This hardback book is published by Covenant Media Press and is in its 3rd edition of print. This particular edition is the 25th Anniversary Multimedia Edition and also comes with a CD that has PDF versions of this book plus the books "By This Standard", "No Other Standard", "House Divided", articles and a resource catalog. If that weren't enough there are also 20 MP3 lectures by Greg Bahnsen on subjects related to theonomy.
Greg Bahnsen's book "Theonomy in Christian Ethics" is over 500 pages and is divided by the below contents:
- Introduction
- The Abiding Validity of the Law in Exhaustive Detail
- Pharisaism Reproved
- The Law's Inability to Justify and Empower
- The Integrity of the Law
- Messianic Obedience and the Atonement
- Sanctification by the Holy Spirit
- Covenantal Unity
- The Ceremonial (Restorative) Law
- Alleged Negative Passages
- Theonomy and Grace, Faith, Love
- New Testament Substantiation of the Thesis
- The Functions of God's Law
- Theonomy vs. Autonomy
- Latent Antinomianism
- The Responsibility of Civil Magistrates
- The Magistrate in the Older Testament Israel
- The Magistrate in Nations Surrounding Israel
- The Civil Magistrate in the New Testament
- Separation of Church and State
- Penology
- Summation
- Our Duty to Promote Obedience
- The Blessedness of the Law and the Blessing of Obedience
- Conclusion
I started reading this book a few days ago in the mornings and I have covered the forward, prefaces, and I'm halfway through the introduction. I'm really enjoying this book so far, though I must say it is not easy reading. Greg Bahnsen's writing style is very academic and the content is pretty heavy and will require slowly chewing the subject matter to digest it fully.
If you are interested in learning more about God's law and the topic of theonomy I recommend picking a copy of this up from Amazon or wherever you can find it.
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