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Refuting Toby Sumpter’s “Eight Tenets of Smashmouth Incrementalism”
By James Silberman and Sam Riley The five tenets of abolitionism are the foundations of our movement’s practice and public theology. On Monday, Toby Sumpter of Christ Church and Cross Politic provided a brief, informal exposition of what he considers the eight tenets of “smashmouth incrementalism.” We are thankful for his most recent input into…
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Robert L. Dabney: Wrong on Slavery, Right on Abolitionism
Theologian and Confederate apologist Robert L. Dabney was among the most influential southern Presbyterians of the Civil War era. Dabney authored a number of books held in high regard by some today including The Five Points of Calvinism, A Defence of Virginia, and his Systematic Theology. There is much to appreciate about Dabney, who was…
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No Quarter November: How Is Doug Wilson Not an Abolitionist?
Doug Wilson is one of the people I least want to argue with here on the FTS blog, and we have thus far avoided it. But he is perhaps the person we most need to argue with. At this stage of the movement, The Gospel Coalition publishing Scott Klusendorf articles is beautifully powerless to slow…