This is the latest in our series of posts critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we’re looking at the issue of taxation. Grudem starts with the most fundamental principle of taxation – whether it should happen or not. He points out that Jesus endorsed the principle of taxation in Matthew 22:17-21, [...]
This is the latest in a series of posts critiquing the arguments in Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we’re tackling the twin issues of poverty and equality. Should we tax the rich? Grudem begins by arguing that it isn’t fair for governments to take more money from the rich simply because [...]
This is the next post in the series critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. We’re currently in the middle of his section on the aims of economic policy. Today we focus in on his arguments about free markets. Grudem begins by marking out some fairly widely agreed common ground – there needs [...]
This is the latest in our series of posts critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we’re looking at the question of what the main aim of economic policy should be. Grudem doesn’t directly address this question, although it is clearly one of the most important questions to ask when deciding policy. [...]
As it’s Christmas Day, I just thought I’d post a couple of reminders about what we’re celebrating today. Firstly, here’s a short video which is a pretty powerful reminder of why Jesus came to Earth: And here’s something the Bible says about the whole event: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was [...]
For Christians, Christmas is a celebration of Christ’s birth. It’s about God forgoing the pleasures of heaven, and becoming a man in order to live amongst us, demonstrate His character, and – ultimately – die and be raised to life in order to reconcile us to Himself. It’s a celebration of God giving Himself to [...]
Last week, I came across a forum discussion on things that are important, but which we simply aren’t interested in. A poster by the name of SilverNemesis mentioned politics, and I asked him what politicians could do to help get people interested. Here’s the response: Stop talking ¤¤¤¤. Stop taking the piss with privilege. Stop [...]
This is the latest in our series critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we’re looking at the start of one of the most controversial chapters, chapter 9 – which covers the economy. Grudem starts this chapter by looking at the question of private property. Before examining what Grudem says, I want [...]
Today we’re continuing our series critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we’re looking at Chapter 8: The Family, and its section on corporal punishment. For clarity’s sake, Grudem repeatedly uses the word “spanking” which has a rather different meaning this side of the Atlantic (if you don’t know what that meaning [...]
Today, I’m resuming the series critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today, we’re starting out on chapter 8: The Family, and covering the issue of education. We’ll also be bringing in some arguments Grudem makes in chapter 15: Special Groups, where he takes American teachers’ union the NEA to task because it [...]