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Gospel Before Government: Faith’s Role in Politics

  Here I continue discussing Rodney Clapp’s excellent book Living Out of Control: Political and Personal Faith in Waning Christendom. Here I take up Chapter Seven: The Political Centrality of the Gospel. If you have read this chapter, feel free to discuss it. If you have not, feel free to ask a question. I think […]

The Gospel and Politics

Here I continue discussing Rodney Clapp’s excellent book Living Out of Control: Political and Personal Faith in Waning Christendom. Here I take up Chapter Seven: The Political Centrality of the Gospel. If you have read this chapter, feel free to discuss it. If you have not, feel free to ask a question. I think the […]

More About “Christian Anarchism”

Here I piggy-back on the immediately preceding blog post which was about Rodney Clapp’s chapter about Christian anarchism in his book Living Out of Control. I have long been interested in Christian anarchy/anarchism which is one reason I chose to join a Mennonite church several years ago. Anabaptists have long adhered, more or less strictly, […]

Christian Anarchy: Faith Beyond Politics and Power

Christian Anarchism Here I take up Chapter Six of Rodney Clapp’s book Living Out of Control: Political and Personal Faith in Waning Christendom. The title is “The Anarchistic Tendency and Christian Citizenship.” If you have read the chapter, feel free to comment. If not, only ask a question. I often tell my students to read […]

Christian Anarchism

Here I take up Chapter Six of Rodney Clapp’s book Living Out of Control: Political and Personal Faith in Waning Christendom. The title is “The Anarchistic Tendency and Christian Citizenship.” If you have read the chapter, feel free to comment. If not, only ask a question. I often tell my students to read the last […]

What Is the “Image of God” in Man?

I have been reading a relatively new book about the meaning of “image of God” (“imago dei”) concept in Christian theology. It’s title is Dignity and Destiny: Humanity in the Image of God; it’s author is theologian John F. Kilner. It was published by Eerdmans in 2015. So, yes, I’m a little late coming to […]

Rodney Clapp on Christian Nationalism

Here I continue my discussion of Rodney Clapp’s book Living Out of Control: Political and Personal Faith in Waning Christendom. This week’s chapter is Chapter Five: Christian Nationalism: An Alternative to Living Out of Control. If you have read the chapter, feel free to comment but stay on topic. If you have not read it, […]

Is Civil Religion America’s New National Faith?

Civil Religion in America Here I have been discussing Rodney Clapp’s book Living Out of Control—about the demise of “Christendom” and how American Christians need to see that as a benefit and take advantage of it to be the church God intends us to be. All of the discussion and debate about that, here, raises […]

Civil Religion in America

Here I have been discussing Rodney Clapp’s book Living Out of Control—about the demise of “Christendom” and how American Christians need to see that as a benefit and take advantage of it to be the church God intends us to be. All of the discussion and debate about that, here, raises the issue of “civil […]

MLK and the “Higher Law”

Martin Luther King believed and said that “man’s law” is not the “higher law” and that the “higher law,” which he specifically identified as “the moral law” or “God’s law” justifies civil disobedience to man’s law. This was stated in his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” MLK was a Christian theologian and a prophet. He […]