\u201cIf we knew this is what you taught before we joined the church, we probably wouldn\u2019t have joined,\u201d remarked a dear saint to me before submitting a membership resignation.<\/p>\n
Years of growing doctrinal dissonance between him and our church\u2019s public teaching led to this meeting. I replied, \u201cIf we knew what you believed, then we would have slowed down before bringing you into our membership.\u201d<\/p>\n
To my brother\u2019s credit, the conversation was amicable despite exasperation on both sides.<\/p>\n
The disputed matter concerned the perpetuity of Old Testament laws and their application to Christians and culture. My brother believed that most, if not all, Old Testament laws were still binding today, especially those governing Israel\u2019s civil life. After all, Jesus taught, \u201cUntil heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished\u201d (Matt.\u00a05:18).<\/p>\n
Resolving myriad disagreements on how to interpret our Lord\u2019s teaching is not the aim of this essay. Yet the illustration above highlights the challenge of Theonomy and Reconstruction (TheoRecon) and other related errors for Baptist pastors today, especially in Calvinistic or confessionally Reformed churches.<\/p>\n
Moreover, in the face of today\u2019s so-called \u201cculture war,\u201d TheoRecon teachers often take bold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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