{"id":943,"date":"2024-11-21T19:07:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T19:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/?p=943"},"modified":"2024-11-21T19:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T19:07:05","slug":"the-imperative-of-christian-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/the-imperative-of-christian-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Imperative of Christian Involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the full length version of the two video series where I give a justification of political involvement with particular emphasis on the Christian community and Christian philosophy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Political Involvement (Complete)\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1032047562?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Part 1<\/h2>\n<p>00:00:00 Preamble<br \/>\n00:00:01 Reference 1: <a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/dominion-theology-its-origin-development-and-place-in-christian-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dominion Theology Thesis<\/a><br \/>\n00:00:56 &#8216;Dominion Theology&#8217; and Its Relation to Philosophical Themes<br \/>\n00:02:00 The Imperative of Political Involvement<br \/>\n00:02:40 Your relationship to the State<br \/>\n00:03:24 Trump&#8217;s political comeback and the Trump problem<br \/>\n00:05:00 If we all voted&#8230;<br \/>\n00:05:50 The early Fundamentalists and the withdrawal of Christian from the public square<br \/>\n00:08:03 The Rise of the Antichrist and The Rapture<br \/>\n00:09:10 &#8220;The Last Days&#8221; and Dispensationalism<br \/>\n00:11:00 &#8220;The Fundamentals&#8221; as an academic reaction to Theological Liberalism<br \/>\n00:12:30 The split of the Seminaries<br \/>\n00:13:50 &#8220;Fundamentalism&#8221; as anti-intellectualist and obscurantist<br \/>\n00:14:50 Orthodox Presbyterianism as the intellectual guardians of orthodoxy<br \/>\n00:15:58 Dominion Theology as a return to orthodox Reformed thinking<br \/>\n00:16:40 The repoliticisation of Christian thought<br \/>\n00:17:40 The sad state of the British Church<br \/>\n00:18:48 The role of Trump<br \/>\n00:20:24 Romans 13 as the locus classicus of how we view the State<br \/>\n00:22:45 Do Rights come from the State or God?<br \/>\n00:24:00 The American Constitution<br \/>\n00:24:30 The Globalist vision<br \/>\n00:25:55 The misunderstanding of Romans 13<br \/>\n00:27:15 The boundaries of Christian obedience and resistance<br \/>\n00:28:45 The Christian revolutionary<br \/>\n00:30:50 English Common Law as the reaction the &#8216;Divine Right of Kings&#8217;<br \/>\n00:33:00 The Administrative or &#8220;Deep State&#8221;<br \/>\n00:37:00 The case for political agnosticism: ISBN 978-0-7684-7756-6<br \/>\n00:40:01 My reaction to political agnosticism: <a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/politics-church-and-state-in-the-post-trump-era\/\" target=\"_blank\">Church and State<\/a><br \/>\n00:41:55 COVID as a case study for tyranny<br \/>\n00:43:00 Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones &#8211; Romans 13: ISBN: 978-0-85151-824-4<br \/>\n00:48:00 The imperative of involvement from history<br \/>\n00:51:00 Summary and Conclusion<\/p>\n<h2>Part 2<\/h2>\n<p>00:00:00 The imperative for involvement in culture<br \/>\n00:01:15 Why we should NOT be involved?<br \/>\n00:02:30 The detatchment from the democratic process<br \/>\n00:02:55 The tyranny of the minority<br \/>\n00:05:41 The tyranny of the majority<br \/>\n00:07:30 The case study of LGBTQ&#8230;<br \/>\n00:09:01 &#8220;Rivers of blood&#8221;<br \/>\n00:10:50 The decay of Britain<br \/>\n00:12:00 Involvement as the antidote to extremism<br \/>\n00:12:40 The political equation of witholding your vote<br \/>\n00:13:10 The cost of suffrage<br \/>\n00:14:50 Has the nation state run its course?<br \/>\n00:15:20 More global government &#8211; the WHO as case study<br \/>\n00:16:50 Our relation with the Liberal elites<br \/>\n00:17:50 The historical precedent for Christian political involvement<br \/>\n00:20:00 The anomaly of the First Wave of Fundamentalism<br \/>\n00:22:00 The Prophecy Conferences and the End Time pessimism<br \/>\n00:23:30 Premillenialism, Amillenialism, Postmillennialism<br \/>\n00:25:30 The rise of amillenialism with the conversion of Constantine<br \/>\n00:26:30 The postmillennial view and its decline<br \/>\n00:29:00 Dospensationalism as an aberration of premillennialism<br \/>\n00:30:00 The book of Daniel and its authentication<br \/>\n00:33:21 The rationalist presupposition<br \/>\n00:35:00 Roger Price&#8217;s tapes on Daniel: <a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/the-book-of-daniel\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Book of Daniel<\/a><br \/>\n00:37:00 Roger Price&#8217;s tapes on Eschatology: <a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/blog\/the-three-main-eschatological-views\/\" target=\"_blank\">Three Main Views<\/a><br \/>\n00:38:00 The Rapture, the Tribulation and Cultural Pessimism of Dispensationalism as the rationale for non-participation in politics and culture.<br \/>\n00:44:00 Packer, J.I., Fundamentalism and the Word of God (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans: 1958)<br \/>\n00:44:27 My Master&#8217;s thesis (web version): <a href=\"https:\/\/planetmacneil.org\/Documents\/Content\/DominionTheology.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dominion Theology Thesis<\/a><br \/>\n00:46:00 The discreditable nature of the Rapture doctrine<br \/>\n00:47:18 Quitting your job because Jesus is Coming!<br \/>\n00:49:00 Being concerned with the things above, not on this Earth, as a reason for non-involvement<br \/>\n00:50:15 The Dominion Mandate as a mandate for involvement<br \/>\n00:52:28 Van Til&#8217;s Reformation of Christian Apologetics<br \/>\n00:55:00 R J Rushdoony and his sociological application of Van Til.<br \/>\n00:57:22 Modern postmillennialism.<br \/>\n00:58:20 Kuyper and sphere sovereignty.<br \/>\n01:00:09 The rejection of religion as a private matter.<br \/>\n01:02:00 The cost of non-involvement &#8211; victims of those that are involved.<br \/>\n01:03:40 Finney&#8217;s political involvement<br \/>\n01:05:00 1 Timothy 2 and social peace.<br \/>\n01:06:00 Wesley&#8217;s political involvement.<br \/>\n01:09:00 JG Machen&#8217;s political involvement.<br \/>\n01:10:00 The rejection of the Social Gospel as a justification for non-involvement.<br \/>\n01:12:00 Rushdoony and Reconstructionism as modern postmillenialism.<br \/>\n01:16:00 The Papal Hegemony contrasted with Dominion Theology.<br \/>\n01:17:10 The principles of involvement.<br \/>\n01:20:00 We do not lose our earthly citizenship when we become Christians.<br \/>\n01:22:00 IVF as a case study for Christian proffessionals.<br \/>\n01:25:40 Environmental management as a case study.<br \/>\n01:26:30 The imperative for intellectual involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the full length version of the two video series where I give a justification of political involvement with particular emphasis on the Christian community and Christian philosophy. 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