Monthly Archives: January 2012

Evangelicalism == Christian Legislation

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Constantine married Christianity to Empire.  Henry VIII married Christianity to Monarchy.
Evangelicalism, it seems to me, is the attempt to marry Christianity to parliament.
This is the theme of a good deal of my thoughts lately.  I began by investigating the abolition of slavery in Great Britain.  The story of Wilberforce is powerful and inspiring, if one [...]

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Piper and Mulder

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

I have not yet read Piper’s book Bloodlines.  So I don’t have an opinion on that.
But Mulder’s review sets me to thinking.
He argues that Piper makes a mistake in arguing for a miracle approach to resolving racial injustices.  That is, Piper says that what is needed to overcome racial injustices is for whites and blacks [...]

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