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The Church’s Influence on Society

By Nic Don at Theopolitical Thus if our model of the apostolic life is monks living in a monastery off in the wilderness, we wouldn’t think think that even the highest degree of sanctity would necessarily put an en…
A Triple Portraiture of Faith

By Nic Don at Theopolitical Let us imagine three individuals. All three grew up in the same conservative evangelical church with the same conservative evangelical views. All three self-designated as Christians before…
If Not Darwinian, then What?

Contemporary Christian creationists often deride Darwinian evolutionary theory and propose one of several current creationist models as a clear alternative. Of course, these groups debate amongst themselves over exactly…
Peace in the Luke’s Gospel

By Nic Don at Theopolitical Peace is a central concern of Luke’s gospel, and is often linked with “glory.” The well-known Christmas phrase has “Glory to God in the highest, meanwhile peace on ear…
Being Perfect is Easy

By Nic Don at Theopolitical One of the most theologically divisive passages in scripture is from the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus says, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Inter…
The Importance of Perennial Debates

By Nic Don at Theopolitical There are some debates that come up in a constant, self-feeding cycle, and I can’t stand them. See: gun control, Calvinism-Arminianism, Sean Connery or Roger Moore. But there are debat…
Book Review: The Reformation by Patrick Collinson

By Nic Don at Theopolitical This is a difficult book to review, and the brevity and paucity of my comments ought to be significant in themselves. The Reformation by Patrick Collinson is an informative and enjoyable rea…
Reformed Theology and the Future

By Nic Don at Theopolitical In my understanding, unconditional election is so called because God elects individuals with absolutely no reliance upon their decisions. The reason this is theologically necessary to believ…
When Scripture Gets Scripture Wrong

By Nic Don at Theopolitical I became a believer and began reading the Bible not long before I turned eighteen. It didn’t take long before I recognized that the writers of the New Testament often seemed to be readi…
No Greater Love: Idolatry in Patriotic Art

By Nic Don at Theopolitical Nationalist Christians often conflate scriptures referring to Christ or to the church with concepts about America or her heroes. Now, this should not surprise anyone. Christianity is sociall…