The Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed, Pt. 1: Introducing the Antagonists
For the past few years, the narrow world of conservative North American Reformed theology has been torn by one of its regular bouts of internecine strife. The wider world of theology rarely has...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed, Pt. 2—From Luther to Calvin
(This is a continuation of a series begun last week. See Part 1 here.) Any discussion of the doctrine of the two kingdoms must necessarily begin, historically speaking, with Luther. Of course, the...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed—Pt. 3: From Calvin to Hooker
Unlike some other second-generation Reformers, we do not have to read between the lines to find a two-kingdoms doctrine in Calvin. On the contrary, he is far less ambiguous even than Luther in setting...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed—Pt. 4: Richard Hooker
Few figures in the history of theology can boast as contested a legacy as Richard Hooker, the purported forefather of a protean via media that is redefined with dizzying frequency. Until recently, many...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed—Pt. 5: From Hooker to Locke
In the 17th century, although the evangelical theme of the two kingdoms is everywhere. It is often somewhat hidden, though operant, behind other more forefront matters of contest--self-interest vs...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide For the Perplexed—Pt. VI: Why Does it Matter?
We have spent now four posts tracing the historical development of Protestant two-kingdoms theology, and its influence on early modern political thought. This has all been an attempt to vindicate the...
View ArticleThe Politics of Public Prayer Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14
In light of the two kingdoms doctrine and the separation of church and state, understanding the appropriate form of Christian prayer for and engagement with the political realities of our societies can...
View ArticleThe Politics of a Misunderstood Kingdom—John 18:28-38
As Christ speaks the truth of his kingdom to power, it is heard as if it were a foreign tongue. In Jesus's cross-examination before Pilate we see two misunderstandings of the nature of his kingdom and...
View ArticleThe Politics of Pentecost—Acts 2:1-21
As the people of Pentecost, our political vocation is to manifest the reality of God’s worldwide kingdom, to be a place where the enmity between peoples is overcome and the many tongues of humanity...
View Article“The Kingdom of Christ is Spiritual”: John Calvin and the Redemption of the...
One of the great paradoxes of John Calvin's political theology can be captured in terms of two of the phrases the reformer used over and over throughout his writings. On the one hand, he emphasized,...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed, Pt. 1: Introducing the Antagonists
For the past few years, the narrow world of conservative North American Reformed theology has been torn by one of its regular bouts of internecine strife. The wider world of theology rarely has...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed, Pt. 2—From Luther to Calvin
(This is a continuation of a series begun last week. See Part 1 here.) Any discussion of the doctrine of the two kingdoms must necessarily begin, historically speaking, with Luther. Of course, the...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed—Pt. 3: From Calvin to Hooker
Unlike some other second-generation Reformers, we do not have to read between the lines to find a two-kingdoms doctrine in Calvin. On the contrary, he is far less ambiguous even than Luther in setting...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed—Pt. 4: Richard Hooker
Few figures in the history of theology can boast as contested a legacy as Richard Hooker, the purported forefather of a protean via media that is redefined with dizzying frequency. Until recently, many...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide for the Perplexed—Pt. 5: From Hooker to Locke
In the 17th century, although the evangelical theme of the two kingdoms is everywhere. It is often somewhat hidden, though operant, behind other more forefront matters of contest--self-interest vs...
View ArticleThe Two Kingdoms: A Guide For the Perplexed—Pt. VI: Why Does it Matter?
We have spent now four posts tracing the historical development of Protestant two-kingdoms theology, and its influence on early modern political thought. This has all been an attempt to vindicate the...
View ArticleThe Politics of Public Prayer Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14
In light of the two kingdoms doctrine and the separation of church and state, understanding the appropriate form of Christian prayer for and engagement with the political realities of our societies can...
View ArticleThe Politics of a Misunderstood Kingdom—John 18:28-38 (Alastair Roberts)
As Christ speaks the truth of his kingdom to power, it is heard as if it were a foreign tongue. In Jesus's cross-examination before Pilate we see two misunderstandings of the nature of his kingdom and...
View ArticleThe Politics of Pentecost—Acts 2:1-21 (Alastair Roberts)
As the people of Pentecost, our political vocation is to manifest the reality of God’s worldwide kingdom, to be a place where the enmity between peoples is overcome and the many tongues of humanity...
View Article“The Kingdom of Christ is Spiritual”: John Calvin and the Redemption of the...
One of the great paradoxes of John Calvin's political theology can be captured in terms of two of the phrases the reformer used over and over throughout his writings. On the one hand, he emphasized,...
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