The American system of government is a representative republic. This is the genesis of the global freedoms we see today; the United States was the first representative republic, after ancient Israel, and it is patterned after the Old Testament government.
The biblical pattern of God's design for government is first found in Exodus 18 when Moses set up a representative republic based upon law. Each tribe had leaders and judges, with Moses judging the most difficult issues.
Read moreHowever, these are only the surface causes; there has to be a reason why the Church has left the door open so that these ideologies are able to impact on it. The reason why the Church has succumbed to the influence of these philosophies is that it has been colonised by an entirely different and pagan religion, Moral Therapeutic Deism.
Read moreHistoric statements of faith―such as the Heidelberg Catechism, the Apostles' Creed, and the Westminster Confession of Faith―have helped the Christian church articulate and adhere to God's truth for centuries. However, many modern evangelicals reject these historic documents and the practices of catechesis, proclaiming their commitment to "no creed but the Bible." And yet, in today's rapidly changing culture, ancient liturgical tradition is not only biblical―it's essential.
Read moreOr when Colossians 3:11 was read out: "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."
Read moreBecause of all this, I found Guy Hewitt's article on racial justice profoundly depressing. I believe his entire approach is importing 'culture wars' language from the American context, which is deeply shaped by Critical Race Theory (CRT), and this will bring division and disagreement to the Church of England and fail to address the issue.
Read moreI was a bit surprised that I was drawn into the discussion, and might have handled it differently if I'd had the chance to reflect and wasn't concentrating on my next zoom meeting in half-an-hour. But here's what I believe, and without apology or equivocation: eternal life in Christ is a free gift offered to all who believe in Him.
Read moreStill, what would be the point? Whole books have been written already, and by now you either agree or you don't. And nothing I can say here would be anything like as extreme as the impact that the digital revolution has had on our cultures, minds, and souls in just a few short years. Everything has changed, and yet the real changes are only just beginning. By the time they are finished, unless we pay attention, we may barely be human at all.
Read moreBut you wouldn't know any of that from the report of the Oversight Group that the Commissioners set up to advise on the use of a £100m investment fund that had already committed to. Reading the report, you would get the impression that the historical chattel slave trade was the cause of all the world's racist ills, and that the Church of England was responsible for all of this.
Read moreIn the UK our government appears more interested in spending £8million a day housing illegal immigrants than helping homeless citizens, even veterans. Farmers across Europe, the people who produce the food on our tables, are treated as environmental vandals and forced out of business. In the US the woke military regards white working-class Southerners, the social group which has traditionally produced soldiers for its armies, as problematic.
Read moreMike Sabo highlights this dynamic well in his recent piece about the cage-stage phenomenon. "Theological cage-stagers can become puffed up with an assortment of facts but have little wisdom... They spend their days in fruitless 'debates' in Facebook groups, hammering away on their phones as dust gathers on their Bibles." With an abundance of knowledge at our fingertips, many are able to parrot and mimic the newfound argument.
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