"VanDrunen doesn't have anybody to stand in the way of the tomatoes that are coming and I'm throwing the tomatoes." - Pastor Bret McAtee discusses R2K Theology with John Leonetti.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/radical-two-kingdom-theology

"Creationism offers the coherent framework for understanding nations as distinct entities with both an origin and a purpose rooted in God’s decree, whereas evolutionary theory supports a universalist anthropology, suggesting that national and cultural distinctions constitute mere incidental and perpetually evolving expressions of the proposition of the universal man."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/creationism-and-nationalism-hermeneutics-and-anthropological-divergences

In Dr Schlebusch' latest peer-reviewed publication, he highlights the role of eschatological narratives in identity affirmation.

Read the extended abstract here:

https://www.litnet.co.za/abrahamic-eschatology-and-the-affirmation-of-religious-identities/

Detailed primary source research has led Pactum to yet another fascinating discovery.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/the-canons-of-dort-1619-and-ethnoracial-distinctions

"The elements themselves are indispensable because they act as a lever to elevate us to a heavenly reality. This is necessary because even though Christ is bodily in heaven, through this lever, we can now partake of His body and His blood."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/the-reformers-on-holy-communion-purpose-practice-and-participation

A sermon on 1 Timothy 3:1-7.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-73-so-you-want-to-be-an-elder

The latest Quarterly Report has just been mailed out to all Pactum Members.

You too can support this institute by joining our constituency: https://www.pactuminstitute.com/membership

"Bavinck doesn’t condemn nationalism per se, but specifically 'belligerent chauvinism,' i.e. an exaggerated nationalism not maintained within its proper bounds so that it becomes essentially imperialistic."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/bavinck-and-the-nations-a-response-to-n-gray-sutanto

Pastor McAtee exposes the egalitarianism underlying P Andrew Sandlin's condemnation of young Christian Nationalists.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-74-twin-spin-from-dr-p-andrew-sandlin

"Of course the classic model for this is Orania in South Africa, but the work that Ridge Runner is doing by forming a heritage, old-stock American community in Burkesville, Kentucky is an exciting project working towards this same end."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/the-case-for-ethno-regional-politics

Dr Adi Schlebusch weighs in on two distinct perspectives on nationalism recently advocated from within Lutheran circles.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/fsi-episode-x-corey-mahler-hunter-wallace-and-lutheran-christian-nationalism

Pastor Bret McAtee defends dr Stephen Wolfe against the recent misrepresentations of his position by Joe Boot.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-75-contra-joe-boot

"The second Adam, Christ, had to assume all aspects of humanity and all the identities inherent to being human by being born as 1) a man that is part of a particular 2) family, 3) tribe, and 4) nation in order to redeem humanity. For humanity does not consist of a crowd of unrelated, atomized, and abstract individuals, but of people who are truly human precisely because they possess the identities intrinsic to humanity as a God-given reality."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/creation-redemption-and-human-identity

"Both Saint and Wolfe approach the issue with liberal individualist presuppositions. Both fail to take into account the moral implications of collective actions performed by collective units such as families, tribes, and nations."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/confessional-theonomy-versus-lancastrian-theonomy

In this special episode of Iron Rhetoric pastor Bret discusses a conglomerate of topics.

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/podcasts-videos/iron-rhetoric-ep-76-observations-on-regnant-follies

"By recognizing the reality of God’s created order and the covenantal significance of the family, tribe, and the nation, Protectionism recognizes that a healthy economy, in the long-run, is ultimately predicated upon a God-fearing people (Deuteronomy 28)."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/press-statements/trump-s-new-tax-plan-is-biblical

"Fornication is the manifestation of selfish individual desire overriding one’s responsibility towards one's neighbour, amounts to a rejection of parental oversight and authority, devalues the institution of marriage, and severs familial bonds and by extension also the bonds of kinship."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/fornication-destroys-the-nation

"As an Afrikaner-Boer I don't celebrate Halloween, but I certainly wouldn’t condemn American Christians for doing so. Even once sanctified, each cultural group would maintain its own holidays, festivals, customs, priorities, strengths, and weaknesses, as long as they conform to the general equity of God’s moral law. This is a Reformational principle."

https://www.pactuminstitute.com/the-pactum-blog/reformation-day-2024