"The Pactum Institute strongly condemns this humanist perspective as at odds with Christian orthodoxy and as a view which inevitably leads to the divination of the state."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-statements/pretoria-conference-on-church-and-state-a-major-disappointment

In his latest scholarly paper, dr Adi Schlebusch challenges "outdated and oversimplistic narratives of secularity based upon a false dichotomy of the religious as theistic and the secular as anti-theistic" by pointing out that "in the establishment of the public policy, there is always a normative framework at work which functionally operates in the same way with regard to its epistemic sanction, regardless of the worldview or moral standard which underpins it." He also notes that "the legal ratification of religious liberty does not in itself preclude the public establishment and government enforcement of that which, if not in theory, then at least in practice amounts to religious norms as legal framework for the public domain."

Dr Schlebusch concludes that "even modern liberal democratic states have enshrined values which functionally amount to established religious presuppositions which shape their public life, and in that sense, are essentially theocratic in nature."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/research-publications/is-theocracy-inescapable-presuppositionalism-the-public-domain-and-post-secular-theory

Our Technical Consultant, Jacob Tyler, has converted dr Schlebusch' publication on Familialism from a few months back into an attractive-looking e-book, which is now available at the link below. This e-book can be freely distributed to families, local church councils, political office holders and community leaders for educational purposes. At the end of the e-book there is also a link to our merchandise store where you will be able to find only the highest quality Pactum Merch for the Militant Church!

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/research-publications/the-role-of-familialism-in-counter-enlightenment-social-ontology

Our Statement on the Frankfurt Declaration:

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-statements/the-frankfurt-declaration-of-christian-and-civil-liberties

In the first episode of our new vlog, The Free Speech Impediment, Dr Schlebusch discusses the energy crisis, and the need for energy independence. He also provides a few tips for navigating electricity blackouts.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/the-free-speech-impediment-episode-1

The Pactum Institute is pleased to announce that Professor Mark R. Kreitzer, a former Associate Professor at Grand Canyon University's School of Theology and world-renowned scholar in the field of missiology has joined our team as a research fellow.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/who-we-are

"It recently came to light that for three decades, between 1978 and 2008, a group of leading German psychologists in collaboration with the local government in Berlin, purposefully placed dozens of the city’s orphans in the care of convicted male pedophiles. The rationale behind this project was the theory that exposure to the children would be good for the pedophiles’ re-integration into society and also contribute to the sexual liberation of the children themselves. This horrendous theory and practice was, until very recently, advocated by some of most well-educated psychologists in the world—”experts” who have received their psychology degrees from some of the world’s leading universities both in Germany and internationally.

This is but one example showing why the key to societal flourishing is not education as such, but the interpretation of facts within the context of a Biblical worldview."

https://www.christrules.com/the-basics-of-a-christian-philosophy-of-education/

Pactum Institute research fellow, Rev Bret McAtee exposing the gnostic error underpinning Doug Wilson's arguments against Kinism:

"I still insist that there is a stream of the Gnostic in Doug. Doug seems to think that if the black man and the white man would alike properly worship the same God that would eliminate all the differences between race. I do not believe that is true. I believe that the races were created by God to be distinct and different and those distinctions and differences remain even when they all worship the one true God in the proper manner."

http://ironink.org/2022/09/mcatee-contra-doug-wilson-on-charges-of-skinism-and-other-theological-points/

Dr Schlebusch concisely lays out what the societies which will make up the new Christendom will look like.

https://www.christrules.com/the-characteristics-of-a-christian-society/

"The assault on racial distinctions is nothing more than an assault on the Creator of those distinctions—the One who sustains all distinctions by means of his decrees and providence."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-statements/doug-wilson-the-pactum-institute-and-ethnic-complementarianism

The latest quarterly report with all the inside information on Pactum's ongoing projects as well as our plans for the future has just been mailed out to all Pactum members. Consider supporting the Pactum Institute by becoming one yourself:
www.pactuminstitute.com/membership

In the latest episode of The Free Speech Impediment, Dr Adi Schlebusch discusses Ethnic Complementarianism and the need to cherish diversity.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/the-free-speech-impediment-episode-ii

"Materialism leads to the civil bondage that Huddleston speaks of as being directed by 'force alone' and Machen doubts that, where present, the remnants of liberty can subsist."

- Bret L McAtee explains why only Christianity can support social orders that can be described as genuinely having liberty.

https://ironink.org/2022/10/christianity-civil-liberty/

"The only way to love our fellow citizens is by treating them in terms of God’s Law."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-statements/laws-against-abortion-criminalize-certain-religions-why-we-shouldn-t-care

In the latest episode of The Free Speech Impediment, Dr Adi Schlebusch briefly discusses subsidiarity, self-determination and how local institutions like churches can take over the role of government. 

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/the-free-speech-impediment-episode-iii

A quote video featuring an excerpt from Dr. J.A. Schlebusch's book, "Assailing the Gates of Hell."

Soldiers of Christ must arise in these evil days and take the fight to the forces of darkness. Standing firm and fearless in our faith, knowing that in Christ we are more than conquerors—and that He has given His true church the power to tear down the very strongholds of the enemies of truth and righteousness.

Video produced by Jacob Tyler.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/already-conquered-assailing-the-gates-of-hell-quote-video

In his latest scholarly paper, dr Schlebusch discusses the significance of daily prayer rituals for the pre-Nicene church in North Africa. The paper has been published in Afrikaans, but herewith an extended abstract in English:

https://www.litnet.co.za/the-socio-religious-significance-of-daily-prayer-rituals-for-the-pre-nicene-church-in-north-africa/

In his latest essay on Radical Two-Kingdom theology, Pactum Institute research fellow, Rev. Bret L McAtee provides a foretaste of his upcoming book.

http://ironink.org/2022/10/the-whoppers-r-scott-clark-tells-about-r2k/

In light of continuing debates on epistemology, it is important to stay informed with regard to the latest scholarship:

"Even those who reject the philosophy of Presuppositionalism should recognize that it does successfully point out what even leading atheistic theorists of the post-secular now admit, namely that civic legislation itself necessarily requires a lawgiver whose legislative authority is publicly recognized and respected (Habermas, 2017:25; Sinnot-Armstrong, 2009:100).

The Presuppositionalist notion of theocracy as inescapable can be most useful in terms of enriching the post-secular understanding of the role of religion in the public domain, especially in terms of clarifying what theorists of the post-secular have termed the 'blurring of the boundaries between the secular and religious' (Momberg,
Granholm & Nyäs, 2012:2) as well as contributing to the development of
new frameworks in contemporary discussions on religion in public life, which are still characterized by
'competing understandings of key terms such as religion, secularism, secularization and the post-secular' (May, Wilson,
Baumgart-Ochse & Skeikh, 2014:331).

Furthermore, it successfully challenges what is now widely recognized as unsatisfactory notions of secularity which often simplistically equates it with a non-theistic worldview (Domingo, 2016:12)."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/research-publications/is-theocracy-inescapable-presuppositionalism-the-public-domain-and-post-secular-theory