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By This Standard: The Authority of God's Law Today Paperback – January 1, 2008

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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.

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263 pages
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American Vision/Covenant Media Press
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January 1, 2008
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0915815842
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978-0915815845
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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.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ American Vision/Covenant Media Press; 2015th edition (January 1, 2008)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 263 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0915815842

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0915815845

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces

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Christine Rice
An excellent apologetic resource.
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2021
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I honestly didn’t know what to expect. But this book is powerfully composed. The author doesn’t seem to have a single thought without Biblical substantiation. An excellent resource for apologetics.
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God's Law is THE Standard
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Is the Christian to be guided by God’s law—as found in Scripture—as the rule for life? Moreover, should God’s law be the standard by which all societies should to be run? Bahnsen answers in the affirmative to both questions, giving a strong and clear case as to why. This book serves as a great primer for anyone wanting to learn about theonomy, clearing up most questions people might have on the subject. Bahnsen was always one of the best and most lucid communicators on any subject about which he wrote, such as presuppositional apologetics and Postmillennial eschatology. For a more thorough treatment on the issue of theonomy, Bahnsen’s larger work Theonomy in Christian Ethics cannot be beat.
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naomi king
A must read, in my view, for everyone who is serious about their faith, their path and their eternal salvation.
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This is a first class book which reminds us that the New Testament doesn't 'replace' the Old Testament but merely builds upon it. The law of God is the definition of his character and nature and therefore it is His desire that we draw close to Him by living through his Law. Through Jesus we not only have the knowledge of the Law (and Jesus NEVER revoked it) but also the power to live in it through the purification of his death and the power of his resurrection. We are sanctified, made pure and holy through the Holy Spirit which ENABLES us to keep God's Law and what is more, the Holy Spirit gives us the desire to do so. What a shame that much of the modern church has lost sight of all this and in consequence fallen into Satan's trap of thinking like the World, the flesh and the Devil.

A must read, in my view, for everyone who is serious about their faith, their path and their eternal salvation. Excellent Biblical citations throughout so the logic of the argument can be clearly followed. A work of great scholarship and reflection and yet highly accessible to the lay but interested reader.
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Probably all you'd ever need to know about Theonomy
Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2015
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Very carefully/tightly reasoned by the late Prof Bahnsen, this is a great first stop in your readings on Theonomy. He appears to have written it as a more approachable version of his "Theonomy in Christian Ethics" (TICE) and I think he succeeded there. That said, there's nothing light and soft about this work. It's very much a "real thing" book. Ninety percent of those who read this won't feel any need to read TICE as there is plenty here.
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Joshua Butcher
The layman's standard on Theonomy
Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2009
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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.
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Christian Ethics
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2019
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Great book, I really loved the authorships consistency in grounding biblical morality to scripture. I would highly recommend this book. It was a convicting read for me. I don’t know about others, but honestly speaking, if we as a culture really adopted Biblical ethics for political rule. I’d been killed long ago. I have violated Abbas holy standard. God bless.
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Richard G NICHOLS,
I have had this book for several years now, I even bought several and handed them out, need I say more? Great book..
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II have had this book for several years now, I even bought several and handed them out, need I say more? Great book..
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Question: If Jesus contradicted the laws of Moses why didn't the Jews accuse him of this during his trial?

You're right, we're not Jews (or at least I'm not), but we have to have laws. Is it possible we can learn something from the laws in the OT? We still have to have laws for theft. Were the punishments for theft in the OT good ones? Today we have a problem with street fighting and school bullying. I wonder what "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth and bruise for a bruise" would do to street fighting. Do you think that a person who was upset might punch someone else gentler if they knew that some big hairy bloke was going to knock their tooth out in front of a crowd if they knocked this person's tooth out? I think so. I think it would make society a lot more civil. And it would certainly reduce the prison population.

If you are open to the possibility that we can learn something from the laws in the OT take a look. I think you'll find it enlightening.
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