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Westminster's Confession: The Abandonment of Van Til's Legacy Hardcover – December 1, 1991

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December 1, 1991
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Inst for Christian Economics (December 1, 1991)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 385 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0930464540
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0930464547
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.48 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.75 x 9 inches

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Gary North received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Riverside. He served on the Senior Staff of the Foundation for Economic Education, in Irvington-on-Hudson, New York, and is the president of the Institute for Christian Economics. Dr. North’s essays and reviews have appeared in three dozen magazines and journals, including The Wall Street Journal, National Review, The AmericanSpectator, and others.

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Hector Falcon

Gary North hits a home run

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2011

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Gary North did a wonderful job describing the theological shift that has occurred within the Reformed seminaries, and in particular, Westminster seminaries. I was saddened to learn that liberal views have become so rampant within the Reformed seminaries. Machen would be rolling in his grave if he knew that a pro-abortion faculty member was allowed to be on the teaching faculty - Paul Woolley. It shows how much of a change has occurred since Machen's day. But this follows the norm for Christian seminaries. With time they set up a dichomous split between faith and human reason. Due to the emphasis on scholarship based on human reason, the faith element eventually gets discarded. Man's human reasoning takes precedence and liberalism eventually prevails. So - mothers, never let your sons and daughters go to seminary. They will come out atheists by the time they have finished their course.

North did a splendid job writing this book. It was not loaded down with a theological vocabulary that only members of that profession would be familiar with. He gave a great historic overview of ideas which is worth the cost of the book itself. I highly recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn more about why Christian educational institutions always wind up going liberal. Another book that compliments this one is Nancy Pearcey's Total Truth. She gives a good historical overview of the shift in worldviews that have affected the academics in both the secular and Christians institutions. Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity

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Elissa Perez

A Good, Fun Book...

Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2005

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Boy what a breath of fresh air! This book is a response to Westminster Seminary's "Theonomy: A Reformed Critique," which for the most part is so weak and off the point it's almost hard to believe they actually published it. North's book is entertaining and full of insights--you will really enjoy it.

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NORTH'S SHARP RESPONSE TO WESTMINSTER'S "THEONOMY" BOOK

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2011

Gary Kilgore North (born 1942) is head of the Institute for Christian Economics, and a prominent Christian Reconstructionist, who has written widely on many topics (including postmillennial eschatology).

He wrote in the Foreword to this often sharply-worded 1991 book, "This book is a refutation of Theonomy: A Reformed Critique ... My book is what some people will call a 'quickie.' The Westminster book is, too, but it took about five years to get it into print... In short, I did not devote my full attention to writing this book... So it is hardly a great book. It does not have to be a great book. It just has to be better than 'Theonomy: A Reformed Critique.' ... What I neglect will be covered by Greg Bahnsen in the book I commissioned him to write, No Other Standard: Theonomy and Its Critics ..."

He asserts, "(Westminster is) no longer willing to defend without qualification Cornelius Van Til's absolute rejection of natural law theory, both ancient and modern. Here is Westminster's dilemma: it had to break publicly with Van Til's philosophy in order to justify its rejection of theonomy. It had to reject his monumental legacy to the Church. Yet even now, the faculty has refused to admit openly that most of them have made this break. This is the thesis of my book." (Pg. xxii)

He points out, "Rousas Rushdoony does not belong to a local church, nor has he taken communion in two decades, except when he is on the road, speaking in a church that has a policy of open communion or is unaware of his non-member status. He has not spoken with (North or Bahnsen) for many years. But this is Rushdoony's problem, not ours... Several Christian leaders have attempted to get me and Rushdoony to sit down and discuss our problems. I have in every case agreed, even flying to Washington, D.C., in 1981 to meet with him. He backed out of his agreement when I walked in the room, and he has refused all mediation ever since." (Pg. 80-81)

He further reveals about his famous disagreement with his father-in-law, "The time has come to stop covering up what really is going on... I submitted to (Rousas J. Rushdoony's) Chalcedon Report my monthly essay... Rushdoony sent it back and insisted that I rewrite it, saying that it was heretical, and even worse. I refused to rewrite it. I did not insist that he publish it; I just refused to rewrite it... he submitted a protest to our church elders informing them of our heresy, and asking them to discipline us (North and James Jordan) both... they replied that (the article) was somewhat peculiar but certainly not heretical... (Rushdoony) then publicly fired me and Jordan from the Chalcedon Report... What is this disagreement all about? It is (local church) Tyler's disagreement with Mr. Rushdoony about the requirement of local church attendance and taking the Lord's Supper..." (Pg. 334-336)

This book will be "must reading" for people wanting "in-depth" information about the Christian Reconstruction/Theonomy debate.

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Jacob

The best rhetorical book by the Recons

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2012

I am no longer a theonomist, but I've probably read more literature on the subject than most. This is the best book defending the theonomic perspective. It is also the funniest book. I remember literally rolling off of my bed in my seminary dorm crying from laughing so hard. Here's the sad part: this book was NEVER ANSWERED by the Reformed Academic Community. Gary North won by technical knock-out. (It didn't help that North himself said as much in the same book).

North's main point was that Van Til's apologetic destroyed natural theology. Phrase it as an if P, then Q statement. If so, then has huge problems for the Institutional Reformed World. I am simply assuming Van Til is correct at the moment, for both Westminsters make the same assumption (RTS is kind of excluded from this discussion since they have no clue what they believe). If what Van Til says about natural theology is true, and all sides agree (hypothetically) that he is right, then natural law is by extension excluded as a valid social theory. Therefore, on what grounds can you consistently oppose Bahnsen and even worse, what do you offer in theonomy's place? The silence is deafening.

(The Covenanters have a consistent alternative, but they, too, would be banished from the seminaries).

North reduced all questions to the "by what standard" query. His larger point was that if van Til's epistemology is true, and should be applied to all of life, then the only real answer is theonomy. Well....yes and no. It is true that if Van til is true then neutrality is impossible (thus negating 20th century Reformed political theory), but the specific exegetical theonomic thesis--ala Bahnsen on Matthew 5:17--does not follow. Bahnsen may in fact be correct, but simply positing Van Til does not justify the exegesis.

Anyway, the book is the best on the subject and is worth the price for a week's entertainment.

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