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.