This Place Is Going To Blow

This clip is from the Christian College I graduated from.

I’m not sure what modern female college graduates learn outside of the hard sciences, engineering and flat-backing disciplines. I’m guessing, given the performance linked above, a preponderance of it is jejune cultural-Marxist torpidity, which probably is helpful for brain dead social climbers and future Church pew sitters. However, I do not think such banality is a sign of refined taste anymore then I think cannibalism is a sign of epicurean high taste. The ability to master cultural Marxist “knowledge” and the “dance” steps that go with it is more of a sign of the emptiness of the soul and bloodless apathy than refined taste. I’d guess that assortative mating between modern Christian college graduates will produce an upper middle class of emotionally, psychologically and culturally stunted credulous imbeciles who embrace modern neo-Marxist culture as the milk of Western Civilization. That seems more worrisome then what we currently call “dance.”

“All Men Are Created Equal…”

“All men are created equal,” as advanced in the Declaration of Independence was NOT a grasp at asserting “equality of opportunity,” or “equality of outcome,” as those ideas are advanced today in the name of equality. To read “All men are created equal …” as such is to import our ideas of egalitarianism back upon the Founders. All men created equal merely meant then that all had ontological equality since all were CREATED. In our language today in the Church we might say that all men are equal because all men are the image of God. That the Founders did not believe that all men were equal in the sense of equality of identity is seen later in the Declaration when they can complain about “savages.”

“He (King George III) has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.”

Certainly no one believes that our Founders believed those “savages” they reference were equal to themselves as Englishman in terms of “equality of identity.”

So, I do not agree with those that insist that the Founders had the type of equality in mind that moderns seem to think that they had. That kind of equality was foreign to them and was an import of Enlightenement Romanticism that came in during the Jacksonian rise of the common man and eventually flowered into Transcendentalism which set the Northern Yankee armies marching to pillage, rape and burn under the flag of “French Revolution equality.”

Being a “Founder American” I am against notions of “equality of opportunity” for the simple reason that it intrudes the State into areas it has no business in. How can the State make sure that a McAtee newborn can have the same opportunity that a newborn of Jesse Jackson, or Colin Powell can have? Can’t happen and so the myth of equality of identity as believed by the Enlightenment Americans (and nowhere enshrined in the Declaration of Independence) should be silenced.

Wandering Thoughts On Obama & His Trayvon Martin Son

1.) We have to understand what Obama was doing with his statement, “If I had a son he would look like Trayvon.”

B. Hussein Obama was playing racial politics. If there ever was a “dog whistle” for racial identification that statement was it. Obama can’t be explicit and say “I’m down with you on the race struggle,” for that would be too blatant and would cost votes, but he can shore up his base by saying “If I had a son he would look like Trayvon,” because by doing so he implies, by identifying directly with the most integral building block of race (the family) that he is down with them in the struggle against Whitey.

Obama, by that statement, is playing racial politics. Further, by that statement Obama is saying, “I hate whites,” “I hate the current social order,” and “I am working to overthrow all of whiteys privilege.” Remember all of the Martin case is driven by the cultural Marxist narrative that insists that Black people are oppressed by evil White people and unwarranted white privilege. Obama, with his seemingly strange statement about Trayvon and being a son, is supporting that narrative. This is the same narrative that Obama supported when he embraced Derrick Bell and required the reading of his works. This is the same narrative so eloquently and repeatedly preached by James Cone disciple, Jeremiah Wright, under which Obama sat for twenty years. This is the same narrative Obama learned and taught while he was a community organizer in the Saul Alinsky school of thought.

Obama has revealed himself on this score already as President. He supported this cultural Marxist narrative when he fired, way to early, both barrels in the Cambridge cop routine. He reveals it in his Presidency as his administration refuses to prosecute the New Black Panthers for their clear violation of civil rights laws when they intimidated white people at the voting booth.

Obama is a Cultural Marxists and he is down for the struggle. All of his actions reveal this at every step of the way. This is what animates this man.

2.) Remember the Obama Democratic establishment has given up on the Reagan Democrats (White working class) as part of the coalition they want to put together for victory.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2067223/President-Obamas-2012-campaign-abandons-white-working-class-voters-favor-minorities-educated.html

Obama’s statement “If I had a son he would look like Trayvon,” thus serves to galvanize the coalition that he is trying to build in opposition to those voters he has written off as being his opposition. (After all, they realize that if they are to write off those voters therefore those voters will vote for someone else, and so be his opposition.) Obama’s identifying with the black community with his statement thus is about 2012 election politics as it much as it is about anything else. Obama gains the black vote for obvious reasons with such a statement and he also curries the White educated vote because educated people are stupid, having been propagandized against their own self interest by the Cultural Marxist ruling elite in the Universities.

The only question in this gambit by Obama is whether or not he will offend another minority community that he needs in his coalition — the Hispanic vote. Remember, George Zimmerman, is not white but is Hispanic. There is a long antipathy between the black special interest constituents in the Democratic Party and the Hispanic special interest constituents. Obama risks losing the Hispanic vote if the Hispanic community ever begins to identify with George Zimmerman in this circus.

3.) Another angle that is possible in this Presidential attempt to whip up racial frenzy is the desire to foment such racial conflict that a declaration of Martial law would be required. Obama knows that this nation is sitting on a racial tinderbox. Obama, also knows, being a Marxist, that the creation of intense conflict of interest always serves the end of the State. If enough strife was whipped up by the policy of divide and conquer then Obama could be seen as legitimately declaring Martial law and so would be able to be even better situated to manipulate the results of the 2012 election (should an election occur) and quite possibly collect weaponry from the citizenry.

The Angst Of The West

All the revelation remains spoken
But as recipients we are broken
We are barely West anymore
“It stands written” yet remains
But can not crack our studied disdains
We are barely West anymore

All the tales have been spun
Of Battles fought and won
Still, we are hardly West anymore
All the glory and the gain
All the triumph over pain
Still, we are hardly West anymore

All the book and parchment ink
Have failed to connect and link
Us to the West anymore
All the Music and the Scores
No longer cause our souls to soar
For there remains little West anymore

A few Holy Men still proclaim
A few Poets and Musicians still call
A few Historians and Bards still tell our lays
But the mist begins to cover our days
And the new story seems to tell of the fall
Of old Narnia’s dwindling fame

And yet some memory embers warm the chill
Of Western faith and blood that courses still
Our Father’s faith is not finished yet
As determination will not forget
Nor allow the sum of our regret
To rob our courage or steal our will

The West is attacked by Devil hordes
Her fortunes on the wane
Now is the time to sing Battle chords
As we sharpen our disdain
Now is the time when reason like swords
Must increase the Devil’s pain

I Object

Over at the “No Life” blog of Dr. Darryl Gnostic Hart we find my name being invoked. Darryl just can’t seem to get enough of me. Dr. Hart insists that two quotes he gives from Dr. David Van Drunnen could, in no way, elicit objection from myself or others who are opposed to Radical Two Kingdom Theology (R2K).

Unfortunately, I do object. I strenuously object. Why, even my Objections Object.

Let us consider why,

Here are the quotes Darryl offers from R2K Kingpin Van Drunen

“I like to describe the two kingdoms doctrine briefly as the conviction that God through his Son rules the whole world, but rules it in two distinct ways. As creator and sustainer, God rules the natural order and the ordinary institutions and structures of human society, and does so through his common grace, for purposes of preserving the ongoing life of this world. As redeemer, God also rules an eschatological kingdom that is already manifest in the life and ministry of the church, and he rules this kingdom through saving grace as he calls a special people to himself through the proclamation of the Scriptures. As Christians, we participate in both kingdoms but should not confuse the purposes of one with those of the other. As a Reformed theologian devoted to a rich covenant theology, I think it helpful to see these two kingdoms in the light of the biblical covenants. In the covenant with Noah after the flood, God promised to preserve the natural order and human society (not to redeem them!), and this included all human beings and all living creatures. But God also established special, redemptive covenant relationships with Abraham, with Israel through Moses, and now with the church under the new covenant. We Christians participate in both the Noahic and new covenants (remember that the covenant with Noah was put in place for as long as the earth endures), and through them in this twofold rule of God—or, God’s two kingdoms.

The “transformationist” approach to Christ and culture is embraced by so many people and used in so many different ways that I often wonder how useful a category it is. If by “transformation” we simply mean that we, as Christians, should strive for excellence in all areas of life and try to make a healthy impact on our workplace, neighborhood, etc., I am a transformationist. But what people often mean by “transformationist” is that the structures and institutions of human society are being redeemed here and now, that is, that we should work to transform them according to the pattern of the redemptive kingdom of Christ. I believe the two kingdoms doctrine offers an approach that is clearly different from this. Following the two kingdoms doctrine, a Christian politician, for example, would reject working for the redemption of the state (whatever that means) but recognize that God preserves the state for good purposes and strive to help the state operate the best it can for those temporary and provisional purposes.”

Your Honor I strenuously object for the following reasons,

1.) VanDrunen has Christ ruling the common realm according to a common grace by a common revelation (Natural law). The upshot of this is that VanDrunen (and his chief disciple Hart) does not allow God’s revealed word to norm this common realm.

2.) VanDrunen’s two Kingdoms does not account for a third Kingdom that needs accounting for.

VanDrunen’s two Kingdoms are

a.) The Redemptive realm
b.) The Common realm

But what about “this present wicked age?” Where is the Devil’s Kingdom at in all of this R2K “theology?” Certainly Christ’s Kingdom in the Church is not the Devil’s Kingdom. And certainly neither Dr. VanDrunen or his main disciple Dr. Hart would posit that the Devil’s Kingdom equals the common realm for that would be classic Anabaptist doctrine. So where exactly do our twin spin Doctors put the Devil’s Kingdom? Non R2K minds want to know.

3.) VanDrunen asserts without proving that the Kingdom of Christ is restricted in its identification to the Church. That is a tenuous supposition that has been debated for centuries in the Church.

4.) God’s ultimate purpose in Scripture is save both the common realm and the redemptive realm. God’s purpose is to “save the world” (Psalm 2, Romans 8:22, I Corinthians 5:19, I John 2:2,), thus gaining great glory for Himself. Because this is true, Dr. VanDrunen’s statement that God has different purposes for different realms is just not true.

5.) Is Dr. VanDrunen saying that the Christian’s purpose in the common realm should not be to Glorify God? I mean, if God has a different purpose for each of the Kingdoms then it would seemingly stand to reason that we should only seek to glorify God in the Kingdom that was created for that purpose. If both the common realm and the redemptive realm exist for the purpose of glorifying God then it would stand to reason that we should live in terms of His unique revelation so as to glorify Him in those respective distinct but related realms.

6.) God promises Noah that he would preserve the cosmos so that the elect may be drawn into the Church. God’s preserving of nature is bound up with His collecting and preserving of the Church, and as such we dare not form the Gnostic type dualism that R2K always does.

7.) Revelation 21:24 suggests that there is a relationship between VanDrunen’s (and his chief disciple, Hart’s) two Kingdoms that is so impermeable that the glory of Kings from the putative common realm is brought into the eschatological Kingdom. John the Revelator was not being very R2K with that inspired Scripture.

8.) As a Reformed Pastor and Theologian devoted to a rich covenant theology, I think it is helpful to see these two kingdoms in light of the biblical covenants. In the covenant with Noah after the flood, God promises to preserve the natural order and human society with the purpose that out of that natural order and human society He would redeem a people who were called to be a light to the nations and who were envied for having God’s law — a law that covered every area of life. God then also established special, redemptive covenant relationships with Israel through Moses and now with the Church but that God intended that special, redemptive covenant relationship to have ramifications beyond the cult was seen in the ministry of Jonah who demanded repentance from the Assyrians for their sins committed in the common realm. Notice also that God judged the Canaanites for their sins in the common realm by sending His redemptive people to exterminate them. All this suggests that God has the same purpose of submission to His revealed law-word among all Nations in the common realm. Hence, we can see a distinction between two Kingdoms perhaps but not a Gnostic separation of them.

9.) Dr. Van Drunen says that the “state is preserved for good purposes.” By what standard are we judging “good purposes.” I would say that State’s good purpose is to provide justice and I would say that justice can only be defined by God’s revealed word. But, Dr. Van Drunen will have none of this.

10.) If Redeemed people are creating and manning social order institutions how can it not be the case that those institutions will themselves be Redeemed. Keep in mind that by Dr. VanDrunen’s reasoning there can be no such thing as a Christian family, Christian Education, Christian law, Christian culture etc. because those are not redeemable institutions.

The second:

“I don’t think the church has any different responsibilities in an election year from what it has at any other time. The church should proclaim the whole counsel of God in Scripture (which includes, of course, teaching about the state, the value of human life, marriage, treatment of the poor, etc.). But Scripture does not set forth a political policy agenda or embrace a particular political party, and so the church ought to be silent here where it has no authorization from Christ to speak. When it comes to supporting a particular party, or candidate, or platform, or strategy—individual believers have the liberty to utilize the wisdom God gives them to make decisions they believe will be of most good to society at large. Politics constantly demands compromise, choosing between the lesser of evils, and refusing to let the better be the enemy of the good. Christians will make different judgments about these things, and the church shouldn’t try to step in and bind believers’ consciences on matters of prudence. It might be helpful to think of it this way: during times when Christians are bombarded with political advertisements, slogans, and billboards, how refreshing it should be, on the Lord’s Day, to step out of that obsession with politics and gather with God’s redeemed people to celebrate their heavenly citizenship and their bond in Christ that transcends all national, ethnic, and political divisions.”

1.) The Scripture does speak to areas in which the State, aspiring to be God, aspire to overthrow. For example, the Scripture teaches “Thou Shalt Not Murder,” and yet the State pursues policies where Murder is legitimated (i.e. — Abortion, Death Panels, Euthanasia, etc.) and so the Church must speak against the State or Party Politics that support these matters. However, according to R2K Dr. VanDruen the Church must be silent on these subjects. Indeed, Dr. VanDrunen is teaching us that it would be unbiblical to speak to these matters.

2.) Dr. VanDrunen tells us that the individual Christian may advocate for what they believe is a Biblical position but what Dr. VanDrunen doesn’t tell us is that such a anarchistic approach leaves us with the possibility of individual Christians insisting that God supports Abortion, or that God supports Bestiality, or that God supports Cultural Marxism and there is no way that these people could be disciplined since it is not the Church’s business to speak to these matters. The Church must be silent. Each Christian is left to do what is right in His own eyes and the Church must countenance that.

3.) Dr. VanDrunen writes, “Politics constantly demands compromise.”

So does this mean that a Christian who is a politician may compromise on issues that God has clearly spoken to? Must he compromise when God says, “Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,” and advocate for laws that will countenance adultery?

In the end Dr. Van Drunen repeating his assertions does not just settle the matter:

1. Civil kingdom ruled by common grace

2. Civil kingdom not to be transformed according the pattern of the redemptive kingdom

3. Redemptive kingdom is essentially equivalent to the church.

3. The civil kingdom’s standard is one of “excellence”.

The objections still stand:

1. Civil kingdom is normed by principles of the Word of God.

2. Civil kingdom transformed more and more according the pattern of redemption, i.e, submission to God

3. Kingdom of God is more than just the church.

4. “Excellence” is defined by what? Natural law? Common grace? What about the standard of righteousness defined by the Law?

I’m sorry that Darryl finds my objections so objectionable.