This is the next in our series critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we’re looking at the section on pornography that’s at the end of Chapter 7 (which is on marriage). Is pornography sinful? Grudem starts off by pointing out that the Bible portrays sex outside of marriage as sin. He [...]
This is my new plan for a semi-regular feature, sharing some stuff you may not have seen before. It looks like the UK is moving towards criminalising peaceful protest. If you want to do protest, contact your MP. But at least we’re not as bad as Iran, who are about to execute a Christian pastor [...]
This is the next in our series critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we’re looking at chapter 7, on the issue of marriage. Before we start on what Grudem actually does say, it’s worth pointing out that the chapter doesn’t mention promiscuity and cohabitation, which are, in reality, the biggest threats [...]
This is the next in our series critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we’re looking at the final part of chapter 6 (which is about the protection of life), the question of gun laws. What is your reaction when a madman walks into a school with a gun and starts shooting? [...]
This is the next in the series of articles critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we look at the section on the death penalty. This is the only point where Grudem looks at the principles behind the criminal justice system (which is the wider context in which we have to look [...]
This is the next in the series critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we’re looking at the second issue in the chapter on The Protection of Life, Euthanasia. On Friday, we’ll be looking at capital punishment and on Monday, we’ll finish up by looking at the issue of gun control. Euthanasia, [...]
Abortion is almost certainly the most emotive and divisive political issue of our era. If you express a pro-life view, you are branded as anti-women, but if you express a pro-choice view, you may be branded a baby killer. Furthermore, it’s not even possible to talk about the issue without choosing a side – if [...]
This is the latest in a series of posts critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today, we’re looking at chapter five, which deals with the question of who has ultimate power in a nation. It focuses in on the issue of the power of the Supreme Court in the US – which [...]
This is the next in a series of posts critiquing Wayne Grudem’s book Politics According to the Bible. Today we deal with chapter four, in which he paints a picture of a Biblical worldview – something that will be foundational as we move on to look at particular political issues. I’ll start by looking at [...]
Continuing our series looking at Wayne Grudem’s Politics According to the Bible today we’re looking at some of the arguments he makes about the relationship between church and state. This is basically taking a few sections out of his chapter on the purpose of government in order to make the post on that chapter a [...]