Product Description

God's Law is Christianity's tool of dominion. This is where any discussion of God's law ultimately arrives: the issue of dominion. Ask yourself: Who is to rule on earth, Christ or Satan? Whose followers have the ethically acceptable tool of dominion, Christ's or Satan's? What is this tool of dominion, the bibically revealed law of God, or the law of self-proclaimed autonomous man? Whose word is sovereign, God's or man's?

Millions of Christians, sadly, have not recognized the continuing authorigy of God's law or its many applications to modern society. They have thereby reaped the whirlwind - cultural and intellectual impotence. They implicitly have surrendered this world to the devil. They have implicitly denied the power of the death and resurrection of Christ. They have served as footstools for the enemies of God. But humanism's free ride is coming to an end. This book serves as an introduction to this woefully neglected topic.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #191429 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-01
• Binding: Hardcover
• 263 pages

About the Author
Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen (1948-1995) was once described as "the man atheists fear most." He was a distinguished scholar, author, and Christian apologist. He was an ordained minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and the author of Theonomy in Christian Ethics, No Other Standard, Theonomy and Its Critics, and co-author with Kenneth Gentry of House Divided: The Breakup of Dispensational Theology.

Customer Reviews

This book has the potential to shatter your Comfort Zone.
What authority does the Law have in the life of the New Testament believer? The answer may disturb you. It did me. Be forewarned. Dr. Bahnsen is not writing comic-book dialog here! This is tough stuff. It demands your attention. It demands thought. But the rewards are great. This book is a blessing. This is the definitive biblical counter to situation ethics and moral relativism. If you are a Christian, you really ought to consider it your duty to find out what the Bible (both Testaments) has to say about issues of morality. What does it really mean to "love your neighbor"? My wager is that most of us Christians don't really know.

The layman's standard on Theonomy
By This Standard is a slimmed down version of Bahnsen's larger treatment of Theonomy, Theonomy in Christian Ethics. The shorter version is devoid of lengthy scholarly interaction and extensive footnotes, so it is less helpful for those really wanting to dig into the debate. However, Bahnsen's clear expositional writing makes this the perfect book for folks wanting to learn a sound treatment of Theonomy. Many opponents of theonomic readings of Scripture labor under misconceptions, misrepresentations, and false implications based upon false assumptions about what theonomy actually is. Bahnsen's treatment here is as clear as it gets for the lay reader and is a good primer on the considerations of Biblical law.

No Active Table of Contents
I just bought on Kindle and there is no active TOC. It's greyed out, which I think it's crucial for a kindle book. What a waste!