Governed by God

S6E20 – The Law, Our Guardian (Part 3 of God’s Law Series)

This week is my reading of Part 3 of my Substack series on God’s law. In this article, I look at one of the primary purposes of God’s law, which is to highlight our failure and show us our need for a savior. This is only one of several purposes, or uses, of the law….

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S6E19 – Laying Down the Law (Part 2 of God’s Law Series)

This week is my reading of Part 2 of my Substack series on God’s law. In this article, I look at the effect of the law on our hearts, as well as our naturally sinful response to it. I also consider how sin is lawlessness and what conclusions we can draw from that truth. As…

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S6E18 – Just War Theory (FOC Theonomy Symposium 2026)

This week I wanted to share a presentation that I gave at the Future of Christendom Theonomy Symposium in March of this year. My talk was on Deuteronomy 20 and Just War Theory. You can find the video, as well as the other videos from the conference, at the link below: Future of Christendom As…

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S6E17 – REPLAY (Defending Theonomy, Part 1)

REPLAY: What is Theonomy and what is a basic definition of it? What does Deuteronomy 4:5-8 say and how does it apply to us today? On today’s program I play and review several clips from a recent Pastors Talk episode produced by 9Marks. The hosts, Jonathan Leeman and Mark Dever, interview Carl Trueman about his…

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S6E16 – REPLAY (Foundations of Public Policy)

REPLAY: Politics is dirty (right?), so the Bible has nothing to say about it (or does it?). But when we look closely at Scripture, I think we will find that it says more about politics (i.e., the concerns of the city) than we give it credit for. If you have any questions, comments, or other…

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