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I am a Pastor of a small Church in Mid-Michigan who delights in my family, my congregation and my calling. I am postmillennial in my eschatology. Paedo-Calvinist Covenantal in my Christianity Reformed in my Soteriology Presuppositional in my apologetics Familialist in my family theology Agrarian in my regional community social order belief Christianity creates culture and so Christendom in my national social order belief Mythic-Poetic / Grammatical Historical in my Hermeneutic Pre-modern, Medieval, & Feudal before Enlightenment, modernity, & postmodern Reconstructionist / Theonomic in my Worldview One part paleo-conservative / one part micro Libertarian in my politics Systematic and Biblical theology need one another but Systematics has pride of place Some of my favorite authors, Augustine, Turretin, Calvin, Tolkien, Chesterton, Nock, Tozer, Dabney, Bavinck, Wodehouse, Rushdoony, Bahnsen, Schaeffer, C. Van Til, H. Van Til, G. H. Clark, C. Dawson, H. Berman, R. Nash, C. G. Singer, R. Kipling, G. North, J. Edwards, S. Foote, F. Hayek, O. Guiness, J. Witte, M. Rothbard, Clyde Wilson, Mencken, Lasch, Postman, Gatto, T. Boston, Thomas Brooks, Terry Brooks, C. Hodge, J. Calhoun, Llyod-Jones, T. Sowell, A. McClaren, M. Muggeridge, C. F. H. Henry, F. Swarz, M. Henry, G. Marten, P. Schaff, T. S. Elliott, K. Van Hoozer, K. Gentry, etc. My passion is to write in such a way that the Lord Christ might be pleased. It is my hope that people will be challenged to reconsider what are considered the givens of the current culture. Your biggest help to me dear reader will be to often remind me that God is Sovereign and that all that is, is because it pleases him. View all posts by jetbrane
Bret, how did you come across those quotations from the secular humanists?
Joshua,
I have read quite a bit (really quite a bit) on this subject.
One good source is Rushdoony’s “Messianic Character Of American Education.”
Also some of the quotes I pulled from B. K. Eakman’s “The Cloning of the American mind.”
You always have new and interesting books that I need to read. I’m not sure if I should love you more or despair at what may never be accomplished!
Yeow, educational legalism really is alive and well. I can never tell, what with it being so hushed in my environs. Some would say hushed legalism is way more powerful than this stuff. I am inclined to agree,–the meta-message is what finally hooks. I bet if you tone it down a skosh you could get more people guilted out of government schools.
Actually I prefer educational legalism to sanctificational anti-nomianism.
Mmm, see I don’t care for either. Good thing my doctrine of liberty if liberal enough to afford more choices.
Your doctrine of liberty is a doctrine of libertinism.
Now shall we go have a cigar at a bar while drinking whiskey while approvingly watching people dance as we play poker?
Sounds like a good time to me.
Plenty of liberty in these waters.
Bret,
Maybe. The odd notion amongst Reformed that legalism has something only to do with substance use and worldly amusement tickles me.
But I like watching fights. This guy found his way into Stellman’s DRD (and got roundly banned). I think he may be the Catholic version of you. If you take him up on a fight save me front row seats—I’ll pay premium prices since I love watching Fundamentalists fight.
http://art-of-attack.blogspot.com/
Zrim,
You’re probably the biggest Fundamentalist that I personally know.
Bret,
You’re very kind, thank you. (But it is odd to think we personally know each other. Methinks you’ve been on the interweb too much.)
Don’t forget those tickets!
Zrim,
Well, it could mean that or it could mean that I don’t know any fundamentalists except those I “know” on the internet … and of those you are the biggest fundamentalist I personally “know.”
And I’m not having anything to do with tickets unless I get 80% of the take.