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But haven't George Bush and other Republican politicians accepted the support of Jerry Falwell, who spouted hate of his own? Yes, but they didn't financially support his ministry and sit directly under his teaching for decades.
The better analogy is this: What if a Republican presidential candidate spent years in the pew of a theonomist church -- a fanatical fragment of Protestantism that teaches the modern political validity of ancient Hebrew law? What if the church's pastor attacked the American government as illegitimate and accepted the stoning of homosexuals and recalcitrant children as appropriate legal penalties (which some theonomists interpret as biblical requirements)? Surely we would conclude, at the very least, that the Republican candidate attending this church lacked judgment, and that his donations were subsidizing hatred. And we would be right.
| Is this a true representation of theonomy in a few lines? | Theonomy is not "hatred" as humanists represent it. Scriptural law only allows for the execution of homosexuals caught in the actual act of Sodomy by the mouth of two or three witnesses. No one is to be executed for having homosexual thoughts, but for carrying out the act. As for rebellious sons, it takes the consent of both father and mother, so the son must have to be a real reprobate. Moreover, if this law was upheld today it would surely having a sobering effect on the wild and bold youth of our age. See these post for more: Teenagers…What would you do with them? « Reformed Covenanter Theonomy: An Informed Response to Some Critics (Part 2) « Reformed Covenanter
Furthermore, in my next book I have quotes from Martin Luther, John Calvin, Matthew Henry, John Gill, Matthew Poole and Thomas Scott (and possibly others) in favour of upholding this law. |
Thank you for posting the link to your blog that asks the question of what to do about teenagers.
I am not a Theonomist (I am open to it though), yet I have recently been wondering what the response of a theonomist would be to a continuously rebellious teenager.
