Andrew Matthews 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 Judgment, [...]
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RE: The Problem With Westminster’s Two Kingdoms
Posted in Hart's Secular Faith, Two Kingdoms on May 24, 2007 | 59 Comments »
RE: The Spirituality of the Church and 1 Cor. 6:1-11
Posted in Corporate Confession, Hart's Secular Faith, Spirituality of the Church, Two Kingdoms on May 18, 2007 | 4 Comments »
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 [...]
The Problem With Westminster’s Two Kingdoms
Posted in Two Kingdoms on May 12, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Andrew Matthews 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 [...]