An Exposition of I Corinthians 11:2-15; 14:34-37 An Exerpt from Man and Woman in Biblical Law by Tom Shipley Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them unto you. But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the…
R.J. Rushdoony, the founder of Christian Reconstructionism and a champion of theonomic Calvinism, would likely have approached Charles Williams’s theology with a mixture of suspicion and critique, despite acknowledging certain shared moral concerns. Here’s a synthesized projection of how Rushdoony might have evaluated Williams, based on Rushdoony’s worldview, theological method, and recurring themes in his…
Introduction Charles Williams (1886–1945), an English novelist, poet, and lay theologian, developed a distinctive “romantic theology” that treats human erotic love as a mirror of divine love. In works like He Came Down from Heaven (1938) and novels such as Descent into Hell (1937), Williams explores how romantic love and sexual union carry profound spiritual…
An Analysis of 1 Timothy 3:2, 12 and Titus 1:6. “1 This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not…
Why Women Found Charles Williams Irresistible Charles Williams (1886–1945), often called “the oddest Inkling,” had a remarkable personal charisma that many contemporaries – especially women – found charming and irresistible. Numerous accounts by those who knew him, as well as later biographers, testify to his magnetic personality, “radiant” warmth, and captivating communication style. Female friends,…
By Tom Shipley Copyright 2013, All Rights Reserved What is the BIBLICAL definition of adultery? As Christians, we believe that the Bible is the inerrant, all-sufficient Word of God. God’s Word is the arbiter of all truth. It is the ultimate DEFINER of all things. We should not be deriving our definitions of biblical subjects…
Introduction “I confess that I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict the Scripture.” These bold words, reportedly penned by the Reformer Martin Luther in 1524, capture the provocative thesis of this work. At first glance, the defense of Biblical polygyny – the marriage of one man to multiple…
Part II: by Dr. Tom Shipley Purchase your copy of Part 1 here: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Woman-Biblical-Law-Shipley/dp/055752900X Deep Dive Podcast by NotebookLM Summary Dr. Shipley argues about whether the Bible mandates monogamy or allows for polygamy. His book, “They Shall Be One Flesh,” argues that sexual relations constitute a marriage covenant and that polygamy is permitted, while the…
I: Resurrecting the Biblical Family by Dr. Tom Shipley Purchase your copy of Part 1 here: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Woman-Biblical-Law-Shipley/dp/055752900X Deep Dive Podcast by NotebookLM Summary The text is a collection of essays written by Tom Shipley, a proponent of Christian Patriarchy, arguing that Biblical law permits polygamy. Shipley asserts that patriarchal order was established by God from the…
Why were men willing to pay a Bride Price for a Godly Virgin? I do believe there is a very strong DNA component to a virgin’s first exposure a man’s seed. Her own DNA, especially the very sensitive reproductive components, changes in some way that makes them one. These changes have two main effects: as…
“[Doug] Wilson has even written that if a white girl in his church wanted to marry a black man, but her father refused to give his permission, he and the elders would order the father to approve, and if he didn’t, they would excommunicate him.” Weakening the authority of the patriarch and his family has…
Never before has the world needed Biblical patriarchy as it does now. Thank God for Tom Shipley to teach us this doctrine. A “Doctor” is one who knows his doctrine so well that he is able to teach it qualitatively. Usually a man is only able to be a true doctor in one area since the field…
The Delta is that difference between the standard God has set for us in His LawWord and where we actually are in our current state of sanctification. The standard God has set for our sanctification is not to be confused with our salvation which is already perfectly achieved and guaranteed to believers by the resurrection of Christ. The standard…
It is time to fight back. God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that crawls on the earth.” God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, “Be fruitful and…
How Reconstruction got squelched and how it will be revived again. Building on the work of Cornelius VanTil, the world’s greatest modern philosopher, RJ Rushdoony developed Christian Reconstruction, a family oriented understanding of Biblical Law and authority. While it took him a life time to publish and explain it, it took only a few years…
Dear readers: Just a note to let everyone understand that “They Sall Be One Flesh” is a book IN PROGRESS and is not the finished version. This book is being written essentially in public before your eyes. Feedback of any kind is welcome, including proofreading observations. Thanks. Tom Shipley The simple fact of the matter…
I was all set to write on this topic and found the good fellows at: http://www.righteouswarriors.com/controversial/article8.html has already done a fine job of it. So I am referring to their article here. Clash of Cultures The polygynous pattern is found throughout Scripture, whether talking about the husband (head of the household) and the wives, or…
Objection: The following verse speaks metaphorically of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is rejoiced over by God as His bride and His bride is married to men. According to Tom’s logic, this supports a wife getting husbands! In other words, it overturns the law against adultery. In addition, those husbands are the woman’s own sons! In other words…
Another similar objection I have encountered is the claim that, “Though the Bible permits polygamy, monogamy is the ideal.” This argument is not so much an “objection” against polygamy since it concedes the essential point, as it is a subversion of the biblical concept of morality. Morality is that which is permitted by Divine Law;…
Preface Introduction Article 1: How Feminism Denies the Gospel Article 2: Patriarchy Before the Fall, Part 1 Article 3: Patriarchy Before the Fall, Part 2 Article 4: Patriarchy Before the Fall, Part 3 Article 5: Patriarchy Before the Fall, Part 4 Article 6: Patriarchy Before the Fall, Part 5 Article 7: Patriarchy Before the Fall,…
Who is Jesus? What are his values? What is his standard of right and wrong? If you say you love Jesus but insist on defining him outside of Scripture, then you love a figment of your imaginaton, and not the God with whom we have to do. Jesus said of Himself, “I AM the Way…
Surely you would agree, good Christian, that Christ should be the center of all of life, for us personally and for all creation. That there is no other center that will hold, that can fill the role of Christ as the source of all meaning and definition. Thus to live a meaningful life, a purposeful…
The choice is clear. Live by principle or by example; by the word or by sight; by the law of God or by the law of the group. Does the group or society decide what is right and wrong or does God’s LawWord decide morality. “Community standards” as a handy phrase has gained prominence in our…
The first command of God – a prime directive – is to be fruitful and multiply. Strict monogamy restricts the obedience to and fulfillment of this command. Do you know of any perfect or even near perfect fathers? If you do please tell us all about him since I know I am not and I…
Strict monogamy and the doctrine of evolution are fellow travellers and not-so-strange bedfellows. An unspoken presupposition in our anti-polygynous church culture (anything but polygyny!) is that, “Yes you can find polygyny in Scripture, but that was in the primitive bad old days of a proto-Christian society when the great patriarchs of old were still living…
Like all of God’s institutions – in civil, church, and family life, marriage outside of God’s LawWord has failure built in. We must live theonomic lives to be blessed by God. What is amazing about our society’s divorce rate is that it is not higher considering the near universal hostility to any overt proclamation of…
Outside of theonomic polygyny men have two basic choices: 1. Have big brass ones and be self-sufficient, or 2. Be virtually castrated and cooperate with others under a nanny state. Many swing in frustration from one to the other. Home Depot is a phenomenon that can be attributed to the truth of the above statement. …
Theonomy and Christian Ethics by Greg Bahnsen Institutes of Biblical Law by R J Rushdoony Principles of Conduct by John Murray Also note that the context for the practice of Biblical polygyny is a theonomic law-order encompassing the families and churches involved. In other words, do not try this out of context. Furthermore, this book is only one of a series that…
Since, by definition, Biblical patriarchy presumes the LawWord of God is written on the heart of the true patriarch, the wife of such a man lives free of fear of abandonment, real or virtual. She will always be provided for and her needs met. This is the law of God. Thus secure, such a wife…
Choice Tidbits from the Book: Page 171 Murray cites Matthew 19:3-8 and Mark 10:2-9, “for the hardness of your hearts,” in support of this assertion pertaining to divorce. But does Murray correctly apprehend Christ’s meaning here? And even if he does, do these observations about divorce necessarily apply also to polygamy? It is my contention…
What is the purpose of life anyway? You have always wanted to know. Well here it is. God is in the process of making citizens fit for His Kingdom – that is, the place where Christ will rule in the hearts and through the thoughts, words, and deeds of His people, one local jurisdiction after…
Choice Tidbits from the Book: Page 211 “the attempt to repudiate polygamy is to take a stand against God.” Smith believed that the Law of Moses “sought to bring the people up to the pure standard of moral law.” To which it must be asked: Does Exodus 21:10 make an attempt to bring the people…
Tom Shipley responding to Jay Adams: “The doctrine of monogamy is treated as an unquestionable premise and first principle.” The commentators treat polygyny as a pariah that must be avoided at all costs. Adherence to Scripture goes out the window and all things must bend to avoid polygyny. Nowhere in the culture, Christian or secular,…
What is the concern over and over again in Scripture with regard to men and their wives: do not deal treacherously with the wife of your youth. Malachi 2:14 Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is…
Choice Tidbit from the Book: Page 228 “A single woman may, indeed, lawfully covet, desire and have an already-married man.” The relevance of the Song of Solomon should be considered here. For there we have described, in the most glowing terms conceivable, the desire of the Shulamite woman for Solomon. As pointed out earlier in this work, the Shulamite woman was…
Choice Tidbits from the Book: Page 252 For those who may be prone to excuse feminists because they think that feminist scholars are simply ignorant of the Bible and the issues involved, rather than consciously attempting to subvert the message of the Bible, consider these comments of Russell: “Feminists of the Jewish and Christian faiths are faced…
Most of the so called “polygyny movement” is in fact idolatry. One correct doctrine does not a friend of God make. Mohammedans believe in polygyny as do sects of Mormons and others. What good does it do them? Nothing more than believing in strict monogamy does anyone. God is not desparate that you believe in…
Authorities must respect each other and pressure each other to reform when necessary. Patriarchs are the authorities in their households. When their authority is undermined by the church or state or other institutions then all authority is hurt since the home is the training ground for the rest of life. To say that a man…
The outcome of this battle is sure but not the timing. It may take generations, even centuries to defeat the power of the monogamaniacs. Their power is built upon 1600 years of false teaching and the twisting of the clear meaning of Scripture. Why is it so important to the enemy that a man does…
So what have we got here. God makes this absolutely fantastic creation, hugely complex and wonderful, with order and beauty unimaginable. He makes man, of all the creatures, to be lord over the whole of the rest of creation. Its a big job and a high honor but he gives us everything we need to…
Christ is the mediator between God and man. But what is the mediator between man and man? Is it a philosophy of some kind, a set of rules we discover over time? Is it the state as the “collective expression of the common good” (how about those bamboozle words to befuddle the despised masses)? Is…
Easton’s Bible Dictionary defines husband thus: Husband i.e., the “house-band,” connecting and keeping together the whole family. A man when betrothed was esteemed from that time a husband (Matt. 1:16, 20; Luke 2:5). A recently married man was exempt from going to war for “one year” (Deut. 20:7; 24:5). From the KJV Old Testament…
Confusion reigns in the hearts of Christians when it comes to understanding what the Bible means when it talks about love. The good news is that its a misunderstanding that is easily corrected. Law and love are often put at odds with each other in the preaching we hear. “Doctrine is important but love is more important.”…
You can be one no matter what your circumstances are. God’s Law is the key. Being married is a lot like being a citizen of a country. You are under the laws of the civil government. But since this is God’s world and we are all breathing the air He made, whether you believe that…
Is New Covenant Patriarchy some kind of burning issue with people so that we need a book about it? Why care about it? And isn’t this the wrong time for it? It just upsets some people to even bring it up. The problem of course it that it does not really matter if its a…
It is surprising how real the demons were in Jesus’ ministry. He was always casting them out and they were always fleeing before him. They are just as real today. You cannot understand the nature of the battle for New Covenant Patriarchy until you understand that the forbidding of marriage, whether of the Roman Catholic…
Could there be anything sadder than the infantile, pathetic, and schizophrenic hostility to God’s Law demonstrated by Christian churches today? We have a new vacuum cleaner at home and it really works. It is just great. It has a great design, a strong motor, a functional set of attachments; it is light, easy to use,…
Never before has the world needed Biblical patriarchy as it does now. Thank God for Tom Shipley to teach us this doctrine. A “Doctor” is one who knows his doctrine so well that he is able to teach it qualitatively. Usually a man is only able to be a true doctor in one area since…
Dear Mr. Yeager: I want to thank you so much for taking the time to respond to some of the things posted on the NewCovenantPatriarchy.com website, and apologize for taking so long to respond; I’ve been quite absorbed in other responsibilities for the last month or so. In any event, it may be apparent or,…
Mr. Yeager: So, what about all the men who would not be able to find wives if polygamy was allowed? The ratio of male children to female children is about 50/50. If a man has four wives, that means that there are three other men who cannot marry. In the Old Testament, the men who…
Mr. Yeager: God did not evolve his standards over time, but He did initially reduce them, because there was no way for people to meet them. In Matthew 19:8 it says, “Jesus replied, ‘Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard. But it was not this way from the beginning.’” Once…
The list of problems of life under Satan in our time is getting stinkier and longer and deeper into the realm of “I just can’t take it anymore.” Having, almost universally, in the church and out of it, decided that God’s Law is the last thing we could want in our lives, God is granting…
The Delta is that difference between the standard God has set for us in His LawWord and where we actually are in our current state of sanctification. The standard God has set for our sanctification is not to be confused with our salvation which is already perfectly achieved and guaranteed to believers by the resurrection of Christ. The standard…
Within God’s Law, relationships are easy. Initiating them is easy and keeping them healthy is easy. Why? When everyone knows and obeys God’s Law there is harmony and peace. Seeming conflicts are easily resolved and just become avenues for greater understanding. When someone falls outside of God’s Law he or she is easily restored and…
What is God talking about here? Is polygamy Biblical? If God’s Law is a reflection of His holy, perfect character then why do most churches still teach that having more than one wife is wrong? Is it a sin? “Well, no,” they admit, it is not, but they nevertheless insist that it is wrong to have more than…
It is becoming clear that much of the world’s misery and poverty are directly associated with the misguided war on the family. This takes place first of all within modern Christian society doing the exact opposite of what God requires of those who would practice pure religion. It goes like this: a man with a…
1. I believe that Jesus Christ is the incarnation of the Law of God, the walking Torah of YHWH, and the source of all definition, purpose, and meaning and that the Law of God is the Character of God writ large in the Scriptures for our benefit. 2. I believe that the Law of God as…
The ongoing validity of all of Gods Law is here defended. This is also a call for the end of Christian doublemindedness with regard to the Law of God. Tom Shipley has taught me the importance of the unity and harmony of Scripture. God cannot contradict himself. If He appears to do so, then it…
The battle of the definition of Christ is underway again. Is Christ the incarnation of the Mosaic Law or is He a statist humanist (Whom we define as we go along)? There are those who, in a vain attempt to justify studied ignorance God’s Law, pit the summary of God’s Law against the nitty gritty…
There is, apparently, no end to the ways rebellious man finds to justify breaking God’s Law while claiming to keep it. So here is another. It works like this: pit one law against another by creating a false conundrum. Sometimes known by the fanciful name “Graded Absolutism,” this doctrine purports to justify the breaking of…
Did Abraham, the Hebrew midwives, Rahab, Jael, David, and God Himself sin by deceiving those who were at odds with God’s will? This is the implication of those who set the saints of of God against God’s Law. Always looking for a way to escape God’s Law they hope to find refuge for their lawlessness…
What will you get called up on the carpet for? Okay, project yourself into the future when you are face to face with God on Judgment Day, where we have to give an account for every idle word, and thought, and action. God is looking at you and your life is flashing before your eyes…
Yes, just before secular humanism takes the big swan dive into the dust bin of history it lays its epistemology bare and takes down those who are its strange bedfellows – modernist churches. Marcion, you may recall, is the heretic who posited an evolving God. His original writings were all destroyed but his followers have…
All of history has been predetermined by God and is working out his design, like a plant that is growing from a seed into its full flower and fruit. Thus when we read Scripture we are seeing God’s vision for that design, a world ordered according to his law as proclaimed, prophesied, and exemplified by…
Children are the forgotten victims of the abandonment of YHWH’s Law regarding marriage. Being made in the image of God we long for a Father. God our Father created us this way and thus gave children an earthly father to be a picture of their heavenly Father. A father who does not abandon them, who…
Authority has a one-to-many structure as part of its nature. If this natural structure is denied it, the authority withers and becomes impotent and twisted and will no longer provide its function or lend vitality to those in it. Can you think of any authority anywhere in history that was not based on a one-to-many…
Relationships with other people make us richer. Well, I should qualify that. Those relationships based on God’s Law make us richer. Those that are not make us poorer. All the relationships where all the parties to the relationship are in accord with God’s LawWord are win-win relationships. It is in this respect that I will…
There were once two cities that were terrorized by God. Not only did their two biggest buildings fall down but every building came down in a rain of fire and lava and ash. Everybody was wiped out. It did not have to happen. Just ten men could have stopped it – not just any men…
Some bad theology and a lot of rebellion are all that hold up the charade of secular humanism. In the Bible the patriarchs – God fearing men – ruling responsibly over their families according to God’s LawWord are the model that God holds up as our example of righteousness. The denial of Biblical patriarchy by…
In order to facilitate greater discssion amoung the readers of the book Man and Woman in Biblical Law, we have started a discussion group at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newcovenantpatriarchy. If you have purchased and read the book we invite you to join the discussion. I would like to add to the declaration that biblical polygyny is biblical and holy…
Now some of you are old hands at this but print this article out anyway and keep it handy in case you run into a new Christian or one that is getting all excited about the Bible. After all, we all know just how bothersome and tiresome God’s Law can be. I mean, hey, there…
Where are we in the storyline of history from the vantage point of Jehovah? While we cannot know the timing of things future, Scripture does give us the big picture. When man sinned in the garden he did not escape what he was put on earth to do. He just has to do it with…
David, son of Jesse, was a godly woman’s dream. Why? How was it that so many women wanted to marry this guy, even when he was a hunted man living in exile, even though he already had a wife and then even when he had multiple wives, they wanted him? Some how they had decided…
When the father of a girl or a woman herself is looking for a godly man, a new covenant patriarch, how can they be sure they have found one? Now nothing is more desirable than a godly virgin woman. Men will do almost anything to win or seduce such a prize. So how does a…
The impotence of Christianity is due to its being infected with the rival religion of humanism. The pure Humanists, best represented by the ACLU in the United States, chase around Christians and whip them in every battle even though they are outnumbered by 10,000 to 1 (Deut. 32:30). How can you fight a thing when…
How to apply God’s LawWord to the economic crisis we face. Christians are tempted to fall into depression and despair along with the world as we face hard economic times. But we live under a different set of rules than do those who reject the written or the walking Torah of YHWH. We live by…
Bad doctrine and the culture war have combined to frustrate many godly Christian women in their desire for a husband. The bad doctrine is not just an inherited thing that is ignorantly perpetuated by well-meaning leaders and theologians, it is intellectually protected by these men even when they have been shown the truth, such is…
For you New Covenant Patriarchs out there looking for a New Covenant Wife to help you in fulfilling the Dominion Mandate, there is a special test you can apply that will, in most cases, ensure you are not getting fooled into being yoked to a feminist. Sadly, there are many well-meaning single young women who…
This pledge is for those who wish to take their patriarchal characters to a whole other level. Those who take the pledge may refer to themselves as New Covenant Patriarchs. 1. I do hereby pledge myself to make a covenant with my eyes, like Job in Job 30:1, to not look upon a maid. 2.…
Amazingly some of our fellows believe they can defend the doctrine of Biblical marriage while at the same time being free from the Law of Moses. This is done on some kind of evolutionary basis as applied to the character of YHVH. However, to have some other source than Torah for our ideas of right…
Overview In this overview we will set out to understand what the term one flesh means. After spending many hours researching and writing I realized the constitution of a marriage must be addressed as well. However, that will be addressed in another article to come. What I can assure and this article’s assumption is, if…
Politics is religion applied to economics. No wonder then that the doctrine of monogamania has economic and political implications that, when understood, make our problems and their solutions clear. Monogamania comes from a denial of hierarchy and biblical law as Tom Shipley has shown. This leads to an egalitarianism where men and woman are supposed…
Political Correctness = Self-Abasement By teaching women to hate their men, culture, and Biblical patriarchy, Feminism has cleared the way for foreign men to rape and conquer them. This is not only true in Europe but in America as statistics make clear. In the upside down world of Humanism, success means slow motion suicide. Having found the soft underbelly…
Whether it is ethnic, cultural, or religious, strict monogamy is responsible for miscegenation. Biblical polygyny would wipe out this sad phenomenon virtually over night. Amazingly, those who complain loudest about miscegenation complain just as loudly about polygamy. Here is how it works. Lower class males are always anxious to marry higher class women. They get…
Violence against women, documented and convicted in courts of law: http://prolifeamerica.com/Under-the-Radar-Violence-in-the-Conflict-Over-Abortion.pdf The first command to covenant man in Scripture is: “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.” Men in rebellion against God and His LawWord will be at war with procreation, and work to frustrate the designs of creation. They are at war with reality…
JOHN 4: THE SAMARITAN WOMAN The following is a sample from my book, They Shall Be One Flesh, along with a comment from one of the members of our Yahoo group, newcovenantpatriarchy@yahoogroups. The Commentators: #3, Paul E. Steele and Charles C. Ryrie + Yahoo NCP post Copyright 2010 by Tom Shipley All Rights Reserved 3 He…
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From the back cover: “For by a secret law of nature, things that stand chief love to be singular; but things that are subject are set under, not only one under one, but, if the system of nature or society allow, even several under one, not without becoming beauty. For neither hath one slave so…
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I have lately been musing over the condition of the Church today as it relates to patriarchy and issues of marriage, and attempting to crystallize in succinct, summary form what, in my view, are the chief falsehoods and misconceptions ensnaring Christians in false doctrine. This list could be very, very long, indeed, but here are…
What is the BIBLICAL definition of adultery? As Christians, we believe that the Bible is the inerrant, all-sufficient Word of God. God’s Word is the arbiter of all truth. It is the ultimate DEFINER of all things. We should not be deriving our definitions of biblical subjects from popular dictionaries. I once was discussing this…