tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post368049787372301790..comments2024-03-27T20:28:38.015-04:00Comments on Reasonable Christian: Beyond Culture Wars: A Critique of Michael Horton's Wrong DoctrineCharlie J. Rayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-50233922618125178522010-07-23T09:08:13.137-04:002010-07-23T09:08:13.137-04:00Rushdoony was a heretic. He confused the civil la...Rushdoony was a heretic. He confused the civil law with the moral law, denied general equity, and consequently promoted works righteousness through his neonomian legalism.<br /><br />Rushdoony also failed to distinguish between co-belligerency and the Gospel, which is why we see people sign silly documents like The Manhattan Declaration. It's also why you see scores of theonomists and Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-53942369672760173162010-07-23T08:47:43.268-04:002010-07-23T08:47:43.268-04:00In the future please do not post anonymously. If ...In the future please do not post anonymously. If you do not have a blog profile or bio in Facebook or someplace, you might want to get one. One must be fully accountable for what one says on the internet, which is why I do not hide my identity.<br /><br />Having said that, I want to make it equally clear that I totally reject the Manhattan Declaration precisely because it DOES confuse Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-33918485466894222242010-07-22T23:22:54.525-04:002010-07-22T23:22:54.525-04:00In Defense of Christianity - A Critical Critique o...In Defense of Christianity - A Critical Critique of Michael Horton on Culture Wars<br />Horton, therefore, seeks to discourage Christian cultural activism, by linking it up with various evils, such as (1) identifying church and state, (2) denying God's sovereignty, (3) confusing culture with God's kingdom, (4) bad Christian art, etc., (5) binding Christian consciences beyond Scripture, (6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-73879651862983371112010-07-22T23:21:37.808-04:002010-07-22T23:21:37.808-04:00Summary of His Teaching - Christians should not be...Summary of His Teaching - Christians should not be the salt of the earth<br />The main purpose of his book, Beyond Culture Wars seems to be ignore this verse<br />Matthew 5:13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men." Our country is in a major mess today, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-40061203801207345632008-11-03T22:09:00.000-05:002008-11-03T22:09:00.000-05:00I wouldn't dismiss so quickly everything Horton sa...I wouldn't dismiss so quickly everything Horton says. He rightly calls the church back to a focus on justification by faith alone and to the Reformed confessions. The problem is that he is inconsistent with traditional Reformed theology at many points.<BR/><BR/>Also, the White Horse Inn never gets into an details. They just sit around generalizing about how bad things are and never nail down Charlie J. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18185331029930925967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15388492.post-37103654615399589162008-11-03T21:38:00.000-05:002008-11-03T21:38:00.000-05:00p.s. I neglected to laud your excellent commentar...p.s. I neglected to laud your excellent commentary on this surrenderist aspect of Horton's "theology". Great stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com