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 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 [...]
