Top seven reasons why Christians should give anonymously
Dr. R.J. Rushdoony recognized how often causes are skewed to favor the wealthy when he wrote about how tithing is helpful to “restore power to the little man.” He said:
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The Winner of the Cyprus Debacle
The President of Cyprus capitulated before the European Union. Friday it was decided that the government would use the banks to confiscate 10% of every single bank account, individual and corporate, in every bank in Cyprus. The eurocrats won against the savers. Today, the Parliament of Cyprus annulled the President’s decree. No money will be confiscated. The eurocrats can go […]
Read morePeter Leithart: More Statism
I got some flak, of course, for criticizing Peter Leithart for his confused thoughts on capitalism and helping the poor. The most emotional of all responses told me, “Peter Leithart is not a statist, that’s ridiculous.” Others agreed that Leithart, by writing on capitalism and economy, is playing out of his league, but that the Federal Vision has nothing to […]
Read moreThe Inner Contradictions of Peter Leithart
That the Federal Vision movement had gotten itself into a theological dead end became obvious to me as early as 2005 when a friend of my handed me a few recent issues of Credenda/Agenda. While I was still in Eastern Europe in the late 1990s, I was getting some of the early issues, and they were a great source of […]
Read moreThe Anti-Dominion Covenant
“Man must exercise dominion as he goes about his daily tasks. Even the hermit, who is not part of the economy’s division of labor – must plant, or hunt, or search for berries. He displaces other life. The animals fear him and give him deference, as a feature of life which was part of God’s reaffirmation of the covenant dominion […]
Read moreThe Disobedient Retreat of the Church
We have all heard Paul’s words in Romans 13 concerning submission to governing authorities, but when does submission become sinful? Most Christians will go to direct commands given in the New testament of how the Christian should behave, but for some reason when government becomes the issue, those direct commands become reinterpreted to fit their own arbitrary circumstances. Sounds like […]
Read moreDon’t Worry About Obama’s Nationalization Rhetoric, Worry About Republican Betrayal
When Gary DeMar published his article defending voting for the Mormon Romney, “Some Think Another Obama Term Would Be Good for America,” I was quite disappointed. It was obvious that he misrepresented his “conservative/libertarian/anti-establishment” opponents. None of us has ever said that “another Obama term would be good for America.” The issue has always been comparing Romney and Obama, not […]
Read moreGeithner, Schäuble, and Draghi Propping the Idol, Again
The Philistines were smart people. It took them two days to figure out that no idol could stand upright in the presence of God. The story is told in 1 Samuel 5. The Philistines captured the Ark of the Lord and brought it to their temple, the house of Dagon. The next morning, when they arose, the statue of Dagon […]
Read moreYou Didn’t Build That. Your Luck Built It for You.
If you thought that Obama’s remark to small business owners that they didn’t build their businesses was kind of odd and unusual, or may be even a slip of the tongue, think twice. It is, in fact, a basic doctrine of socialism concerning the emergence of economic classes in the society that successful people owe their success to anything else […]
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