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Christ Is King – Theonomy and Civil Government
This 68 page paperback offers a brief, but compelling, summary of the biblical and philosophical basis for the “theonomic” view of civil government.
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“In a D.Min seminary course that I teach on public theology, God & Politics: Four Views on the Reformation of Civil Government is required reading. I am gratified to see the republication of Greg Bahnsen’s contribution to that volume, as it remains the most mature and clearest argument for the theonomic viewpoint. His renowned intellectual gifts are here on full display. Naturally, his case was debatable when he wrote it (as the subtitle of the book indicates) and it remains so today. Readers across the theological spectrum would do well to revisit and be challenged by this essay. Not only will detractors will find the strongest arguments with which to contend, but many enthusiastic present-day theonomists of the “nationalist” variety may be chastened by Bahnsen’s repudiation of coercion, violence, or revolution to bring about a sanctified body politic.”
“When I first read Christ is King as a chapter in the Geneva College symposium God and Politics, I was convinced it was the best distilled articulation and defense of theonomy Greg Bahnsen had ever written. I still believe that today, and I’m excited about its publication in freestanding form. I’ve noted with gratification a renewed interest in theonomy over the last few years, but I’m occasionally troubled, not only by enemies who misrepresent and distort it, but even by some of its friends, in whose house it is wounded simply because they seem not to understand the nuances Greg articulated almost 40 years ago. This brief but poignant statement should set the matter straight, and whether you end up agreeing or disagreeing with theonomy as Greg masterfully explained it, at least you will have a knowledgeable and objective standard by which to evaluate it.”
P. Andrew Sandlin, Center for Cultural Leadership
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The Dependable, Defendable Faith
This four-part series preserves the final public conference of Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen—a fitting capstone to his lifelong ministry of defending the truth of Scripture and challenging the wisdom of the world. With precision, warmth, and urgency, Bahnsen calls Christians to embrace apologetics not as an academic pursuit for specialists, but as the...
Apologetics: Defending the Faith with Greg Bahnsen
This curated compilation showcases some of the finest material from Dr. Greg Bahnsen on the subject of Christian apologetics, drawing from sermons, classroom lectures, radio broadcasts, debates, and public addresses spanning his decades of ministry. With remarkable clarity and conviction, Bahnsen applies the Reformed presuppositional method to a...
A College Course in Christian Ethics
Taught by Dr. Greg Bahnsen at Christ College in 1991, this course offers a thorough introduction to Christian ethics, examining the foundations of moral reasoning and the biblical standards that govern human conduct. Dr. Bahnsen begins by exploring the nature and scope of ethics, contrasting the biblical worldview with secular systems such as...
The Life and Ministry of Dr. Greg Bahnsen
Roger Wagner, a personal friend of the late Greg Bahnsen, has been an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church for 40 years, serving as pastor of Bayview OPC in Chula Vista, CA since 1983.
Baptism: Its Meaning and Purpose
By Dr. Greg Bahnsen, Covenant Community Church (Irvine, CA), Nov. 1987 In compliance with Christ’s command (Matt. 28:19), Christians have always practiced baptism with water into the Triune name of God, marking the incorporation of the person baptized into the church as Christ’s Body (I Cor. 12:12-13). However, widely differing ideas about...
What is Theonomy?
By Dr. Greg Bahnsen in New Horizons (April, 1994) Dr. Van Til taught us that “There is no alternative but that of theonomy and autonomy” (Christian-Theistic Ethics, p. 134). Every ethical decision assumes some final authority or standard, and that will either be self-law ("autonomy") or God's law ("theonomy"). While unbelievers consider...
The Reaping Season
By Dr. Greg Bahnsen in The Seventh Trumpet, Vol. V, No. 4 (Sep./Oct. 1990) Don’t let anyone fool you. Ideas are not irrelevant. The most basic way that people think – the way they see themselves and the world around them – makes a walloping difference to their world and their behavior in it. For instance, plenty of people think of this as a...
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