Question of the day for y'all: Given the distinct roles of the church and the state, both of which under God's sovereign authority, should Christians hold positions in civil government?

Some context: I talked with a man who calls himself an anabaptist and said that no Christian should hold official positions in government or enlist in the military because as a member of Christ's church he does not hold the power of the sword given to the government. Very interesting position, and I would like to hear y'alls views on it.

Absolutely Christians can and should. We need look no farther than the Old Testament with godly kings. When the righteous rule, the people flourish (Prov. 29:2).

One *can* argue that church officer should not *simultaneously* be a government officer, and that can be supported by a distinction of offices.

Best reading on this is the Westminster Confession chapter on the civil magistrate and Calvin's Institutes' chapter on the same. Anabaptists are a ridiculously ahistorical gay sect.

I make no bones about it: I'm a theonomist, a hardcore reconstructionist. Rushdoony and Bahnsen are my bois. So I'm much farther right than most people who push Christian Nationalism.

But anyone who publicly criticizes Christian Nationalism can be immediately written off as either a liberal or an idiot. Either they want something more liberal or they don't realize that supporting even somewhat mistaken frens against our leftist enemies is a must.

How are you going to give thanks this season?

Happy Thanksgiving to our American brothers in Christ. May you give thanks for the many gifts God has blessed you, big or small. Take this time to remember your loved ones, and pray for our enemies who hate us. Remember the Pilgrims who settled on American soil and established a fervant Christian colony for the glory of God.

Most of all, give thanks for God loving us, wretched sinners deserving of damnation, so much that he gave his only begotten Son to die on a tree gruesomely for our salvation. Bless his name always and never stop fighting for what is right and beautiful for his glory alone.

Amen.

I can't help but notice that normie theologians who go against "kinism" never attacked black lives matter as a racist heretical group. None of them condemn zionism qua zionism as an evil racist ideology. They certainly have zero problems with Asian student unions, Korean churches, etc.

They only think "kinism" is a heresy when White people do it. And they'll only mutilate Scripture to keep Whites from doing what everyone else is doing. Imagine that, a doctrine that's only a heresy when *you* believe it.

Propositions on Race & Ethnicity:

1) One has a duty to love and sacrifice for his ethnos, his genetic relations, above others. The more closely related to him, the greater his responsibility.

2) "Nations" are primarily conceived of in Scripture not as political groups but as groups who share a common ethnic heritage. One should love and take pride in his fatherland.

3) Interracial marriage is not necessarily a sin as demonstrated by rare instances such as Moses marrying an Ethiopian woman or Boaz marrying Ruth the Moabite. While acceptable in select circumstances...

4) The good and normative creational pattern is for people to marry within their own ethnos. This helps to create strong, high-trust societies as seen by Abraham seeking a woman from his homeland for Isaac to marry.

5) National and genetic distinctions were created by God and should be respected. Any attempt to remove them is wrong, though of course we can love and have fellowship with other Christians no matter their nation or race.

Whatever label you may prefer to apply to this position, this is the correct and biblical position.

The two biggest takeaways from the Thomas Achord debacle are:

1) Unless you have F.U. money/resources, do not post personal details which could lead to a doxxing.

2) When the left (or "conservatives" attacking from the left) come for you, do not apologize; do not back down.

Not only is it a sign of weakness which will provoke further attack, worse still, you've betrayed your own principles and any allies who have gone to bat for you.

𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 (𝘦.𝘨. 𝘐𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘦𝘭, 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘰𝘣 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘴𝘢𝘶).

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴—𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 (𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 17:14; 𝘋𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺 31:16-21) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 (𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 9:6).

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Homeschooling is the way. Raising Christian children is not a minimum wage job.

Daycare outcomes:

On non-cognitive measures, the analysts find persistent, negative effects. At ages five through nine, children exposed to the childcare program exhibited more aggression, anxiety, and hyperactivity and they were less likely to get along with their teacher...

As for health and criminal activity outcomes at ages twelve to twenty, the study uncovers negative results. In surveys, those exposed to the Quebec program reported worse physical health and life satisfaction, and an analysis of national crime data concludes that the program led to higher rates of criminal activity (both accusations and convictions).

Beza appropriately noscripts Sunday, "the first day of the new world." If one reads John 20, the parallels with Genesis are strong. The day begins in darkness, the second Adam was working in a garden, and this time, when God walks through the garden, he finds His creation seeking him, not hiding from him. The re-creation of the world began on Sunday with Christ's resurrection. Entering into this new creation is the rest we get a foretaste of on the Sabbath. Hodge provides ample argumentation if you're still unconvinced.