Theonomy in Christian ethics /

Bahnsen, Greg L. 1948-1995.

Theonomy in Christian ethics / Greg L. Bahnsen. - Nutley, N.J. : Craig Press, 1979. - xvii, 619 p. ; pbk ; 21 cm.

Includes indexes.

Includes bibliographical references.

The abiding validity of the law in exhaustive detail (Matthew 5:17-19) --
Pharisaism reproved --
The law's inability to justify and empower --
The integrity of the law --
Messianic obedience and the atonement --
Sanctification by the Holy Spirit --
Covenantal unity --
The ceremonial (restorative) law --
Alleged negative passages --
Theonomy and grace, faith, love --
New Testament substantiation of the thesis --
The functions of God's law --
Theonomy vs. autonomy --
Latent antinomianism --
The responsibility of civil magistrates : introduction --
The magistrate in older testament Israel --
The magistrate in nations surrounding Israel --
The civil magistrate in the New Testament --
Separation of church and state --
Penology --
Summation --
Our duty to promote obedience --
The blessedness of the law and the blessing of obedience --
An exegetical study of Galatians 3:15-18 --
The civil magistrate according to the Westminster Confession of Faith --
A historical specimen of theonomic politics : Cotton's Abstract of the laws of New England --
A critique of M.G. Kline.

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Law (Theology)
Theonomy.
Christian ethics.
The State.

BT96.2 / .B335 1979

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