Tag Archives: Theonomy

Why Nobody Admits To Prooftexting

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

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

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

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

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

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

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

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

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

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

Posted on December 31, 2011 by

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

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

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

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

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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The Cogwa Cattle Rustlers Of Zambia

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

Some stories are just too unbelievable to believe at first glance. Of course, coming from people who have stooped so low as to try to steal Passover glasses and church hymnals, I suppose cattle rustling is just another day of … Continue reading →

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Leviticus 6:1-7: Pawn Shops And The Law of Restitution

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Growing up where I have, one learns very early in life to tell the difference between an antique shop and a pawn shop. While the same skills at picking (skills a friend of mine is working on and blogging about … Continue reading →

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