Timon Cline

Florida

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Editor in Chief at American Reformer

EiC @AmReformer | Dir. Scholarly Initiatives @Hale_Institute @NewSaintAndrews | alum @RutgersLaw @WestminsterTS | fellow @CraigCenter1643 | op-eds @WNGdotorg

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Did God Really Say? | Timon Cline

3 days 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

3 days ago | speculaprincipum.substack.com | Timon Cline

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Common Grace

2 weeks 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

3 weeks 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

1 month ago | 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

1 month ago | 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

2 months ago | 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.
By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them

2 months ago | americanreformer.org | Timon Cline

Last week, Wheaton College did a very normal thing: it issued a congratulatory statement on social media to one of its graduates, Russ Vought (‘98), who was recently confirmed as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Few people reach such a high level in American government, and Vought has done it twice. Certainly, this is something worth celebrating for any college, especially for a small evangelical college.
Year End Editorial

Dec 31, 2024 | americanreformer.org | Timon Cline

“It hath been deservedly esteemed, one of the great and wonderful works of God in this last age, that the Lord stirred up the spirits of so many thousands of his servants, to leave the pleasant land of England, the land of their nativity, and to transport themselves, and families, over the ocean sea, into a desert land, in America, at the distance of a thousand leagues from their own country; and this merely on the account of pure and undefiled religion, not knowing how they should have their...
Welcome to the podcast election

Oct 25, 2024 | wng.org | Timon Cline

There are well over 100,000 podcasts out there. By any metric, the space seems bloated, but podcasts are only becoming more popular. The first podcast was released in 2003. Old news, right? Wrong. As with any new technological trend, there is a lag between its initial splash, the feeling of being cutting edge, and its real effect at scale. We’re beginning to see this delayed effect politically. If Kennedy-Nixon was the first television election, Trump-Harris is the first podcast election.