Tag: Politics
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Christian Politics: Reformed Political Theology, Women’s Suffrage, Puritan Theonomy
“Accordingly, in every state sanctified to God capital punishment must be ordered for all who have dared to injure religion, either by introducing a false and impious doctrine about the Worship of God or by calling people away from the true worship of God; for all who blaspheme the name of God and His solemn…
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The Civil Rights Industry
No doubt that there were many racial sins committed in American society during the Jim Crow era. But whatever good things the civil rights movement may have accomplished in its day, it’s fundamental purpose was to make America communist. It has not quite succeeded, but it certainly hasn’t failed. As Jeremy Carl has said, the…
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Jury Nullification
“In his 1998 book “Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine,” Clay S. Conrad defines “jury nullification” this way: “Jurors in criminal trials have the right to refuse to convict if they believe that a conviction would be in some way unjust.” The doctrine of jury nullification rests on two truths about the American criminal justice system:…
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Feminism and Public Policy
“This was one of the more controversial points which Tucker Carlson, the American conservative political commentator, called attention to when he delivered his monologue on the importance of the family earlier this year. If we want to have happy, functioning societies the wellbeing of the family should be a central concern of political life, Carlson said. Most…
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Immigration, Identity Politics, and the Way Forward
Overview on the immigration issue, identity politics, and the “Christian nationalist” way forward: ADDENDUM: “But a lot of Roman Catholics from South America came over the border so this isn’t about Christianity.” That misses the bigger picture. When the border was wide open, ANYONE could come in. So, yes, that included some South American RCs.…
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Free Trade vs. Free Markets: Will the Real Capitalism Please Stand Up
Many people, especially young people, who critique capitalism have no idea what capitalism is. Capitalism is just freedom in the economic sphere. It’s just freely buying and selling. The only way to set a just price is to find one the buyer and seller agree upon. If someone with power – the state – tells…
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Christopher Caldwell’s Age of Entitlement — A Few Notes and Questions
These are some notes from a while back, prepared for a discussion of Caldwell’s book: This is a compelling book. It’s straight forward and ruthless in its analysis. I thought his assessment of Reagan was harsh but probably fair overall – Reagan had some great rhetoric about limited government but did not have the nerve to…
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The National Association of Evangelicals and Christian Nationalism
Tell me about the National Association of Evangelicals proposing an amendment acknowledging the lordship of Christ over America in the 1950s. AI answers: Yes, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) supported efforts in the late 1940s and 1950s to promote a constitutional amendment that would explicitly acknowledge the authority and lordship of Jesus Christ over…
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Christian Nationalism: Towards a Definition and Taxonomy
There are at least 4 different definitions of Christian nationalism floating around so I want to provide something of a taxonomy for the discussion: First, the progressive definition. Progressives treat “Christian nationalism” as synonymous with racism/white supremacy, fascism, Nazism, religious coercion, etc. Of course, this is how progressives have labeled all conservatives for a long…
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Do Conservative Christians Care for the Poor?
Tim Keller and other politically left-leaning Christian leaders have perpetuated the progressive myth that right-leaning Christians do not care for the poor. Actually, studies show that evangelicals, particularly Southern evangelicals, are the most generous and philanthropic group in America. See here (https://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/statistics-on-u-s-generosity/) on giving by states based on percentage of AGI – other than Utah…
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