Saying No to Theocracy

So my nephew Troy, a Presbyterian Pastor, sends me a link to Richard Mouw's recent post A Larger View of Theocracy. Mouw writes:

“Theocrat” functions these days a lot like “pervert.” The people who think nothing of accusing other people of being perverts do not really expect the persons they are accusing to respond by saying, “Yes, I am a pervert.” “Theocrat” seems to function in pretty much the same way.

So he recognizes the negative connotations that go with the word. But Mouw is not at all uncomfortable with the term, writing "strictly speaking, anyone who believes in the God of the Bible is a theocrat."

I had to write back to my nephew that I didn't agree with Mouw on that point, but it deserves a larger context. It is hard to debate the issue, however, without some definitions.