Tag Archives: Theonomy

A Little Green Monster

For a variety of reasons, not least of which is the reason that I have to teach the subject a fair amount, I have pondered the reasons for the existence of the little green monster known as jealousy or envy. … Continue reading

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The Five-Point Biblical Covenant Model

[Note: I must give some credit to the Remonstrants of the Synod of Dort for the five points discussed in this sermon, and also to Ray Sutton, whose book That You May Propser examines the five points of ethics, oaths, … Continue reading

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Why Nobody Admits To Prooftexting

I have never met anyone who openly admitted that they were a prooftexter and engaged in rampant eisegetical reasoning, that is, trying to force a concept into a given verse rather than drawing it out. Almost everyone thinks that they … Continue reading

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The Wind That Shakes The Barley

How do we know our spiritual weaknesses and blind spots? Given the large amount of biblical law that exists, how do we know which areas we struggle in, not merely in those areas that are meant to refine our character, … Continue reading

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A Broader Understanding Of The Sabbath Day

One of the best opportunities about teaching the law to students here at Legacy Institute has been the help it has given me in better understanding the commandments of God and how they fit into a large scheme. Though I … Continue reading

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Deuteronomy 6:1-9: Hear O Israel

Deuteronomy 6:1-9, in particular Deuteronomy 6:4-5, is the holiest passage in Judaism, called the Shema, and immortalized in Judaism’s famous phylacteries on their forehands and right hands and their mezuzahs on their doors. Not coincidentally, it is also the Greatest … Continue reading

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Deuteronomy 24:14-15: The Wages You Have Withheld By Fraud

We normally think of property rights as belonging to wealthy companies, or landowners, and those of us who strongly defend property rights often seem to make arguments that are viewed as protecting the property rights only of those who are … Continue reading

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Missing The Mark

Ludwig von Mises’ mistaken economic ideas are strangely popular to many misguided professing Christians who miss the mark in mixing an ungodly economic system with a highly selective and partial approach to biblical law. Such an approach to law and … Continue reading

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You Can’t Put Christ Back Where He Never Was

I always have a bit of a private laugh when I read about people trying to put Christ back into Christmas, or when I read of people who claim obedience to God’s laws trying to justify observing Christmas if they … Continue reading

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Leviticus 18:24-30: The Problems Of Sin Pollution

Leviticus 18 is one of the fullest and most complete listings of what sexual activity was strictly forbidden to the ancient Israelites and remains strictly forbidden to Christians today.  It is not my intent to discuss those sexual sins in … Continue reading

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