Rev. J. D. Greear & The Fear of Christian Government

“At the same time, Greear warned against movements that seek to use government authority to enforce Christianity itself.”

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1.) Why doesn’t Rev. J. D. Greear warn against movements that seek to use government authority to enforce humanism itself?

2.) Since there is no such thing as religious neutrality, all governments seek to use the government authority to enforce some specific religion. As such, why shouldn’t Christian government be used to enforce Christianity itself?

3.) All governments legislate, adjudicate and execute laws for a people. All law is based on some morality, and all morality is based on some religion. Because the above is true all governments routinely and inescapably enforce specific religion(s). Greear is not a wise man to suggest that a Christian people should not advocate for Christian government that enforces Christianity.

4.) Because the “reasoning” of men like Rev. J. D. Greear is so common in the clergy the laity must realize that the clergy is not a trustworthy place to gain wisdom.

Author: jetbrane

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.

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