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…
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…
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.”…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…