Let me from the start confess to not being very original. I borrowed the concept of the title of this piece from a recent column from Douglas Wilson–though I use it differently. We’ll return to it in a little bit after I work through a couple of things. The first is the White Horse Inn,…
Author: Bill
Gimme All Your Money: The Trap of Progressive Liberalism
During its 1980’s resurgence, the Texas band ZZ Top released its Eliminator album, which contained the hit single, Give Me All Your Lovin’. The chorus went like this: Gimme all your lovin’, all your hugs and kisses too,Gimme all your lovin’, don’t let up until we’re through. Reviewing the song’s lyrics as I write this,…
A World at War
Perhaps the greatest blindness of the modern church is its failure to understand that the world is at war–against the church. This war pits the church as a combatant against its opponent–or enemy–the unbelievers in the world. In fact, the war is an effort by the unbelieving world to usurp God’s rule; in other words,…
Cassidy and Peacock on Capitalism and Socialism
David Cassidy, my church’s former pastor and a godly man, and I had a brief conversation on Facebook a while back. I thought I’d re-post it here: Cassidy: Pastors are not on the job to ‘Save America’. We are here to announce its eventual demise, conquest, redemption, and replacement with something that is already here…
Are Unbiblical Government Activities Theft?
In 1 Samuel 8:10-18, Samuel warns the people of Israel. He is warning them because they sinfully want to replace God with a human king: God says “they have rejected me from being king over them.” One thing to keep in mind is this is really God’s warning to the people; Samuel is just passing…
A Brief Primer on Church and State–and Oppression
“The purpose of government is to justly uphold life, liberty, and truth in order to bring increase and peace to the Kingdom of God.” This shouldn’t be a surprise. Because every government official, every government worker, every voter, every citizen, and every subject was made for one very specific purpose: to glorify God and enjoy…
The Trinitarian Nature of Private Property
Genesis 1:1 clearly establishes God as the owner of creation. Genesis 1:28 tells man to fill and subdue the earth (His property) and have dominion over every living thing (also His property). God didn’t transfer ownership–He is still the original owner, but He did delegate ownership. We see man’s responsibilities in properly exercising this delegation…
Private Property, the Great Commission, and the Trinity
In a recent email discussion, a friend from church recently noted, “I don’t think anyone is going to argue that government has carte blanche to take property from people.” As I told him, I don’t think that is the case. For starters, I certainly would. And so might folks like the justices on the Texas…
The Hope of Biblical Compassion: Charity
In my last article, I made the case that the welfare state is unbiblical. I built my argument on three premises: that the welfare state 1) is a form of theft, 2) destroys charity, and 3) harms everyone associated with it–funder, deliverer, and recipient. Let’s take another quick look at this. In 2 Thessalonians 3:10,…
The Tragedy of Evangelical Compassion: The Welfare State
What do we do when we realize the welfare state isn’t working? Well, for a lot of Evangelicals, the trick is actually getting to that point. Many appear content with government welfare programs as a means of assisting the poor; some even seem to think that we are sinning by not spending enough money on…