I.) “Given the fact that mainstream theologians have for so long used the gnostic premise of the supremacy of the spiritual over the material to justify the Neo-Marxist levelling of all social distinctions and natural hierarchies, Stephen Wolfe’s recently released book, The Case for Christian Nationalism is certainly a most welcome publication.”
Rev. McAtee chimes in;
One thing that Wolfe does is he distinguishes his Natural Law from R2K Natural Law and that is a good thing though it does bring up the question of how Christians can have different Natural Law theories if we are all supposed to be ruled in our social order by a obvious to all Natural law. Wolfe’s Natural law theory reveals that R2K Natural law theory certainly is thoroughly Gnostic as it pertains to the common realm.
One thing is for sure is that the Grand-daddy of Christian Natural Law theory, Thomas Aquinas, would have gagged to death if he could’ve known what David Van Drunen, D. G. Hart, R. Scott Clark, T. G. Gordon, and the rest of the R2K cadre shirt tail hangers have done to his Natural law.
So, while we do not agree in the least with Wolfe’s Natural law theory we do say that it is far far less bad than R2K.
II.) “Christ’s chief concern in this age is with the church. While many institutions contribute to earthly life and human flourishing, Jesus didn’t promise to build any institution other than the church (Matt. 16:18). The impression one gets from The Case for Christian Nationalism is that the church plays merely a supportive spiritual role as part of a larger project that involves the civil realm ordering people to their complete good. Wolfe’s vision is nation-centric rather than church-centric.”
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1.) The problem here is not so much the ecclesiocentrism that KD is pushing as it is the fact that KD seems to think that Jesus building of His Church is somehow isolated in effect from the broader work of building His Kingdom.
2.) While KD is correct that Jesus did promise to build His church that statement can’t be isolated from Jesus last commission to “Disciple the nations.” How KD can cherry pick Christ’s promise to build the church while ignoring Christ’s command to disciple the nations is quite … curious.
3.) Consistent w/ #1 this sounds like KD is suggesting that Church and Kingdom are exactly synonymous so that Jesus is concerned solely with the Church. If this is what KD is going after than we strenuously object. While the Church is indeed Jesus primary concern it is a primary concern that impacts every other Kingdom as a fire warms the whole house. If that is true then KD’s severing of Church from other human institutions, which likewise belong to the Kingdom, is significantly inaccurate.
3.) KD misses the reality that when the Church is right then all else follows. As such it can’t help be the primary building block in a much large project. When the Church is ordered right. The nation, the family, and all other human institutions will likewise then be ordered right.
