As mentioned previously, there is a diversity to Federal Vision with differences between key proponents, just as you might identify differences among the early reformers, Calvin, Zwingli and Luther disagreeing on the nature of the sacraments among other things. Some have talked in terms of a Federal Vision, dark and a Federal Vision, light. Take… Continue reading Against Christianity: Christendom and Christian Nationalism in Peter Leithart’s thought
Tag: Douglas Wilson
Doug Wilson and mere Christendom
Whilst Douglas Wilson has expressed support for the idea of Christian Nationalism, he has also indicated a preference for the idea of “mere Christendom.” By this he means: a network of nations bound together by a formal, public, civic acknowledgment of the Lordship of Jesus Christ, and the fundamental truth of the Apostles’ Creed. I… Continue reading Doug Wilson and mere Christendom
Douglas Wilson, despots and taxation
Wilson’s book “Mere Christendom” is really a collection of articles, so it doesn’t offer a systemic outline or blueprint for Christian Nationalism, or to use his term, Christendom 2.0. However, as you spend a bit of time working through it, you can begin to get a feel for his vision. It is also possible to… Continue reading Douglas Wilson, despots and taxation
Douglas Wilson on secularism
Douglas Wilson suggests the term “Mere Christendom” for his take on the relationship of Church and State, of Christianity and Nation. He writes: I argue … for a principled abandonment of the disastrous experiment of secularism, and for a corporate confession of the fact that Jesus rose from the dead, and all done in such… Continue reading Douglas Wilson on secularism
Doug Wilson and Christian Nationalism
It’s not that long back that whenever I wrote or spoke about things like Doug Wilson, Federal Vision and Christian Nationalism that I would get the pushback “why are you even talking about them?” In recent weeks the pushback on Christian Nationalism has become “you need to be very careful about what you say about… Continue reading Doug Wilson and Christian Nationalism
Doug Wilson and understanding the past to better understand the present
Murray Campbell has written recently about people in Australia beginning to get interested in Doug Wilson. I want to pick up here on one specific thing he says in the article: As a quick aside, the Doug Wilson who was preaching and teaching some useful and valuable ideas a decade ago is quite different from… Continue reading Doug Wilson and understanding the past to better understand the present
Canon fodder in Wilson’s culture war
You can read Doug Wilson’s response to the shooting of Charlie Kirk here. Now, over the past few days, I’ve been thinking here about how we should respond to Kirk’s death. I’ve observed that there have been some (not all) on the left who have been quick to demonise him. They didn’t like what he… Continue reading Canon fodder in Wilson’s culture war
Doug Wilson and deception in a time of war – one of the challenges with engaging with Federal Vision
I’ve started to engage with Federal Vision theology and have some more posts planned. However, I want to deal early on with one specific and important issue that has made engaging with The Federal Vision particularly difficult. Have a read of this particular article by Doug Wilson. He repeats his views found here in a… Continue reading Doug Wilson and deception in a time of war – one of the challenges with engaging with Federal Vision
The Return of the Federal Vision?
When I went to theological college in 2006, I went against the backdrop of three major theological controversies that had been brewing in Evangelical circles. I was familiar with two of them, Open Theism and the controversy surrounding Steve Chalke and Penal Substitution. However, I was completely unaware of the third. Apparently, a few years… Continue reading The Return of the Federal Vision?
Selden College – the questions are still there
I recently wrote about a new college set up in Oxford that purports to be a Classical Christian College. Now I appreciate that the college are unlikely to pick up on my little blog. However, I was hoping to encourage people to at least ask those questions themselves before getting involved in promoting Selden College. … Continue reading Selden College – the questions are still there
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