James R. Rogers is associate professor of political science at Texas A&M University. He also blogs at Law & Liberty.
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James R. Rogers
When read in isolation, Romans 13 doesn’t fit well with Paul’s argument in the rest of the epistle. Continue Reading »
Mosaic (and Noahic) teachings regarding the death penalty are revelations of God and teach us of God’s grace, mercy, forgiveness, and love. But how? Continue Reading »
Does the Bible provide principled grounds for abolition of the death penalty? Continue Reading »
How should Christians respond to the tradeoffs of globalization? Continue Reading »
In Evangelical churches, the why of the virgin birth receives less attention than the fact of it. Continue Reading »
The ecclesiology implicit in what Moore commends is a familiar one—even, arguably, a historical one for many Protestants. “Church” is here understood as an association of individuals who give mental assent to the same religious ideology. Continue Reading »
So with a nod to considerations both theological and practical, my main criticism of the argument in Reno’s book, as with the religious right more generally, is not that it’s too Christian, but that it’s not Christian enough. Continue Reading »
Is human dignity served by the removal of any and all impediments to individual choice? Or is true liberty found in the ties that bind? Continue Reading »
It’s one thing for the American political regime to value Christian churches because they help supply the moral requisites for sustaining the regime; for churches themselves to conceive of their purpose in this way is quite another thing. Continue Reading »
All Americans are Whigs, distinguished only by their more-liberal or more-conservative Whiggery. Continue Reading »
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