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Tim Bayly Does His Impersonation of Joseph Stalin and Alger Hiss (all in one)

By D. G. Hart | Published June 18, 2013

Tim thinks this exchange between Erik’s brothers’ Darryl/ell proves that 2k advocates are using theology for a political agenda. What it actually reveals is that Tim is afraid his followers will read the other side (e.g. Stalin). And worse, he cannot answer the question (e.g. Hiss) of why he supports the magistrate enforcing the sixth… Read More→

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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

What’s Good for the Turks is Good for the Protestants

By D. G. Hart | Published June 18, 2013

Part of what makes studying the Ottoman Empire and Turkey fascinating is that you see aspects of civil society and political development that we in the West mostly take for granted. It is like studying a foreign language. I never understood English grammar as well as when taking Greek and Hebrew in seminary. To use… Read More→

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eric-liddell

And the Solution Is?

By D. G. Hart | Published June 16, 2013

Prizes and Consumables: The Super Bowl as a Theology of Women Seminar Speaker: Dr. Matt Vos, Professor of Sociology, Covenant College The Superbowl is the most watched event in American culture. Along with millions of other Americans, Christians make elaborate plans for watching the event. Despite its popularity, the Superbowl—both the action on the field… Read More→

Posted in Miscellany | 36 Comments
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Personality Disorder Is No Fun

By D. G. Hart | Published June 15, 2013

Today is the anniversary of my mother’s birthday (I never called her mom or mum, though dad was fine for my father — perhaps Paul Weston could help me with that one). Aside from June 15 reminding of Ellen Marie Hart’s (nee Jones) birth, technical problems with Netflix last night were the circumstances for our… Read More→

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Van Der Molen Pulls Up and Chats A While

By D. G. Hart | Published June 13, 2013

Our typical interactions with the Indiana attorney and URC elder, who appears to be anti-2k all the time, have been of the drive-by variety in comm boxes at various blogs. But now Mark Van Der Molen has outdone himself and provided a substantial rendering of the history of the revision of the Belgic Confession, Article… Read More→

Posted in Adventures in Church History, Christian politics, Novus Ordo Seclorum | Tagged , , , | 289 Comments
GW at Valley Forge

Is This Good or Honest History?

By D. G. Hart | Published June 11, 2013

Rather than issue another “Declaration,” the Manhattan (is that Kansas?) Declarers are soliciting more signatures for their efforts to identify Christianity with the ongoing fights about the culture. I received an email from the folks at Christianity Today, no less, asking me if I have yet to sign MD. (It did make me wonder how… Read More→

Posted in Adventures in Church History, Application of Redemption | Tagged , , , | 52 Comments
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John Clarifies Confusing Johns

By D. G. Hart | Published June 10, 2013

John Calvin, the Genevan reformer who had the most influence on the theology of the colonial clergy, taught that rebellion against civil government was never justified: “If we keep firmly in mind that even the worst kings are appointed by this same decree which establishes the authority of kings, then we will never permit ourselves… Read More→

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khomeini

Half-Modern

By D. G. Hart | Published June 10, 2013

For those who think that we can have republicanism, constitutionalism, and Calvin’s Geneva (certain critics of 2k who live and work in the former Northwest Territory), Geoffrey Wheatcroft reminds about the contrast between pre-modern and modern times: The challenge of Western modernity produced a remarkable ferment of speculation in the Islamic East, but not in… Read More→

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Singing

Critics of 2K May Not Sing “A Mighty Fortress”

By D. G. Hart | Published June 8, 2013

Most Protestants older than 35 are familiar with the text of Luther’s hymn. Since Luther himself was a two-kingdom advocate, the notion that “A Mighty Fortress” has 2k connotations is hardly surprising. What comes as a surprise is that anti-2kers have not removed the hymn from our hymnals. The fourth stanza sings: That word above… Read More→

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Not Everyone Uses the Plural

By D. G. Hart | Published June 7, 2013

Hold on to your seat. David VanDrunen responds to Ryan McIlhenny’s response to VanDrunen’s response to McIlhenny’s response to two kingdoms: What is most important to me is that the Reformed community reaffirm the basic distinction between God’s two kingdoms—his common providential rule and his special redemptive rule—whether or not one agrees with all the… Read More→

Posted in Neo-Calvinism, Novus Ordo Seclorum | Tagged , , , | 62 Comments
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