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Inside the Fundamentalist Christian Movement: A Response Statement

by Joe Boot

June 12, 2023

Last week, Canada’s state-sponsored mainstream media, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, released two major pieces on what they are calling the ‘Christian fundamentalist movement’ in Canada. In both pieces, the Ezra Institute is identified as a thought-leader and key player.

 

Christianity in the Crosshairs: Conversion Bill C-4 Takes Aim at Canadian Freedoms

by Ted Fenske

May 31, 2022

By criminalizing Christian witness of the gospel in the important sphere of sexuality and gender identity, the amendment to Canadian law by Bill C4 harm numerous vulnerable groups that it purports to defend.

 

COVID Calamity: When the Cure is Worse than the Disease

by Joe Boot

March 27, 2020

Joe Boot speaks out on the cause, implications and fallout of the COVID19 outbreak and response.

 

Whatever happened to the fearless priesthood?

by Joe Boot

July 27, 2018 | 1 Peter 2:9

The Christian's priestly calling is a grand and noble identity to mediate the blessings of God to the world.

 

Christ the Law-Giver & Law-Keeper

by Joe Boot

September 7, 2017 | Matthew 5:17-19

As we reflect on the significance of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation – which helped recover the importance of revealed law for both the church and culture – the church in our time needs to return to a robust gospel vision that embraces the law of God as Christ and the apostles themselves embraced and applied it.

 

Law and Gospel in Puritan Thought

by Joe Boot

July 10, 2017

For most of Western history, the law of God has occupied a critical and central place in the life of the family, church, and society. It has been recognized by many as God's charter for sanctification, justice, liberty and life.

 

Neither Generous nor Just

by Joe Boot

December 1, 2012

Examining the thesis and assumptions of Generous Justice reveals that Keller's understanding of justice is far removed from the biblical model. Justice is not a matter of economic situation; there is no partiality with God. It is rather the faithful application of biblical laws to judicial matters.

 

Biblical Law versus Natural Law

by Joe Boot

October 1, 2012

Biblical law stands in contrast to the dominant alternative, natural law theory, which for all its claims to neutrality, is in fact nothing more than a revived Stoic paganism, and is of no credibility in a world that lacks religious consensus.

 

The Origins of Family Law

by Joe Boot

December 2, 2010 | John 10:10

The Christian faith had a profound impact on the beginnings of legal protection for women, children, and the family.