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April 8, 2022 - NXR Podcast
04:16
QUESTIONS - How Can I Learn To Apply God’s Law To All Of Life?
# westminster confession toby sumter thomas watson apologia biblical law biblical principles for africa bonson u canon press christian ethics government theory greg bonson heidelberg catechism paleo conservatism peter hammond rj rushdoony synod of dort the institutes of biblical law theonomy

R.J. Rushdoony's The Institutes of Biblical Law and Thomas Watson's The Ten Commandments serve as foundational texts for applying God's law to society, complemented by Greg Bonson's works on Theonomy and historical confessions like the Westminster Confession. Toby Sumter's 50-question catechism and Peter Hammond's Biblical Principles for Africa offer practical guides for reformed governance, reflecting a paleo conservative approach where biblical principles inform modern contexts rather than enforcing rigid one-for-one applications. Ultimately, these resources empower listeners to discern how divine law shapes contemporary government and property rights. [Automatically generated summary]

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Biblical Principles for Discernment 00:02:55
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What is a list of books that help with applying God's law to our society, government, culture?
What do you think?
What are some good books?
Oh, a list of books for God's law.
Oh, okay.
For applying God's law beyond just the church to society.
I mean, AD was, I think, reading one, right?
Yeah, I mean, I've got it right here.
It's called The Institutes of Biblical Law by R.J. Rushduny.
And what I like about it is it's good as a reference.
It has a huge index in the back.
Any Bible verse you can think of, you just look it up and you'll see pages it's mentioned.
So you don't have to read the whole thing if you don't like to do that kind of thing.
And yeah, that's the one I would recommend because it's just, it's, It's thorough.
It's exhaustive.
Again, you can't believe literally everything he says.
You've got to use discernment, but it's very helpful.
I agree.
The Ten Commandments by Thomas Watson, The Puritans.
I think a lot of their stuff is really, really good.
Hear that?
John likes the Puritans.
He likes the Puritans.
Do you have a book recommendation?
Greg Bonson.
Yeah, I have, yeah, by this standard, right?
It's his book on that.
And I think I have Theonomy and Christian Ethics and stuff.
It has some good stuff to say about it.
I'm trying to think.
Honestly, this is kind of a weird answer in some ways, but so this isn't like.
Leviticus, is that what you're trying to say?
That's a good one.
That's a great one.
Nah, I'm an Exodus guy, actually.
No, some of the confessions, actually.
Some of the, yeah, this is the history answer here, but some of the historic confessions, I think, have some really good information on that.
So, yeah, like read the Westminster, and it doesn't go into specifics as much.
This, you know, Synod of Dort, and just really all of the historic confessions.
Confessions, the Heidelberg, they all have to deal with this somewhere along the line.
So, yeah, go to the primary source.
I like doing that.
Yeah, that's good.
And Toby Sumter, just to give him some props, he just recently wrote a 50 question catechism on God's design for government.
And it's on Canon Press.
He did a video of it where he gives the question and a short answer.
And it was fantastic.
It was really, really good.
And then all the Greg Bonson stuff, thanks to Jeff Durbin and James White, the Bonson family has given that to Apologia.
And so they started Bonson U, Bonson University.
All of it is now free through Apology and their ministry.
And for homeschool parents, some of this stuff can be heady.
And so I'm kind of, if those who listen to the podcast, I probably said before, like, I'm a paleo conservative, or at least I think I am.
God's Design for Government 00:01:20
I consider myself that.
And I look at, like, there's principles in the Bible that should be applied.
I don't think it's a one for one necessarily.
And it's hard.
There's a certain context that the law was given, but I think it does apply, the principles of it.
And there's a book that I think you could use even with your kids because it's so simple.
And I don't even know where you could find it now, but it's by a guy named Peter Hammond.
It's called Biblical Principles for Africa.
It's not even for the United States, but I remember when I was probably a teenager, I found it somewhere.
I don't even know where I found it.
And it's super short, and it just goes through really basic stuff about property and the role of government.
And I just thought it was pretty clear.
So if you can pick up Peter Hammond's Biblical Principles for Africa, I think it's pretty good.
And his whole thing, just by the way, he's a missionary, and he's trying to show.
People in Africa that he's trying to teach.
Like, here's what the Bible says.
Because in some cases, they are trying to reform and start from scratch.
And they're asking these questions.
So that's why I think it's really good.
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