Timon Cline

Florida

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Editor in Chief at American Reformer

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Articles

Sanctuary Churches Undermine Our Nation

1 month ago | americanmind.org | Timon Cline

In January, the Department of Homeland Security rescinded a policy enacted by the Obama Administration, and expanded by the Biden Administration, that barred immigration law enforcement from making arrests in “sensitive” areas, namely churches and schools. According to Biden DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, this had become “fundamental” agency practice, which is something like so-called “super precedent”—that is, rules that progressives prefer.
Did God Really Say?

1 month ago | theaquilareport.com | Timon Cline

Questioning details of the life and death of Christ, explicit in Scripture or implied by good and necessary consequence, leads almost invariably to questioning details of his resurrection and ascension. The worst heresies are couched in smug hyper-biblicism (e.g., Socinianism). That tendency was first workshopped in the Garden and has plagued the church ever since.
Fresh Air Blowing from Texas — Hale Institute

2 months ago | haleinstitute.org | Timon Cline

If you’ve ever been to Dallas or Houston, you know about the smog. It can be a problem. The air is stifling. And then, in the case of Houston, there’s the threat of mass flooding. What kind of hellscape is this? For this native Tennessean, the Lone Star State is best understood as an uninhabitable wasteland—all due respect to my beloved Texans. It’s the only thing that makes me question Davy Crocket’s judgment.
Did God Really Say? | Timon Cline

2 months ago | americanreformer.org | Timon Cline

Last week, while the rest of us were preparing to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord, Christianity Today saw fit to tempt its readers to doubt the veracity of Scripture. Was Jesus Christ really pierced by nails when he was crucified? CT highlights new, cutting-edge “scholarship” that answers, no… just ropes, probably. In case you’ve forgotten—it would be excusable given the once venerable magazine’s recent record—CT was founded by none other than Billy Graham. Carl F. H.
Specula Principum

2 months ago | speculaprincipum.substack.com | Timon Cline

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Common Grace

2 months ago | speculaprincipum.substack.com | Timon Cline

I cannot thinke but your Age has forgot me,It could not else be, I should proue so bace,To sue and be deny'de such common Grace. My wounds ake at you. -Alcibiades in Timon of Athens (1606), William ShakespeareIt is no secret, or at least I hope it isn’t, that I am thoroughly disinterested in the “contributions” of nineteenth and twentieth century Dutch theologians. As a rule, I shun entirely the “theology” of the twentieth century. History ended in the seventeenth century, as I’ve said before.
Political Antinomianism

2 months ago | speculaprincipum.substack.com | Timon Cline

I’ve inveighed against political (or public) atheism before. More prevalent and destructive amongst Evangelicals, however, is what we might call political antinomianism. This includes, perhaps especially, Evangelicals that have, or think they have, an operative political theology. Meaning, they are more interested than the average Evangelical in these things, or, at least, interested in denouncing whatever threatens their feeble but tireless appeal to the status quo.
The Puritan as Killjoy: Truth Is Stranger than Fiction

Mar 24, 2025 | acton.org | Timon Cline

The supposition that Puritans, on both sides of the Atlantic, were party poopers and fun suckers, ashen-faced and humorless, is an image constructed by theater and novels. This caricature developed early in the 19th century and has endured to the present with rare exceptions, like the Catholic convert Orestes Brownson’s periodically coming to their defense.
Worldview and Its Discontents

Feb 25, 2025 | americanreformer.org | Timon Cline

As he is wont to do, Stephen Wolfe recent induced a disturbance in the evangelical force on X. James White, for example, was none too pleased, as is his custom. In case you missed it, here’s what he said: “Worldview” is a reactionary word. Evangelicals found themselves embattled with innumerable, well-accepted ideas in complex fields requiring specialization that seem to oppose conservative Christianity.
He Who Saves His Country

Feb 21, 2025 | americanreformer.org | Timon Cline

President Donald Trump caused an uproar when he posted to Truth Social and X: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” Trump posted the quote, often attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, as a rebuke to the lower courts attempting to block his enforcement of immigration law and his freeze of foreign aid.