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This article reports on a Two Kingdoms theology conference featuring David VanDrunen (OPC) defending the 2K framework and Cornelis Venema (Mid-America Reformed Seminary) critiquing it from a Neo-Calvinist/Kuyperian perspective. The piece explores how 2K theology positions the Christian life between withdrawal from the world and social activism, with natural law governing the common kingdom and the gospel governing the church, while also noting significant theological differences between this approach and classical Reformed thought.
Two Kingdoms Conference On the cover of the November 18 issue of Christian Renewal was a photo of Dr. David VanDrunen and Dr. Cornelis Venema and the words "Two Kingdoms, Two Views." VanDrunen is professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics at Westminster Seminary in California and a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. Venema is President of Mid-America Reformed Seminary in Indiana. The debate took place last October at Preakness Valley URC in New Jersey prior to the meeting...
Full article available on sb.rfpa.org
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