Legal Foundations

If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? Psalm 11:3.

LEGAL FOUNDATIONS

I.  Legal Foundations: The Framework of Law

1.   In Search of Lonang
2.   The Sources Of Law
3.   The Characteristics of Law
4.   Equity Jurisprudence
5.   Covenant Law
6.   Jurisdiction
7.   Legal Institutions
8.   The Bible As Law
9.   The Bible In Legal History
10.   A Christian Nation?

II.  Studies in the Laws of Nature’s God

1.   The Origin of Law
2.   What Is Law?
3.   Law and Equity
4.   Covenant Law
5.   Law and Rights
6.   Jurisdiction
7.   The Social Order
8.   The Family
9.   Civil Power
10.   The Bible As Law
11.   A Christian Nation?
12.   The Mosaic Law

III.  Biblical Covenant Framework

1.   God’s Laws of Authority
1.   Priority & Basic Principles of Authority
2.   The Social Order God Has Made
3.   Rebellion & Restoration of God’s Authority
2.   No Part of the Mosaic Covenant Has Ended
1.   Common Mosaic Covenant Views; Divine Covenantal Pattern
2.   Mosaic Covenant Expressly Eternal; Has Not Ended
3.   Destruction of Jerusalem; Mosaic Covenant Reinstituted

1.   Self-Government, Conscience & True Liberty
1.   The Basis of Self-Government
2.   Self-Government: The Law of Conscience
3.   Self-Government Denied & Perverted

V.  Family Government

1.   Introduction
2.   Structure & Organization
   1.   Family Definition
   2.   The Nature of Marriage
   3.   Family Self-government
3.   Abortion: First Defend Law, Then Defend Life
4.   To ‘Fix the People on the Soyle’: An Ecological Study of Family, Land, and Settlement in Colonial Henrico County, Virginia, 1611-1675

VI.  Civil Government

1.   Romans 13: A Short Primer
2.   The Right To Alter or Abolish the Government
   1.   God Makes Nations, Men Make Governments
   2.   Government Is the Mere Agent of the People
3.   Civil Disobedience In an Age of Tyranny
   1.   The Grand Bargain That Never Was
   2.   The Nature and Extent of Natural Rights
   3.   Laws of the Nature of Authority
   4.   The Limited Nature of Civil Power
   5.   The Manhattan Declaration
   6.   Presumptions of Validity and Legality
   7.   Responding To Lawless Government
   8.   Individual Civil Disobedience; Epilogue
4.   The Federal Government: To Alter or To Abolish?
   1.   What Can We Do Now That Our Freedom Is Taken?
   2.   What Foundation Will Support Recovery of Our Freedom?
   3.   God is No Caesar, Caesar is No God
   4.   Every Evil Under the Sun
   5.   Incomplete Remedies: Voting, Secession, Nullification and Armed Revolution
   6.   What Unalienable Rights Did God Give to Every Human Being?
   7.   A Congress of States

VII.  Voluntary Associations

1.   Freedom of Association – (Working!)
2.   Private Discrimination – (Working!)
3.   Employment & Labor – (Working!)
4.   Occupational Regulation – (Working!)
5.   Public Accommodations – (Working!)
6.   Education & Schools
1.   The Tyranny of Compulsory Education
2.   Federal Jurisdiction in Education:
   1.   Historical & Constitutional Limits
   2.   Acknowledged Limits
   3.   Dept of Education – 1867
   4.   Dept of Education – 1979
7.   Communication & Journalism
1.   Exploring Communication and Journalism from a Biblical Perspective:
   1.   Jesus – The Word; The Spirit and False Perspectives
   2.   News & Newsworthiness; Reporter v. Repeater; FCC v. Jesus
   3.   Journalism Graduate; Unclean Lips; Write the Story; What Not to Do
   4.   Multiple Realities; Deceit; Present Challenge; A Christian Liberal Arts Education?

VIII.  Church Government

1.   The Gospel Of The Kingdom
   1.   No Gospel Without the Kingdom / What Is the Kingdom of God?
   2.   The Gospel of the Kingdom, Which Is Not the Church
   3.   Transition From Church to Kingdom / Working for the Kingdom
2.   Five Biblical Principles of Church Government
   1.   The Diffusion Principle of Authority
   2.   Priesthoods, Clergy & Spiritual Authority
   3.   Church as Institution, Association & Corporation
   4.   The Visible Church in Real Life
   5.   The Office of Pastor; Religious Corruption
3.   A Call to Reclaim Church Government – A Manifesto
4.   Tithing & The Law of God
   1.   Origin & Purpose Of The Tithe
   2.   It’s Time To Bury The Tithe
5.   The Great Commission and God’s Law
   1.   Biblical Context of the Commission
   2.   God’s Law For All Nations
   3.   Evangelism Misconstrued
6.   The Biblical Genealogies
   1.   LONANG Law of Inheritance
   2.   Who Jesus Is & The Virgin Birth

IX.  Law and Religion Intersect

1.   A Biblical Worldview Primer
   1.   Part 1: Creation Laws: The Laws of Nature: The Lex Non Scripta
   2.   Part 2: Human Conscience: Moral Awareness
   3.   Part 3: Jesus Christ: The Living Word: Christology 101
   4.   Part 4A: Bible as Law: The Divine Covenants: The Revealed Law
   5.   Part 4B: Bible as Government: Four Great Commands: God’s Laws of Authority
   6.   Part 5: A Biblical Worldview: Putting It All Together
2.   Law and Religion – Reclaimed!
   1.   The Big Picture
   2.   Knowing God’s Will
   3.   A Biblical Worldview
   4.   Christian Legal Follies

X.  International Law  (On the back burner)