TY - BOOK AU - Bahnsen,Greg L. TI - Theonomy in Christian ethics AV - BT96.2 .B335 1979 U1 - 241/.2 20 PY - 1979/// CY - Nutley, N.J. PB - Craig Press KW - Law (Theology) KW - Theonomy KW - Christian ethics KW - The State N1 - 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 ER -