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FAMILY

From the days of Thomas Jefferson to the modern-day "Jesus Seminar," arm-chair theologians have crafted theories about what Jesus "really" said. And if there's one thing that Jesus truly, inescapably said, it is that we should call God "Father."

"Of whom every family in heaven and earth is named . . . " (Ephesians 3:15).

Human beings are created in the Image of God, and family-ness is basic to being human. Broken homes mean broken people.

If we learn to accept and obey the authority of our parents, we learn to accept authority in every sphere. We become productive, stress-free, confident.

Then He went down to Nazareth with his parents and was obedient to them.
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. (Luke 2:51-52)

In the Garden of Eden there was the Family. There was no priesthood, no State.

All human beings are created in families. Patriarchy is an inescapable concept. If the Christian pater does not train his family in the Ways of Peace, he will be oppressed by a “paternalistic” State.

The Institutions of Church and State are unBiblical. They reflect rebellion against God's Law.

The whole history of man as recorded in the Bible is the history of sinful rebellion against society as created in the Garden of Eden, and the construction of institutions based on coercion and violence. It is the history of Politics vs. Patriarchy.

Not Priesthood, nor Statecraft: The Family is God's Central Institution.

Training Ground for Morality, Forgiveness, Self-Discipline, Competence.

Obedience through the Family eliminates tyranny, protects property.

Institutions such as Church and State were formed in rebellion, not faith.

The Christmas Conspiracy Is the Product of the Home

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The Fifth Archetype: Family

Patriarchy: A Definition

• Who Counts the Most Important Things of All?
• How to Socialize Young Children

Family vs. Church and State: A History

• The Call for a Paradigm Shift
• 95 Theses On Patriarchy Table of Contents
• Ninety-Five Theses on Patriarchy All Theses in one file
• The Christian Conciliation Manifesto - Overview

The Bible Describes the Battle

• PATRIARCHY Table of Contents
• Theonomy: God's Law
• Let's Define Our Terms!
  • Just Another Name for Anarchism?
  • Rehabilitating the Word "Patriarchy"
  • Redefining the Family
  • What is an "Institution"?
• Patriarchy Before the Fall
  • THESIS 1: THE BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PATRIARCHY
  • THESIS 2: THE DOMINION MANDATE
  • THESIS 3: PATRIARCHY AND THE “EXTENDED FAMILY”
  • THESIS 4: PATRIARCHY: THE ORIGINAL SOCIETY
  • THESIS 5: PATRIARCHY AND THE SANCTIONS OF THE COVENANT
  • THESIS 6: THE PRIORITY OF AGRARIANISM
  • THESIS 7: PATRIARCHY AND THE MOUNTAIN
• Patriarchy Before The Flood
  • Patriarchy and "Government"
  • Patriarchy and "Paternalism"
  • THESIS 8: THE FALL OF THE ANGELS
  • THESIS 9: THE FALL OF MAN
  • THESIS 10: THE PURPOSE OF CAIN'S “SUSPENDED SENTENCE”
  • The Patriarchal Power of Capital Punishment
  • The Mark of Cain
  • THESIS 11: CAIN'S CITY: THE AUTONOMY OF THE STATE
  • Raising Cain
  • Why Cain Was Not Executed for Murder
  • THESIS 12: THE DEMONIC ROOTS OF TYRANNY
  • "The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men"
• Patriarchy Before Sinai
  • Elders as Judges
  • THESIS 13: THE POST-FLOOD ABSENCE OF THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH
  • THESIS 14: THE PATRIARCHAL POWER OF “CAPITAL PUNISHMENT”
  • THESIS 15: NIMROD: THE FIRST POLITICIAN (POST-FLOOD)
  • Nimrod: The First Politician
  • THESIS 16: PATRIARCHY vs. POLITICAL SLAVERY
  • Nimrod: "Hunter of Men"
  • THESIS 17: DEMONIC ACTIVITY AT BABEL
  • THESIS 18: THE DIVISION OF THE NATIONS
  • Babel and "The Religion of Humanity"
  • The Dispersed Nations of "The Family of Man"
  • THESIS 19: EVANGELISM IN THE OLD COVENANT
  • THESIS 20: PATRIARCHY, “NATIONAL DEFENSE,” AND MILITARY SOCIALISM
  • THESIS 21: PATRIARCHY AND “SACRAMENTS”: CIRCUMCISION
  • THESIS 22: THE MYTH OF THE “SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE”
  • THESIS 23: PATRIARCHY, PRECIOUS METALS, AND MONEY

• Patriarchy Under Moses
  • Pharaohs and Pyramids
  • THESIS 24: PATRIARCHY AND RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
  • THESIS 25: THE SOURCE OF STATIST POWER AND DIRECTION
  • THESIS 26: CEREMONY, RITUAL, LITURGY, AND THE “PEDAGOGICAL LAW”
  • THESIS 27: PATRIARCHY AND “SACRAMENTS”: PASSOVER
  • THESIS 28: PATRIARCHS AND “ELDERS”
  • Patriarchs as "Elders"
  • THESIS 29: THE NEED FOR A PEDAGOGICAL LEGAL STRUCTURE
  • THESIS 30: ANGELS AND THE PEDAGOGICAL LEGAL STRUCTURE
  • THESIS 31: THE PROMISED LAND
  • THESIS 32: THE TEMPORARY CHARACTER OF THE FIRST “CHURCH OFFICERS”
  • THESIS 33: PATRIARCHY AND THE TEMPLE
  • THESIS 34: PATRIARCHY AND EDUCATION
• Patriarchy And The Rise Of The State
  • The Myth of the "Separation of Church and State"
  • THESIS 35: THE CHARACTER OF “GODS”
  • Judges, Judgment, and Anarchy
  • THESIS 36: SOCIAL SECURITY WITHOUT A STATE
  • Patriarchy and "National Security"
  • THESIS 37: THE PROHIBITION OF MONARCHISM
  • 1 Samuel 8: The State as Rejection of God
  • 1 Samuel 8 and Monarchy by Thomas Paine
  • THESIS 38: THE STATE AS THE ANSWER TO THE PRAYERS OF REBELS
  • THESIS 39: THE INFERIORITY OF OLD COVENANT TYPOLOGICAL MEDIATORS
• Patriarchy And Providence: The State
  • God Sends EVIL !
  • Angels and God's Throne of Government
  • Stars and Idolatry
  • THESIS 40: ROMANS 8:28 AND THE STATE
  • THESIS 41: GOD'S SOVEREIGN ORDERING OF EVERY STATE
  • THESIS 42: AS WITH ALL ANGELIC ACTIVITY, NO STATE ACTION IS COINCIDENTAL OR RANDOM
  • THESIS 43: THE STATE SERVES GOD BY SINNING
  • THESIS 44: THE STATE AS SANCTIFIED “SERVANT” / “DEACON” / “MINISTER”
  • THESIS 45: THE STATE DOES NOT SERVE GOD SELF-CONSCIOUSLY
  • THESIS 46: ONLY ONE KING SELF-CONSCIOUSLY SERVES GOD
  • THESIS 47: JUDGMENT OF THE STATE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH
  • THESIS 48: MOLOCH-WORSHIP AND THE NATURE OF IDOLS
  • THESIS 49: WAR AND “THE SWORD”
  • THESIS 50: THE THRONE OF DAVID
  • The Power of the Sword
  • "In the Name of the Law"
• Patriarchy And The Messiah
  • THESIS 51: STATISM AT THE TIME OF CHRIST
  • THESIS 52: KINGSHIP, CITIZENSHIP, AND THE GOSPEL
  • THESIS 53: THE CIVIL AUTHORITY OF THE PASTOR: CHRIST THE SHEPHERD
  • THESIS 54: JEWISH OPPOSITION TO THE KINGDOM
  • THESIS 55: CHRIST'S BINDING OF SATAN
  • THESIS 56: TRUE POWER vs. POLITICAL POWER
  • THESIS 57: KINGDOM GROWTH
  • THESIS 58: AGRARIANISM AS ENVIRONMENTALISM
  • THESIS 59: CHRIST'S ASCENSION TO THE THRONE OF DAVID
  • THESIS 60: THE CAMARADERIE OF “CHURCH” AND STATE
  • THESIS 61: CNN AND THE COMING OF THE KINGDOM
  • THESIS 62: THE ANOINTED KING vs. POLITICAL KINGS
  • THESIS 63: JESUS THE NAZARENE
  • Why the State Encourages Immorality
  • "Unlucky 13": Isaiah 13, Romans 13, Revelation 13
  • A Romans-Eye View of Romans 13
  • "Principalities and Powers"
  • Lakes of Fire in "Smoke-filled Rooms"
  • Romans 13: The Burden is on the Archists
  • Taxation, Representation, and the Myth of the State
  • Why the State is not a "Divine Institution"
• Patriarchy And The Early Home-Churches
  • THESIS 64: PATRIARCHY vs. NEUTRALITY
  • THESIS 65: SONS OF GOD AND PEDAGOGUES
  • THESIS 66: JUDGMENT AND THE CHURCH-COURTS OF CHRIST
  • THESIS 67: THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH AND THE SPREAD OF POWER
  • THESIS 68: PATRIARCHY AND THE HOUSE-CHURCH
  • THESIS 69: PATRIARCHY AND THE “SACRAMENTS”: BAPTISM
  • THESIS 70: PATRIARCHY AND THE “SACRAMENTS”: THE LORD'S TABLE
  • THESIS 71: SELF-ORDINATION
  • THESIS 72: CREATIONIST ANARCHO-SOCIALISM
  • THESIS 73: DARWINIAN ARCHO-SOCIALISM
  • THESIS 74: SALT AND STATISM
  • THESIS 75: POLITICAL AUTHORITY AND KINGDOM CITIZENSHIP
  • THESIS 76: PATRIARCHY AND RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY IN THE LAST DAYS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
  • THESIS 77: TAXATION AND KINGDOM CITIZENSHIP
  • THESIS 78: OVERCOMING THROUGH SUFFERING FOR THE SAKE OF THE KINGDOM
  • THESIS 79: VIOLENCE
  • THESIS 80: VENGEANCE
  • THESIS 81: PEDAGOGY AND THE POWERS
  • THESIS 82: THE SPOILING OF THE POWERS
  • THESIS 83: THE CHURCH AND THE POWERLESS POWERS
  • THESIS 84: THE SONS OF GOD AND THE POWERS THAT BE
  • THESIS 85: THE END OF ARCHISTS: THE PEDAGOGUES JUDGED
  • THESIS 86: THE LAST DAYS OF THE OLD COVENANT
  • Salt and Statism
  • Ghostbusters on Mars Hill
• Patriarchy In "The Millennium"
  • Angels and Autarchy
  • THESIS 87: THE “MILLENNIUM”
  • THESIS 88: RULING WITH CHRIST
  • THESIS 89: DEFINITIVE, PROGRESSIVE, AND COMPLETE SALVATION
  • THESIS 90: SALVATION AS SOCIAL HEALING
  • THESIS 91: EDENIC RESTORATION
  • THESIS 92: THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH
  • THESIS 93: THE UNCONVERTED IN THE “MILLENNIUM”
  • THESIS 94: THE LAST ACTS OF EARTHLY ARCHISTS
  • THESIS 95: THE CITY OF GOD
• KC interacts with Mark McCulley's Theses

• The Christian Anarchism Homepage
  • Christian "Anarchism" In a Nutshell
  • Creationist Anarcho-Socialism
  • Bill Gothard and the Civil Magistrate

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