Theonomy in Christian ethics /Greg L. Bahnsen.
- second edition., exp.
- Phillipsburg, New Jersey : Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing, (c)1984.
- xxxiii, 619 pages ; 22 cm.
The abiding validity of the law in exhaustive detail (Matthew 5:17-19) -- 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 : introduction -- The magistrate in 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 -- An exegetical study of Galatians 3:15-18 -- The civil magistrate according to the Westminster Confession of Faith -- A historical specimen of theonomic politics : Cotton's Abstract of the laws of New England -- A critique of M.G. Kline.