The first chapter of Explicitly Christian Politics chronicles this Covenanter influence with brief histories of the movement. Other essays in this collection expound a modern, multi-denominational, yet essentially Reformed social ethic related to the NRA's main concerns regarding national confession of Christ. Like most essay collections, the quality of individual pieces seems uneven at times, possibly because many of these articles were previously published in The Christian Statesman and not originally intended for publication in a symposium. One might expect this work to be an apologetic for the Moral Majority or Christian Coalition. Above all the Covenanters and their heirs respected lawful church and government authority and sought only to implement change in a peaceful manner through the declaration of God's truth.
Every page is a slap in the face of pseudo Christian revolutionaries.
Finally, one might think this is another unthinking theonomic tract where Bible texts are ripped out of context and used to proof text even the latest cures for bedwetting. Even then the majority of NRA activists were not the direct denominational heirs of the Covenanters. Still, many evangelicals will find this work troubling. Perhaps this collection of essays will be the occasion for such dialogue. National Reform Association Publishers of The Christian Statesman .