Former pastor and theonomy critic, JD Hall, who debated McDurmon in 2015, has argued that abandoning Mosaic penologies such as the death penalty means that McDurmon and others who hold similar positions cannot be said to hold to theonomy in any meaningful way. According to the theonomist Greg Bahnsen, the laws of God are the standard which Christian voters and officials ought to pursue. Civil officials are also not literally constrained to enforce every biblical law, such as one-time localized imperatives, certain administrative details, typological foreshadows, or those against envy and unbelief: "Rulers should enforce only those laws for which God revealed social sanctions to be imposed." Relation to Reformed theology Some in modern Reformed churches are critical of any relationship between the historical Reformed faith and theonomy, but other Calvinists affirm that theonomy is consistent with the historic Reformed confessions. See also Biblical law in Christianity Christian anarchism Christian views on the Old Covenant Halachic state Islamism Kahanism Kinism Law and Gospel Macroethics and microethics Neo-Calvinism Postmillennialism Sharia Theodemocracy References Further reading Primary sources by theonomists Secondary sources and criticisms External links What is Theonomy? by Chalcedon Foundation Proof that Modern Theonomy Advocates the Historic Understanding of the Judicial Law Comments on an Old-New Error by Meredith Kline The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses by Vern Poythress Far-right politics Christian reconstructionism Christian terminology Dominion theology Mosaic law in Christian theology Theocracy