By Davis Carlton

Charles Johnson of Reformed Theology Delatinized has responded to Rev. Michael Spangler’s series on Race Realism posted at the Pactum Institute Blog. I encourage everyone to read Spangler’s own response that he has posted to Johnson’s critique. I have given a preliminary response to Johnson in which I specifically critique his claims that Spangler uses certain passages that are descriptive in nature and thus cannot be used to derive imperatives. In other words, Johnson argues that just because God has created the various races and ethnic groups, we cannot infer that these are central to our identity or that we are required to preserve our distinct ethnic or racial identity. In this response I would like to interact with the arguments that Johnson makes in regards to the Law and how it pertains to the preservation of national identity. read more

By Davis Carlton

Christian nationalists in general and Kinist ethno-nationalists in particular are often accused of the sin of partiality. The sin of partiality (called “respect of persons” in older English translations), is often defined broadly to include any preference that a man would have for his own people. This includes a desire to live among and be ruled by those of the same ethnicity, race, and culture. This accusation is usually used against white people in a way that never seems to be consistently applied to those of other races when they express similar preferences. This tactic has met with a decent amount of success because of the ability of pastors to appeal to Scriptures that do condemn something called partiality. The major problem is that partiality is left undefined. The implication being that the sin of partiality condemns any kind of in-group preference as being sinful. read more