theonomy – The Lancaster Patriot

Podcast – Stephen Wolfe’s Civil Power Syllogism

Chris Hume — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 12:47:02 +0000

Stephen Wolfe recently released a video response to Brian Zahnd’s Christian Voter Guide. In that video, Wolfe does a fine job of critiquing many of Zahnd’s claims. In the process, he makes an argument for using civil power for “human good.” In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, Chris Hume plays a clip from Wolfe’s video and raises a few points of disagreement with Wolfe (though not in…

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Podcast – Are Chris and Joel Too Focused on the Law of God?

The Lancaster Patriot Staff — Fri, 31 May 2024 00:45:00 +0000

On this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast, two local pastors (Don Lamb and Matt Kroll) join Chris Hume and pastor Joel Saint to discuss the law of God and the civil magistrate. They also discuss Chris and Joel’s approach to civil magistrates. Audio available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts.

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Breaking Down Natural Law

Josiah Huestis — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:13:22 +0000

I recently joined my fellow Alaskan Tait Zimmerman on an episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast entitled “Theonomists in Alaska.” I unapologetically shared the episode around on social media and encouraged those who were close to me to listen to the discussion. I received encouraging feedback, but it became evident after a few conversations that I had failed to use terms and definitions that…

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Podcast – Murderers, Justice, and God’s Law-Word

The Lancaster Patriot Staff — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:00:03 +0000

David Maier, author of The Demonstrative Citizen, said the following about a recent editorial by Chris Hume: “While I appreciate the sentiment, you’ve gone completely off the reservation.” The editorial dealt with executing murderers, the problem with the prison system, and God’s judgment on America for the shedding of innocent blood. In this episode of The Lancaster Patriot Podcast…

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Poison Pills, Theonomy, and Doug Wilson

Chris Hume — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:35:12 +0000

When Doug Wilson was asked about Luke Saint’s book, The Sound Doctrine of Theocracy, specifically how Saint discusses the merits of public stoning over other forms of capital punishment, Wilson responded with these words: “I tend to think of works like this as sort of a poison pill that gets included with mainstream theonomy in order to scare people away from the central idea.” A “poison pill”…

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Podcast – Impromptu Debate on Man-Made Law and the Constitution

The Lancaster Patriot Staff — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:20:58 +0000

What started out as a discussion about local farmer Reuben King and gun regulations quickly morphed into an impromptu, friendly debate about man-made law, the U.S. Constitution, and biblical law. Do we need more laws (or codes) than the ones that God has given us in the Bible? Or do we simply need righteous judges to apply God’s law and adjudicate between disputants? Travis Schmalhofer, Joel Saint…

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