The Carpocratians: Remaking Jesus to Fit the Age
The Carpocratians reshaped Jesus to suit their culture—turning Him into a religious genius, rejecting the Old Testament, denying His uniqueness, and redefining justice as radical equality. By accommodating Christ to contemporary philosophy, they created a fictitious “modern” Jesus whose relevance vanished with the culture that produced Him.
This impulse is still with us. Whenever Christ is revised to fit the spirit of the age, faith is emptied of power. The answer then—and now—is unwavering allegiance to the whole Word of God and the true Christ it reveals.
An Informed Faith: The Position Papers of R.J. Rushdoony
Our faith should be an informed one because the God who created all things speaks to every sphere of life, and all facts should be studied in light of the revelation of God in Scripture. This is the foundation of Christian dominion. For R. J. Rushdoony, true government was the self-government of the Christian life in terms of God's law, so he wrote his position papers to better equip Christians to apply their faith to all of life. His objective was not to empower the state, or the organized church, but rather to call every person and institution to God's Word, which often put him at odds with both church and state. (Position Papers from 1979-2000)