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 [...]
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 [...]
