Tag Archives: David VanDrunen

Two-Kingdom Tuesday: Going Mainstream?

By D. G. Hart | Published: November 16, 2010

Terry Eastland, the publisher of The Weekly Standard, recently wrote a review essay of James Davison Hunter’s, To Change the World, and David VanDrunen’s, Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms. After reading these books, Eastland is scratching his head that critics of transformationalism like Hunter are so dismissive of 2k theology. He writes: Oddly, To… Read More→

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If the Gospel Coalition Embraces It, Will 2k Lose Its Edge?

By D. G. Hart | Published: November 10, 2010

One of the smarter moves by 2k proponents was David VanDrunen’s to publish his sequel to Natural Law and the Two Kingdoms with Crossway, the firm with the most direct ties to the Gospel Coalition, thanks to Justin Taylor’s footprint in both organizations. So far 2k has come into print through outlier publishers, such as… Read More→

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Worldview Demagoguery

By D. G. Hart | Published: November 1, 2010

One of Dr. K’s fans posted here part of a letter by a Reformed pastor who is also in agreement with the good doctor on the threat that 2k supposedly poses to vigorous and full-fledged Reformed Protestantism. That excerpt read: We agree with Dr. Kloosterman’s assessment of what will happen in the Reformed community, as… Read More→

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Act One, Scene Two: Kloosterman on Luther as Neo-Calvinist

By D. G. Hart | Published: October 25, 2010

I would not have thought it possible. “It” in this case is an effort to disassociate Martin Luther from two-kingdom theology. Most Reformed Protestants beyond the age of accountability understand intuitively, it seems, that Lutheranism goes wobbly in its Christian teaching because of the dualism that haunts it, thanks to Luther’s two-kingdom theology. Furthermore, when… Read More→

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Act One, Scene One: Kloosterman, Worldview, and the Reformed Confession

By D. G. Hart | Published: October 20, 2010

The indefatigable slayer of 2k dragons, Nelson Kloosterman, has started a review series of David VanDrunen’s recent book on natural law and the two kingdoms. In his opening essay – will this one grow to twenty-one installments like his series on Klineanism and theonomy – he identifies the issue that makes VanDrunen’s position so alarming… Read More→

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Anne Rice Quits Christianity and Endorses Bret McAtee

By D. G. Hart | Published: August 4, 2010

I feel somewhat responsible for Ms. Rice’s recent deconversion. At the risk of name dropping, let me explain. Back in 2007 during the Democratic primaries Rice wrote a very positive endorsement of my radically 2k book, A Secular Faith: Why Christianity Favors the Separation of Church and State. In that same post at her blog,… Read More→

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Some of This and More of That

By D. G. Hart | Published: March 5, 2010

Rabbi Bret explains why short of theonomy, even transformationalists like the Baylys are guilty of two-kingdom thinking: . . . the Bayly’s are victims of compartmentalized thinking. They seem to think that one can have a Constitutional objection or financial objection that isn’t at the same time a theological connection. Would someone mind introducing me… Read More→

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The Westminster Hermeneutic Apparently Infects Kerux

By D. G. Hart | Published: December 30, 2009

And apparently, readers of the current review haven’t read very deeply in the journal. But a handy gadget at Kerux’s website reveals some items of note. First this article by Scott Clark on John 2:13-22, on Christ’s cleansing of the Temple. One lesson taught is the end of the theocratic arrangement in Israel: It is… Read More→

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