you say makes sense in the context we live. Our churches are like regional centers. People travel from miles around to gather to worship in our conservative Reformed and Presbyterian Churches. But this is a unique, and maybe unfortunante, [...]
The Problem With Westminster’s Two Kingdoms
Bill Chellis has pointed out that according to St. Paul, ecclesiastical courts should ideally arbitrate disputes between Christians (I Cor. 6:1-11). At the very least we should conclude from this that the sacred/secular dichotomy is an insufficient method for determining what is proper to church versus state oversight. However, Darryl Hart explains that [...]