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Question:-- Was the New Testament Church really a "New Testament" Church as we think of it today? In what ways was their situation different from ours?
Steve Schlissel: The Old Testament is the Book of the New Testament Church. So it's a problem to say, "I'm a Christian, therefore I'm a New Testament Christian."
If you open up the first page of the New Testament, what does it say on the first page, first verse? -- "This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham" (Matt. 1:1). Who's David? Where did I read about him? The Old Testament! I guess so. Abraham now, he must be New Testament, right? No? Old Testament! What you have when you go to the first page of this book we call the New Testament is a message that says, "What are what are you doing here? Do you know who these people are? Because I am going to tell you about Jesus Christ who didn't just suddenly come onto the earth." He has a history. He was prophesied from of old. He was promised to somebody. He comes in terms of a context. If it could be any stronger, I don't know. Matthew goes through a list of 14 generations, and another 14 generations, and another 14 generations. Where are those people from? The Old Testament! That's how we get started in the first book.
Then you go on to the second book, Mark, and what do you have? Mark uses imagery from the prophet Isaiah everywhere in his first chapter. Throughout the book he is using this imagery that he picks up from Isaiah's prophecy, this majestic book. Mark says, "You have no business here until you go back and read Isaiah and the Old Testament. Then you can know what I am talking about."
The whole material foundation of Jesus' ministry was that "This is what is written about me in Moses and the prophets and the Psalms." Consequently, even if you want to call yourself a New Testament Christian, what does the New Testament tell you? The New Testament tells you to go back to the Old Testament. Now that's just the beginning. When you go through the book of Acts, their discussion is to what is the pivotal change in administrations, as they come into the new world that has come about because of Christ's work. What is the critical change? Is it that the Old Testament is no longer valid or functional? No. It is that Gentiles can become "Jews" without becoming Jews. That is, they can become Jews without being circumcised.
The distinctive peculiarities that were associated with the Jewish people before Christ are no longer binding upon Gentiles. And so this Gospel that was located in Israel and that was acted out every day in the sacrifice of the Temple service, in the work of the priests, in the offerings, in the feasts, in the calendars, now have come to rest in Jesus Christ about whom they always spoke. They were always looking forwards to Him. There were arrows all along the way pointing. "Look to Jesus to find the meaning of this sacrifice. Look to Jesus to find the meaning of this service in the Temple, this priesthood." Now that Jesus has come, the meaning has come. He has taken it all up in Himself. He has gone up into heaven. There is a Temple. There is a kingdom. There is a city. There is a church. And now on earth you have outposts of what has happened in heaven --the final fullness that is there -- anywhere on earth. That is the big difference.
The Law didn't change. The Old Testament didn't change. God's morality didn't change. God didn't suddenly say, "Now that my Son has done His work, it's okay if you don't worship me. It's okay if you have other gods. It's okay if you have no day of rest. It's okay if you commit adultery. It's okay if you commit murder. God's values didn't change. They are eternal. The Lord never changes. He never varies. What happened in the New Testament is that this Law has shed those things which kept it local and has gone up to heaven and from heaven it is poured down upon the whole world.
The best way to think about the Bible is that it is one book. It has an anticipation and a working out in history prior to Christ. Then the final chapter is written in the New Testament. I know it is 27 books. We call it 27 books, but it is really the last chapter of the Old Testament. The New Testament Church's book was the Old Testament. When Paul wrote to Timothy, he told him about the Scriptures that he had "known from childhood, that are able to make you wise for salvation through Jesus Christ" (2 Tim 3:15). Now how could that be if it were for the Jews, and not the Christians. To be wise for salvation in Jesus Christ sounds pretty "Christian" to me.

Question:-- What about the idea that the government should be neutral and should recognize that we live in a democratic, pluralistic society?
Steve Schlissel: I have a problem understanding what the difficulty is in looking to the law of God for a norm for civil polity. The difficulty I have is -- let's not talk about non-Christians who don't love God and what He has to say -- but Christians love the Lord. They know Jehovah. They know his goodness. They see his mercy. They know his wisdom. The know that they don't know everything, but they know Someone who does know everything. Let's start with that. God knows everything.
Now let's go back to an idea that we find in the Old Testament. We lost Eden through the sin of our first parents. Now God brings a whole nation of people out of bondage -- a stark contrast -- into the glorious freedom of the children of God on earth, if they do everything He says. He says it over and again. "If you do what I tell you in this land, you are going to have Eden back. It's going to be glorious. There is going to be rain. There is going to be fruit. There is going to be prosperity. There is going to be food. You won't even have diseases. You are going to be so happy if you do what I say."
Now do we believe that was the case? Do we believe it was the case because God was going to do continued supernatural miracles? Or rather because in the Law, God was giving His people the keys to living on earth? I think that's not too big a jump to say God gave them the Law in love. Deuteronomy is the book to read on this. Over and again He says, "I love you. That's why I'm giving you this Law. It's not because I'm setting you up. I'm not looking to trap you. Follow this because this is the way."
Now let's bring this to today. We become Christian. Our neighbor becomes Christian. Even our whole neighborhood becomes Christian. What happens? Even our whole state becomes Christian. Even in fact the whole nation. Then we look to each other and say, "I wonder how we should rule our lives? What laws should we have?" Now God has spoken already. He has given a whole body of laws in history to a people that He loved and adopted as His own that He liberated not to put them in bondage but to keep them in freedom. Doesn't it make sense to that we should go to that law and apply ourselves to see how it applies to our circumstances today.
There will be difficulties. Their culture was highly agrarian. Ours is highly technological. There are other big differences between us and Israel. But in principle we should expect that given the wisdom of God, we should find those governing ordinances which would lead to maximum freedom, maximum peace, even maximum prosperity. Prosperity doesn't happen from manipulating God or playing games or hitting the right keys to get a result. It happens by having our Father in heaven telling us what to do. We do what He says and then in time He blesses us.

Question:-- But wouldn't a Christian Republic run according to God's Law become oppressive to non-Christians?
Steve Schlissel: You have to understand a couple of things to understand these capital cases. Number one is that there is good reason to believe that the capital cases, except for murder, were worst case offenses. That is to say that you needn't have administered capital punishment. Banishment might have been a substitute that was acceptable. There could have been negotiated settlements for various offenses. The one area where God said you must execute is murder. The murderer shall surely be put to death. (Gen. 9:6).
Now in these other cases we have the expression of God's wrath and vengeance on these sins that are appropriate in a covenant-keeping culture, that is in a faith environment where people are self-consciously committed to the Lord and His Law, and in cases where there is a flagrant "in your face" violation. There is not really too much to fear. Even if the Law was administered, it would have the result of driving homosexuality underground, which is exactly where the Law of God would keep it.
Now the converse of this is what we face in our day, is not so much the danger of homosexuals being killed, but of Christians being killed in our nation, or at least persecuted and segregated, because only one group can occupy a prominent place in the public square. It's either going to be God's people out there enjoying the neighborhoods, breathing the air or it's going to be God's enemies owning the public square and polluting it. It's not ever both. "The righteous hate the wicked" and "the wicked hate the righteous" it says in the Proverbs. That is simply a truism. So which would we rather have governing the public square, righteousness or wickedness? I know when I look now I see wickedness.

Question:-- In a Christian republic based on biblical law, would non-Christian religions be banned or would they have as much freedom as they have now?
Steve Schlissel: In order to answer the question, we really need to get over the idea that we have unbound latitudinarian tolerance. No culture does. Every single culture has restrictions. For example, there are groups that want to offer child sacrifice. We don't permit that. There are groups that want to offer public sacrifices of animals today. Now in the Old Testament we had it, but Christian societies today forbid it. (By and large. There are little exceptions around the globe.)
So we don't have tolerance for every group. But we could have tolerance for those who have formal allegiance to the God of the Bible. Some might include Muslims in that because they say that the God they worship is the God therein revealed. Certainly, many more would be sympathetic to Jews worshipping with freedom of conscience. But the idea is not we would go into the home and regulate the worship in the home or the thoughts of the people.
There is an old story about Abraham that is told by the rabbis. They say that an Arab visitor came to him one day and he extended typical eastern hosptiality. He said, "Come into my tent my friend." The sat down at a meal and Abraham set about to witness to him to find out what his religious convictions were. The Arab told him, "Oh, I'm an idolater and here are some of my idols." Abraham became indignant, furious, and threw him out of his tent and chased him into the desert.
And God, the rabbis say, came to visit Abraham and asked him, "Abraham, how old was that man?"
Abraham said, "He was about eighty."
And how long was he with you, Abraham?"
"Oh, about five minutes."
"And what did you do?"
"I threw him out," Abraham answered.
God said, "I've been bearing with that man for eighty years and you couldn't bear with him for five minutes."
The lesson is that we need to be tolerant to understand that it is the Lord who gives faith. We have to give wide berth to the working of the Spirit to bring that about. With a Christian consensus and with a strong Christian conviction our tolerance can be considerable. It's when we are weak that we tend to overact and have knee-jerk reactions to other faiths. But nevertheless the laws would have to be Christian laws that govern the land.

Question:-- What about the "establishment of religion" clause in the U.S. Constitution? Doesn't the U.S. Constitution forbid the display of religion in the civil sphere?
Steve Schlissel: This idea of religious neutrality is not true to our founding. We had explicit statements in various state constitutions, Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, Massachusetts, where there were references to the Christian religion as being the one that is protected in the land. In fact, there were restrictions of office bearing, that you could not be an office holder in a state unless you held to the Christian, and more specifically the Protestant religion, that you held to the Creeds in regard to the confession of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, and that you believed that the Bible is the Word of God and infallible. If you didn't believe that, you couldn't be an office holder in various states.
Now we take today's propaganda to say that there was separation of church and state which means "religious neutrality." It's just a smoke screen. It is some rival, it is a "Klingon vessel using a cloaking device" that says, "I'm not really here." What we have is another religion. This other religion is viciously intolerant. How intolerant is it? Well, Reggie White, the great pro-football player, said to the Wisconsin legislature that he does not believe that homosexuality falls into the same category as race. He said, "Race is something you are born with. It is a disposition from God. You cannot choose it. However, homosexuality is a behavior that people choose to engage in." Well that was it for Reggie! This tolerant society, this "bleeding-heart let-everybody-do-their own thing" worldview found suddenly that their tolerance limits were met with a statement that suggested that homosexuality is a sin.
In Los Angeles recently, there was a convention of doctors meeting to discuss homosexuality. But because they didn't follow the "lavender agenda" the very discussion (although they didn't come to any conclusions) was condemned by the Los Angeles city council as "hateful." The people at the hotel were harassed. In fact, they had to shut down the hotel to these conventioneers and put them in another hotel that had a little more guts because of the threats that came from the homosexual community.
The homosexual community goes into St. Patrick's cathedral in New York City and tosses condoms. They mock fornicate every year in their wild lascivious parades in front and they are not touched. But Christians that protest at abortion clinics are arrested and hauled off. Tolerance always has limits. Tolerance is always religiously informed and we are not working in a tolerant system.
People who say anything against the current agenda find their life's work is now suddenly meaningless. There was a police chaplain in New York who was there for many years. He suggested that a homosexual district attorney was a problem to him. That was the end of his career. He was forced to resign. What happened to tolerance? Why can't he have a different view?
In the case of Matthew Shepherd's slaying in Wyoming, it was played up by the media to be a result of advertisements placed by Christians encouraging homosexuals to find freedom in Christ. These loving ads, they twisted into these intolerant bastions of hate. "They are looking to kill us all!" Nothing could be further from the truth. These people are gentle and meek and sweet. That is very clear to anybody with an impartial view of it. You don't even have to be a Christian to see their motives. What happened? The intolerance brigade came in and started their campaign against the Christian faith.
In the public square, there will always be one religion governing what is permissible and what is impermissible. If it is not the Christian religion, it won't be a religiously neutral government. It will be a government that is advocating another religion.

Question:-- Were the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution drafted to uphold the moral laws of God -- or were they Deistic humanist documents? If they were Christian documents, where have we gone so far off track?
Steve Schlissel: If we were going to found a republic, we would want to do it a little more self-consciously as Christians. But we have to understand something and not be naive. It always depends on men of good will continuing it, because no matter how good your document, you can always have a liberal saying that the document is no longer relevant. You can always have an argument, "That was then, this is now." This is why the greatest Christian minds in history have always recognized that it is not what laws you have, but your philosophy of law. If your philosophy of law is that law is simply something men create, then what man can give, man can take away. If your philosophy of law is that it is divine in origin, and self-consciously so, then we have to do our best to abide by God's law.
Now I need to qualify that because every source of law in every system is always its god. So if men create laws, then you believe men are gods, which is exactly what we have today. We determine laws based on popular opinion. The more people we can get to hold a particular view, we say that it must be right. If yesterday 27 percent of the people believed abortion was right and 73 percent believed it was wrong so it was against the law. The Supreme Court comes and changes it. A great propaganda campaign ensues, then opinion changes and we keep the laws. "Get the opinions, keep the laws, change the opinions, change more laws."
Homosexuals know this very well. "Let's convince people that homosexuality is not a choice that we make, not a result of perhaps of fractured childhood, or some other sin that was committed against us. But let's say that it is genetic. And then let's say that it is not fair that we can't get married. Let's continue to get that message out." Now we see ourselves toying with the very institution of marriage which is the foundation of any society. If you tinker with that your days are numbered. The marriage unit is the fundamental unit in the culture. From there the future comes. But I'm convinced that we are going to have homosexual marriages because in our culture the religion of the public square is egalitarian humanism. Homosexual marriages resonate with that and from that. It makes sense to have homosexual marriages based on their worldview. It's an abomination based on our worldview.

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AN INTERVIEW WITH R.J. RUSHDOONY
Conducted by Joseph McAuliffe
Transcribed and edited by Jay Rogers

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Rousas John Rushdoony, born in 1916, the son of Armenian immigrants, was ordained as a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and distinguished himself as a missionary on the American Indian reservations. One of his early books, The Messianic Character of American Education, was a major influence in the fledgling home school movement in California. During the 1960s, Rushdoony was called upon in court cases as an expert historian on home schooling as a legitmate alternative to public education. Rushdoony was primarily influenced by the teachings of Cornelius Van Til's Presuppositional Apologetics and began to work to restore the historic Christian doctrines of Postmillennialism and Christian Dominion in the church. Not until 1973 with the publication of R.J. Rushdoony's The Institutes of Biblical Law was there an attempt at a Biblical social philosophy that uncompromisingly affirmed the validity of biblical law. Since then over 100 volumes have been published elaborating the details of Calvinistic social philosophy from a "theonomic" perspective. Led by Rushdoony, Gary North, Greg Bahnsen, James Jordan, and Gary DeMar, theonomic authors have expounded the Mosaic law with a fullness of application to modern society never before seen in Church history. Rushdoony passed on in 2001. The work of the Chalcedon Foundation is carried on by his son, Mark.

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Question:-- Was the New Testament Church really a "New Testament" Church as we think of it today? In what ways was their situation different from ours?
R.J. Rushdoony: The New Testament: Consider what Paul was doing: offerings to alleviate the poverty of the saints during the famine in Palestine; counseling that the needy be cared for, but "He who will not work, let him not eat." We do know that anyone who became unemployed was given three days income. After that they found work for him. Another Christian would hire him, but at lower than his normal pay so there would be no incentive to stay under that diaconal care. We know from 1 Corinthians 6 [paraphrase] that Paul said: "Don't go to the civil courts. They're ungodly. Create your own courts." And they did. They were so efficient that after a while pagans were coming to the church courts and saying: "Adjudicate our problems for us. It takes years to get a case heard in the civil courts and it bankrupts us and then we don't get justice. Would you do it for us?" When Constantine became Emperor, he called in the bishops and he said, "The courts of the Empire are failing. We have cases that have been in the courts forty years with no justice. I want you men when you go out in the streets to wear the garb of a Roman magistrate by my orders so that the people of Rome and of the Empire will no that they can come to you for justice. Well, that's where the bishop's garb comes from. Unless a bishop has heard me lecture on the subject, he doesn't know where his own bishop's robe originates.
Then the deacons took care of the sick, the poor, the orphans and the widows, of needy people in general, of captives, because as the Roman Empire began to breakdown, pirates and lawless bands would take men for ransom, hold men captive. One bishop in the early church ransomed 15,000 captives. When Rome fell, for six centuries, the only courts of Europe were the church courts for arbitration. When Rome was gone, the government, the state was gone, but Europe had justice because the church provided it. This was the pattern through much of the Middle Ages. It was the pattern of the Reformation. I have written of Calvin and Geneva and of the work of the diaconate. There were two offerings taken every Sunday: one for the work of the deacons so that all of the needy were cared for so that apart from crime, the church through these diaconal courts and through various independent Christian agencies provided for the basic government of the community.

Question:-- How did Christian philosophy influence our form of civil government?
R.J. Rushdoony: One of the things most people don't understand about Christian Reconstruction is that first it is nothing new. It has been the historic position of the Christian church over the centuries. In Western Europe and the America it has receded in the past century or two, but it has been the Christian way of life. Then what we have to understand is that in our time, we've had a totally false picture of reality -- a top-down view of whatever faith it is that people hold -- that we have to capture the upper echelons of society, or the machinery of the state, and impose something on the people.
We have never had a more top-down culture than for about 1500 years, than since Rome fell. Rome fell because it confused simplicity with efficiency. They simplified the state and centralized more and more as if that were the answer. The more they centralized, the more they destroyed the fabric of society. We are following the Roman pattern. We are centralizing as though that were the answer and we are destroying the pattern of society.
Now as Christians we believe that the basic starting point is the regeneration of man. Then man takes and applies that faith. For Christians the basic government is the self-government of the Christian man. Then the basic governmental unit is the family. This means that every father and mother will be more important in the sight of God than heads of state, because He controls children, property and the future. Then the third is the church as the government, fourth the school as a government, fifth your job governs you, then sixth society governs you with its ideas, beliefs and standards, and seventh, one among many forms of government, is the civil government.
Today, we are implicitly totalitarian. We speak of the state as the government. That's totalitarian. So we have to rid ourselves of such things. The Christian theonomic society will only come about as each man governs himself under God and governs his particular sphere. And only so will we take back government from the state and put it in the hands of Christians.

Question:-- Can we really legislate the biblical standards of morality on non-Christians? The non-Christian doesn't even believe in the Bible, so how can we even talk about building a society based on the Law of God?
R.J. Rushdoony: The Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD declared that Jesus Christ was "very God of very God and very man of very man, truly man and truly God, two natures without confusion but in perfect union." Now what this did was to block the possibility of any other incarnation of God. The most common such incarnation was in the state. The state either through its office or through its ruler or through a particular line was held to be divine, god walking on earth. So that the Prime Minister, like Joseph in Egypt, was a high priest. That's why he married priest's daughter. He could not be the Prime Minister and the high priest of Egypt without that marriage. With the Council of Chalcedon the church made clear that there could be no confusion. Jesus Christ is the unique Incarnation. Since then, we've had Hegel tell us that the state is God walking on earth. And whether you are a member of one of the parties on the left or right, you are Hegelian. Republicans and Democrats each in their own way are Hegelian.
Then the Church has seen itself in ancient pagan terms as a continuation of the Incarnation. Protestants reject that doctrine, but it's creeping into Protestantism on other grounds. The Church is the Body of Christ and therefore somehow the Church is God's voice on earth. But the Body of Christ refers to the humanity of Christ. The regenerate of Christ are the new humanity of the new Adam, the last Adam, Jesus Christ. We were born in the old humanity of Adam; we are reborn in the new humanity of Jesus Christ. The Church as the Body of Christ is not divine. It represents the new humanity, the Body of the last Adam, Jesus Christ, not His deity.

Question:-- But wouldn't a Christian Republic run according to God's Law become oppressive to non-Christians?
R.J. Rushdoony: Law is the will of the sovereign for his subjects. Thus Law represents the word of the God of the society. Now whose Law you have, He is your God. So if Washington makes our laws, Washington is our God. As Christians we cannot believe that. For centuries, God's law has functioned wherever God's people have been, whether in Israel or in Christendom. This is a new and modern thing that we turn to the state's law. One professor of law, the dean of a law school, told me that he found that even into the 1840s, courts in the United States, decided cases out of the Bible -- out of God's Word, out of His Law -- because He is God.
Now we do not recognize God as God over the United States. The oath of office for the president of the United States used to be taken on an open Bible on Deuteronomy 28 invoking all the curses of God for disobedience to His law and all the blessings of God for obedience to his law. Now basically you can have two kinds of law: theonomy -- God's law, or autonomy -- self-law. That's what it boils down to and autonomy leads to anarchy, which is what we are getting increasingly.

Question:-- What about the idea that the government should be neutral and should recognize that we live in a democratic, pluralistic society?
R.J. Rushdoony: Our Lord said, "Occupy until I come." We are told that the kingdoms of this world must become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ. The Old Testament if rife with prophecies concerning the nations being under the Christ the Messiah. Now this is clearly an important aspect of our faith. Some years ago, Weingarten wrote a book made up entirely of the texts of the Old Testament that predict the triumph to come in Christ, how all the nations shall be His. Isaiah says that even in Egypt, being a type of the unregenerate world, five cities out of six will call upon the name of the Lord, an image of great victory. So if we are going to fight with an eye towards winning, we've got to have a postmillennial faith. Now you can go to heaven without it, but you'll do better in this world and in the world to come, if you stand in terms of the fact that we are to bring everything into captivity to Christ.
All our thinking is presuppositional. We begin with axioms of thought, premises that we believe, and we think in terms of that. As Christians we think in terms of the fact that God is, and all things must reckon with God and make an accounting to God. If we do not believe, we begin with the premise, God is not and I am alone in this world. It's a dog-eat-dog world. It's survival of the fittest. So you live accordingly and the world goes to hell in a hand basket. It becomes trashier. So ideas do have consequences. To believe that we are the people of victory that Christ is going to triumph and only when all things are put under His feet will the last enemy, death, be destroyed.

Question:-- Didn't the Apostle Paul say that we are no longer under law but under grace? If so, then what is the use of the Law of God under the New Covenant?
R.J. Rushdoony: I am glad you used that word: "covenant." Covenantal thinking has all but disappeared. That's why in my Systematic Theology, I gave it particular space, because it is foundational. The Bible is divided by two covenants, really one Covenant, the original renewed again and again, in the New Testament from a nation to the Church, the nation symbolized by twelve tribes, twelve Apostles now in the church, as the new Israel of God. Paul refers to the Church in Galatians 6:6 as the new Israel of God. This means that we have a duty. We have to occupy the whole world. The Great Commission is to make disciples of all nations. To bring them all into the fold together with all their peoples because Christ is the ordained King of all creation. We have a magnificent calling. I don't believe God programmed us for defeat.
I know that some of my premillennial friends in the ministry feel a little bit out of sorts because of our stress on victory. They say, "It has an unfortunate appeal for our people. They don't like to be losers. As amils or premils, they feel that they are on the losing side. And you talk about victory and it has a real tug on their heart-strings. They like the idea." And they should. I believe that the impulse in all their being is God-given. We are a people called to victory not defeat. "This is the victory," the Apostle John tells us, "even our faith."

Question:-- In a Christian republic based on biblical law, would non-Christians be banned or would they have as much freedom as they have now?
R.J. Rushdoony: Calvin in Geneva there are points where I would disagree with him Calvin was born and raised a Catholic. The Catholic model was still in the minds of the reformers. They wanted to reform the Catholic Church. That was their goal. So they began with the belief that the society had to be Christian. Now Calvin in Geneva never commanded the city. He was an outsider brought in as kind of an efficiency expert to make a city that was a business community function. Prior to his coming, drinking, gambling and fornication occupied too much of the people's time and efficiency was going down hill. They liked Calvin because he brought about efficiency. He made people sober, God-fearing. But they didn't like it for themselves. The rulers of Geneva were happy with the results, but unhappy that Calvin expected the same type of behavior of them. The libertines were really very close to controlling the city most of the time. They brought in Servetus to challenge and oust Calvin. During the time of the trial, Calvin actually had his bags packed ready to leave. But the Catholic model was still in the background there.
With Cromwell it was different. Cromwell was faced with churches who wanted an established national church still the old Roman model. The Presbyterians, who were the most powerful group, were emphatically for an established group. That to them was salvation. The Separatists disagreed with them, but the other groups wanted to command the establishment. Cromwell wanted not a church establishment, but a Christian establishment. He wanted England committed to a Christian faith, not to a church. That's what he worked for. He had to fight the churches. It was the churches that defeated Calvinism and most of all the Presbyterians. It's the great blot in Presbyterian history that they brought in Charles II, a thoroughly degenerate man, and believed he would keep his word to them that he would go along with their idea of an establishment. Of course, he broke his word to them and 2000 clergymen had to leave the Church of England. Over a course of time, the Presbyterians virtually died out in England.

Question:-- What about the "establishment of religion" clause in the U.S. Constitution? Doesn't the U.S. Constitution forbid the display of religion in the civil sphere?
R.J. Rushdoony: Among the early colonists were separatists or independents or people who maintained the form of establishment but really wanted no part of it. The Congregational Church of Massachusetts was the established church of Massachusetts and legally part of the Church of England. They never broke with the Church of England. The actually had Church of England men in some of the pulpits. In fact, the man at Salem whose family was deeply involved in the witchcraft trials was Church of England. It was only subsequently that they came to a belief that there should be a Christian establishment rather than a church establishment. However, with the Constitution it was believed that legally and on good grounds, the states if they chose could establish a church or several churches or simply say that Christianity is the established faith, but not impose it on the states and counties. In many cases, they settled down to a county by county establishment.
Even in my lifetime, especially in the west, you could go to a county in Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and everything would be controlled by a particular church which was the dominant church in that area it could be Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Reformed they were not intolerant of each other. In some places, where I spoke, the priests or the nuns would ask me into the parochial schools to talk about my work among the Indians. Or the Lutheran pastor would ask me into the public schools to speak. He ran it. In some cases the priests ran the public schools and the nuns taught. No one saw anything wrong with that, they were not intolerant one of another. It worked out beautifully on the local level. But we shattered all of that because of Madelyn Murray and her lawsuit.

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Question:-- What can Christians begin to do from a practical standpoint to begin to rebuild their nation according to the standard of the Law of God? What would a Christian nation look like?
R.J. Rushdoony: At the beginning of this century, 80 percent of the world's Christians were in the Americas and Europe. Now only 40 percent, because more and more of the new Christians are in Asia and Africa. We have today a country in Africa that is Christian Reconstructionist. Now here are blacks running a country trying to reorder everything according to the Word of God. We don't hear these things because we feel that we are the center of the world and what we are and what we do is all important. But things are happening very dramatically.
The media isn't given to reporting on Christian successes or Christian martyrdoms. They act as though Christianity is dead and we are too stupid to lie down and be buried. But the reality is much different. That's why there is so much animosity to what we are doing. They know it is catching on. When the President and Vice President of a country in Africa have affirmed that they believe that God's law should rule the country, that is major news, but the media won't touch it.

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How Theonomists Differ from the Christian Right

The Christian Right may be criticized for putting an undue emphasis on "political solutions" and for not relying strictly on biblical law. Simply put: either we will have man's law or God's law as a standard for civil legislation. We are not looking for a "voice a the table" nor are we seeking "equal time" with the godless promoters of pornography, abortion, safe-sodomy subsidies, socialism, etc. We want them silenced and punished according to God's Law-Word.

Here is a brief list intended for the defense against the usual distortions, misunderstandings and apprehensions regarding some of the goals of Christian Reconstruction.

1. We believe that civil government is only one sphere of government. In fact, it is not even the most important one. We advocate regeneration first and only then reconstruction. We do not advocate revolution.

We are postmillennialists and believe that in the long term the majority of society will be saved or will at least outwardly conform to God's Law. Therefore, our goal is not to capture the political realm, but to work for regeneration of individuals and families at the local level and to reform the church by teaching correct doctrine especially in the area of biblical law. A brief perusal of Reconstructionist books will prove that this is the case. A few deal with civil politics. Most deal with families, the church and Christian education. Most of the early materials for home schooling children were written by Reconstructionists.

A little known fact: R.J. Rushdoony, aside from being the founder of Christian Reconstruction, is also the founder of the modern home schooling movement. Most people who deride the Reconstructionist movement for being "too political" don't realize that.

2. We do not advocate the domination of the church over the state. Nor do we want the state to dominate the church. We want both church and state to conform to God's law. Thus we advocate a "theocracy" -- the rule of God in society through His law. We do not advocate an "ecclesiocracy" -- the rule of the state by the church. We want both church and state to independently conform to biblical law.

How will this be accomplished? From the bottom up, not from the top down. We do not want the state to rule in our private lives. We do not want the state to educate our children or otherwise intrude into our families.

You may ask, In a biblically reconstructed society: Who will be able to vote? Who will be able to rule? Elections will still be determined by popular vote of the people and legislation will still be voted on by representatives. Communities will have been reconstructed through personal regeneration so that the majority of the electorate will be Christian or will hold to a "Christian philosophy." Therefore, the only people qualified to rule will be professing Christians who will uphold the moral law of God. This may be called a "theonomic representative democracy" or a "theocratic republic."

3. We recognize that someone must rule. Either the ungodly or the godly will rule. Take your pick. In a biblically reconstructed society, Christians would have the choice of rulers. This choice might be between a Baptist or a Presbyterian, but both would stand for biblical law. An antinomian or an atheist may run for office, but his views would be so unpopular that he would stand no chance of being elected.

Q:--Would differing theologies among Christian rulers affect their view of civil law?
A:-- Undoubtedly!

Q:-- Would civil rulers be able to interfere with the affairs of the church?
A:-- Definitely not!

Thus, while we believe that theology cannot be divorced from a man's view of civil politics, we do not believe that church polity can in any way be regulated by the civil government.

4. We recognize that the only standard for civil law is biblical law. Civil law must has some standard: either it is human autonomy (what man sees as right in his own eyes) or it is biblical law (what God declares to be right in His Word). Again, take your pick!

Some have objected that this would lead to the mass stoning of homosexuals and incorrigible children. Reconstructionists must emphasize that what we want is not strong rule by the federal government in determining these matters, but the freedom for individual Christians, families, churches, and local community governments to rule without interference from a centralized state. We believe that Reconstruction is from the ground up. Mass regeneration must precede Reconstruction. As more are converted to Christ, more individuals become self-governing. This leads to stronger families and churches and the ability of local communities to govern their own affairs. Thus the total numbers of cases of sodomy or of uncontrollable children would grow less and less. The state would rule in fewer and fewer cases.

5. We do not want any one religious denomination to dominate political life in America. The is apparent from viewing the Reconstructionist movement. Some are Baptist, some are Presbyterian, others Charismatic, Episcopalian, Congregationalist, Methodist, etc.

We are united on our adherence to Reformed Social Theory, Biblical Law, Eschatology of Victory, Christian Dominion in Society, and Presuppositional Apologetics. We are all Protestants, but we have very different ideas in terms of theology. No person in a biblically Reconstructed society would be forced to adhere to any one denominational belief.

6. We do not want to return to Old Testament Law in its entirety. The New Testament has rescinded certain aspects of the Mosaic Law, such as religious ceremonies, feasts, and dietary laws. There are moral laws given in the New Testament as well. We believe that all of Scripture is the basis for law, not merely the Old Testament.

7. We believe that there are two biblically prescribed punishments enforceable by the state: execution and restitution. We do not believe in jail sentences. We believe in only the biblically prescribed punishments for violations of the moral law.

We do not believe that the state is the final arbiter in all matters pertaining to the moral law. Most of these cases would be resolved within families or within churches. However, only the state may execute criminals for capital crimes; only the state "bears the sword" (see Romans 13).

8. We want civil government to punish evil doers according to biblical sanctions. We want all moral laws of the Old Testament to be enforced according to biblical standards.

Some may object: Isn't this harsh? Isn't this barbaric? No, in fact it will lead to greater liberty for the godly. We want the ungodly punished according to God's Law-Word because it is what God prescribes. We have been conditioned according to a humanistic worldview to reject Old Testament law as "barbaric" or "outdated." God's law is not harsh, barbaric nor antiquated, because God is neither harsh, barbaric nor antiquated!

Main Premises of Theonomy

The general principles used by Reconstructionists with regard to interpreting the Law of God can be enumerated as follows:

1. God's law is eternal. Jesus said that not one jot nor tittle would pass away before heaven and earth passed away. This includes the laws of Moses.

2. Not all law is "binding" on Christians under the New Covenant. For instance, the obligation of sacrifices was satisfied when Jesus died on the cross. When Christ said: "It is finished," he died once for all our sins. Therefore, sacrificial laws are still valid (they have not passed away) but they have been fulfilled once for all. Other laws not considered binding have to do with cleanness and uncleanness, dietary laws, feast days, and religious ceremonies. These are still valid and have meaning, but both the laws and their sanctions have been fulfilled through Christ's death on the cross.

3. Old Testament Laws are no longer binding only if addressed by the New Testament. If a law was specifically addressed by Jesus or one of the apostles in the New Covenant as having an altered New Covenant application, then that law or category of laws, is no longer considered binding. In Covenant Theology, this is known as a "Covenantal Shift."

4. All "moral" laws are still in effect. The principle here is if the New Testament is silent on a moral law, then the Old Testament law is still binding. For instance, the New Testament says nothing about bestialism. Surely, no one would claim that that is no longer valid because it is in the Old Covenant. Moral laws do not need to be specifically "renewed" by the New Covenant to be binding. Jesus, in fact, renewed all of the moral laws.

5. The sanctions of the moral laws are also still in effect. However, all the major Reconstructionist thinkers argue that there has been a "covenantal shift" in regard to sanctions dispensed by the church and sanctions dispensed by the state. Only the state may execute criminals under the New Covenant. For crimes that come under the jurisdiction of ecclesiastical government, the church may excommunicate its members and pronounce imprecations (curses) on sinners. But the church may never execute its members. Here, the way the law is enforced has changed.

6. All the sanctions of the law are still enforced, but some are enforced in a different manner. Under the New Covenant, crimes against God (blasphemy, idolatry, etc.) are punished in a way that seems less harsh in this life, but in reality, being delivered over to hell with the church as a witness is a far more serious punishment.

Reconstructionists differ and argue about how the law is to be applied in some cases. We do not understand how to apply it in every case. Sometimes it might be difficult for us to understand. But does that make the Old Testament law invalid? Does that make it wrong, because we don't understand it, or it may seem harsh to our modern sentimentality? Absolutely not! The enemies of God's law like to argue that laws that do not seem right in their own eyes, cannot be valid. They say, "I cannot see how this could be true," or, "I accept this law, but I cannot accept that law." We need to be careful that we do not become a law unto our own selves. The standard is always the Word of God.

Common Questions on Theonomy

The points outlined above, are a fair and accurate description of Christian Reconstruction. This is by no means comprehensive, but it represents the main premises of theonomy as agreed upon by all major Reconstructionist thinkers.

I obviously cannot answer all questions that have been posed about Christian Reconstruction in so short a space. However, here I will briefly answer some of the more common questions about theonomy:

1. In what specific sense, and to what scope, does Christian Reconstruction see Old Testament Law as applicable to modern society?

In general, all the moral laws of the Old Testament are still binding, while dietary and ceremonial laws are non-binding.

2. What practical means does Christian Reconstruction advocate for applying Old Testament Law?

Mainly through regeneration. Reconstructionists do not advocate a strong federal government, but we advocate self-government with liberty.

3. Would theological "orthodoxy" be an area enforced by civil government?

No, absolutely not. This is the domain of the church.

4. Who would determine what is orthodox and how would it be determined? What penalties would be prescribed for heresy?

The church has the power of excommunication. One of our goals is to reform the church so that it becomes more uniform in doctrine and practices church discipline. This would be accomplished by advocating creedal orthodoxy (i.e., the patristic creeds of the church: Apostles, Nicene, Athanasian, Chalcedon). Beyond this we would like to see every church voluntarily adopt a confessional statement which outlines their theological views; their form of government; and other beliefs. We stand for a great deal of liberty in this -- the freedom to disagree on the "non-essentials." However, we believe that Protestantism with its emphasis on the sovereignty of God and salvation by grace through faith, will become more widespread in the world as time goes on. The Holy Spirit accomplishes this in men's hearts. It is not imposed externally, but comes by internal revelation through the Word of God.

5. How would Christian Reconstructionism define "freedom of religion"? Is it an "inalienable right" to be protected by the government?

Any person -- Jew, Moslem, Catholic, Protestant -- would be free in a Biblically Reconstructed society under the civil law to worship. The civil government has no power to restrict religion. The civil government has an obligation to see that all people obey the moral law as it falls into civil jurisdiction. Thus religious expressions which contradict the Ten Commandments would not be publicly tolerated. The domain of the church is to preach truth. Because Reconstructionists are postmillennialists, we believe that eventually, organized false religions will become rare, if not extinct. This will be accomplished mainly through the efforts of the church, not the state.

6. Are you saying that all of the moral laws of the Old Testament are applicable to modern society? What about Old Testament laws that require stoning, such as Exodus 21:17, "And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death."

The question about incorrigible children is a common one. The so-called "harshness" of this punishment is often posed to refute the idea of theonomy as the basis for civil law. However, I know that this law and its punishment under the Old Covenant was just because God is just. Therefore, I ask, what has changed under the New Covenant so that the law and its punishment are now unjust? Has God changed? No! Has the Law changed? Jesus said: Not one jot! Therefore I ask: Why not now? Perhaps the problem is with us and not with the law?

However, I will attempt to explain this. We are talking about incorrigibility here. Cursing one's parents does not mean simply swearing. What is implied here is far more serious. Incorrigibility would be required to be proven before the local civil elders before the child could be executed. It would need to be demonstrated that the child is out of control and will not obey his parents even when the most serious punishment -- death -- is threatened.

In the United States of America, in this century, there were laws on the books in some states that said that a thief could be put to death for repeat offenses. This goes beyond what the Bible prescribes, but we see the same principle at work -- capital punishment for incorrigibility.

Rebellion against one's parents is listed together with the most heinous crimes in Romans. In this case, if he persisted in his rebellion against God, it would be the responsibility of the civil elders to deal with him. Isn't it likely that such a rebel would ultimately be put on trial for some other capital offense and be put to death?

The family is one of God's governmental units. Rebellion against the government is commensurate to treason. Today, we have no problem with seeing treason against the civil government as a capital crime. The problem is that we have a low view of the family today. The family is actually a higher form of government than the state and deserves greater protection. Rebellion against the family is an expression of rebellion against God's first established form of government and therefore against God himself.

Capital crimes against the family include rebellion to parents, homosexuality and adultery. Sound harsh? Then what you are saying, in effect, is that God is harsh and that treason against the family is "not as bad" as treason against the state.

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What is NEOIN?

The NorthEast Ohio Intercession Network is a network of intercessors from a wide variety of intercessory prayer ministries across the northeast Ohio area who are called together for the purpose of coordinated strategic spiritual warfare and intercession.

The NorthEast Ohio Intercession Network is an interdenominational ministry that works with groups of intercessors rigorously in submission to church leadership.

The groups that form the Network are comprised of faithful members who are submissive to their Pastors, are diligent in supporting the works of their churches, and who possess a burden for intercession.

The NorthEast Ohio Intercession Network has as its aim the development of the local and regional strategies in spiritual warfare, recognizing that spiritual authority is under the control of the local pastors.

The NorthEast Ohio Intercession Network is comprised of members of various ministries including:

The NorthEast Ohio Intercession Network is committed to holding various local conferences for the “Equipping of the Saints” according to Ephesians 4:12. We promote opportunities for our members to have:

Encouragement , Motivation ♦ Balance ♦ Mutual Intercession ♦
Partnership in prayer ♦ A training system with appropriate materials

The NorthEast Ohio Intercession Network is committed to:

Worship ♦ Evangelization ♦ The unity of the Body of Christ ♦
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Lakeycia Jefferson on Eliminating Debt with Wealth Masters

April 14, 2011 | Author: Alan Louis | Posted in Mortgage Financing

American families are suffering unprecedented financial hardships and the trend doesn’t seem to be stopping anytime soon. Many homeowners are being forced into foreclosure due to the collapse of the subprime mortgage market and it’s having a ripple effect on other borrowers, who also now find themselves in dire straits or in bankruptcy court. “Although people desperately want to gain control of their finances and build wealth, there has been an overwhelming trend in the opposite direction,” says Lakeycia Jefferson, a consultant with Wealth Masters International (www.wmitoday.com/wealthtransfer).
The numbers bear out Jefferson’s assertions. According to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, 58 percent of families with credit cards have an average outstanding balance of $5,100. Between 2001 and 2004 (the last year for which statistics are available), household debt increased a whopping 26.3 percent. During the same time period, the median income fell almost a full percentage point, to $37,800. Furthermore, nine percent of families surveyed by the Fed reported that they had been at least 60 days late with a payment in the previous year. “Unless and until Americans adopt the practices of the wealthy, they will continue to spend more money than they earn, and have nothing to show for a lifetime of hard work,” says Jefferson.
Prior to becoming a consultant with Wealth Masters International, Jefferson was a network marketer who experienced firsthand the limitations of a traditional mindset. “I never went beyond my inner circle of family, friends, and acquaintances,” she says. “I simply didn’t have access to a marketing system that would enable me to reach the numbers of people necessary to truly create wealth.” Regardless of how hard she worked, Jefferson was never able to generate the massive downline necessary to succeed with traditional network marketing paradigms – which is one of the reasons that she switched to Carbon Copy Pro (www.wealthtransfernow.com).
Moreover, she witnessed the mistakes of those who did experience success. “Oftentimes, people who made a considerable amount of money would simply blow through it, because the companies they were affiliated with didn’t offer direction and guidance to help them achieve their long-term goals,” Jefferson says.
In contrast, she has found Wealth Masters International’s commitment to personal and financial growth a refreshing change. “The company offers a free analysis of a member’s credit situation and helps them get on track to pay down their personal debt and step on the road to financial freedom,” Jefferson says. “The company has alliances with experts in everything from credit repair and financial goal-setting to investments and wealth accumulation strategies.”
Jefferson notes that the company’s “Six Steps to Freedom” resources have not only assisted her in her consultancy, but have helped her develop skills that she routinely uses in her other business ventures. The six steps involve analyzing your personal finances, minimizing your tax obligations, creating a savings fund, ensuring that you are legally protected, building a legacy through wealth creation, and creating a lifestyle that achieves your personal goals. “Wealth Masters International has enabled me to create a life where I can achieve my income potential and spend more time with my family. But the most rewarding part is being able to help other people stop the downward spiral and not only live, but also thrive,” Jefferson concludes. Considering the state of our nation’s collective financial trouble, that’s refreshing news indeed.

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God Bless You! The Monday Morning Impartation & Glory session was a great blessing. The Lord had me to pray and break the spirit of compromise off the people so that they can march on to destiny. There are promises locked up in compromise. The Lord instructed me to share with the listeners about getting in the birth position. The month of March has within it the beginning of spring. Spring is a time of birth and new growth. March is the month to give birth.
The Lord also revealed to me that the International Prayer Network II, the Walking In Your Destiny Mentorship School and the Apostolic and Prophetic Voice Ministries are all “birthing chambers”. So, if you desire to birth out the ministry, purpose and plan of God for your life you need to connect with us. I will stand with you as a midwife to help you give birth.
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Apostolic Pioneering In 2011

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What does it mean to pioneer?
Believe it or not, apostolic believers are called to be pioneers. Have you ever wondered what is the one specific thing you were placed on earth to do for the kingdom of God? Have you ever desired to do something extraordinary as an ordinary person? Do you have an innovative idea for ministry that would change the lives of many people who have no desire to go into our stained glass religious buildings?
Well, I plan to be a midwife in 2011 to help you birth out the apostolic ministry within YOU. If you need a midwife or a personal coach to help you birth your ministry email me at info@theinternationalprayernetwork.com . In the meantime, here are a few terms I want you to get into your spirit as we go into 2011:
Pathfinder – One who makes a way where none had existed. One that discovers a new course or way, especially through or into unexplored regions.
Trailblazer – A person who blazes a trail; a pioneer in any field. Signifies those who strike out on a new path or break new ground, either literally or symbolically using skills of innovation or brave constitutions to conduct their lives off the beaten path. Often known for independent thought, rugged individualism and pioneering ways, trailblazers throughout history have included cutting-edge inventors, explorers and healers.
Explorer – One who goes into new regions or little-know region or unfamiliar area; to discover, search out.
Forerunner – A messenger sent before or going before to prepare the way for another or for something to follow; runner ahead, to out run; a (scout) – someone who can find paths through unexplored territory, (herald) – a person who announces significant news.
Predecessor – A person preceding another, as in office or time.
Innovator – One who introduces new methods; a person who makes changes; a creative person.
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The OHRPN 24/7 Prayer movement is a statewide, non-stop prayer meeting that began in August, 2009, at the Oasis Church in Middletown, Ohio. The OHRPN (Ohio Reformation Prayer Network) consists of churches throughout Ohio who participate as intercessors for their nation, state, community, and families. The OHRPN is a division of the United States Reformation Prayer Network, influenced by Cindy Jacobs. Dr. Tim Sheets (brother of Dutch Sheets) and his wife, Carol, along with others, are spearheading this movement. He states, “We envision this movement to spread from border to border surrounding the whole state.” Chuck Pierce prophesied to Dr. Tim Sheets to “build a firewall of prayer” that will encircle the state of Ohio. The desire is to see prayer throughout Ohio for reformation in our culture and society, to gain access and impact within the seven mountains of influence, and for the harvest of unsaved souls brought into the Kingdom of God. These areas of influence include: government, business, media/communications, arts/entertainment, education, and religion.

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Participating churches simply find a venue, rather a sanctuary or a separate prayer room, in which to establish a night-and-day prayer vigil by splitting each day into one-hour shifts, thus filling a week with an unbroken chorus of prayer and worship. In the desinated prayer room, there will also be a torch that will stay lit throughout the week. The Torch will be transported to the next participating church with a “passing of the torch” ceremony.

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The Reformation Prayer Network builds upon the revelation out of Genesis 22:17, "...your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies". With a greater understanding today about what these "gates" in society are, and how to possess them, this prayer network is strategically built to systematically affect each sector of society. It is focused specifically around the seven gates or mountains of societal influence (Family, Religion, Government, Business, Media/Communications, Arts/Entertainment, and Education), which is used on both national and state levels.
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A Critical Look at Christian Reconstruction, Theonomy and Dominion Theology.

A collection of articles taken from the Internet. While these are mostly critical, this was not intentional. It is simply that I could not find many good articles that defined 'Christian Reconstruction' written by reconstructionist authors. However the critical reviews are probably the easiest way of finding out exactly what is Christian Reconstruction.

Contents:

What is Theonomy? By Jay Rogers..................................................................................................................... 3

Christian Reconstruction by Tom Albrecht......................................................................................................... 7

Dominion Theology By Gary E. Gilley, Pastor-teacher of Southern View Chapel.................................... 18

What About Dominion Theology? Pastor Phil Gaines.................................................................................... 21

Dominion Theology/Kingdom Now/ Reconstructionism Blessing or Curse?*........................................... 24

The Creed of Christian Reconstruction by Rev. Andrew Sandlin................................................................. 27

Christian Reconstruction : What It Is, What It Isn't by Gary North, Gary Demar Editorial Reviews.... 28

The Debate over Christian Reconstruction by Gary DeMar (Atlanta: American Vision, 1988)............. 29

Christian Reconstruction: A Call for Reformation and Revival By Robert Parsons................................ 33

The Mosaic Law and National Reconstruction by Ralph G. Turk, D.Min.................................................. 36

What Inspired the Greatest Century of Missionary Advance? By Rev. Peter Hammond....................... 38

Can We Legislate Morality? By Rev. R. J. Rushdoony.................................................................................. 41

Conversion or Coercion? By Rev. Andrew Sandlin......................................................................................... 43

The Gospel: A Call To Arms By Rev. Monte Wilson III................................................................................ 44

Testing The Foundations Of Theonomy And Reconstruction J. Esmond Birnie, Queen’s University, Belfast 47

Introduction........................................................................................................................................................ 47

Defining Theonomy: The Two Key Propositions........................................................................................ 47

The Strong Points of Theonomy..................................................................................................................... 48

Conclusions........................................................................................................................................................ 53

Endnotes......................................................................................................................................................... 54

A Reformed Classic by Michael W. Kelley....................................................................................................... 58

No Other Standard: Theonomy and Its Critics, Greg Bahnsen................................................................. 58

Christian Reconstructionism, Dominion Theology And Theonomy by Religioustolerance.................... 66

Moses' Law for Modern Government: The Intellectual and Sociological Origins of the Christian Reconstructionist Movement 71

Introduction................................................................................................................................................... 71

I. What is Christian Reconstructionism?.................................................................................................. 71

A. Names or Labels...................................................................................................................................... 72

B. Types and Groups.................................................................................................................................... 72

II. Theonomic Christian Reconstructionism................................................................................................ 72

A. People and Books.................................................................................................................................... 73

B. The Christian Reconstructionist Agenda............................................................................................. 73

III. The Origins of Reconstructionism........................................................................................................... 74

A. Philosophical: Kuyperian/Van Tillian Calvinism.............................................................................. 74

B. Theological: An Evangelical Reform Movement.............................................................................. 74

IV. The Fundamental Distinctives of Reconstructionism.......................................................................... 75

A. Presuppositionalism................................................................................................................................. 75

B. Postmillennialism..................................................................................................................................... 75

C. Transformational Worldview (embracing theonomic ethics).......................................................... 76

D. Highlights of the Theological Justification of theonomic ethics..................................................... 76

1. Espousal of Twofold Division of the Law (or the Unity of the Law)......................................... 77

2. Hermeneutic of Assumed Continuing Validity............................................................................... 78

3. Appeal to New Testament Citation of Mosaic Case Law............................................................ 79

4. Non-Arbitrary, non-Circumstantial Design of the Old Testament Case Law........................... 79

5. Mosaic Case Law a Model of Social Justice for All Cultures...................................................... 80

E. The Marks of a Christian Reconstructionist (Theonomist).............................................................. 80

Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................................... 80

A Selected Bibliography................................................................................................................................... 81

The Royal Race of the Redeemed by Rev. Andrew Sandlin......................................................................... 82

The Free Chruch of Scotland's preliminary overture: Theonomy And The Confession Of Faith.......... 85

Letter on the Scottish Free Kirk's Attack on Theonomy................................................................................ 91

One Nation Under God...Or Else! - The Making Of Achristian Police State................................................ 92

The Christian Right Seeks Dominion by Sara Diamond................................................................................ 96

Dominion Theology:......................................................................................................................................... 99

It's Political Power, Stupid!............................................................................................................................ 103

Kingdom Theology By Albert James Dager................................................................................................... 106

Kingdom Theology IIIa................................................................................................................................. 117

The Truth Of Tithing Author: George Potkonyak, Seventh Edition: August 1996................................. 128

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Yah (God) Still Have a Remnant For Himself

We believe Yah (God) has directed you to us for a divine purpose. We Pray this site will be a life changing experience! We are seeking Yah (God) for fresh, anointed, revelation that will bring you out of devastation and lead you into spiritual growth. We Are Here to Help and We Pray You feel the Passion for Abba Father in Every Page and here the prophetic horn blow. This is your season to know that God can reach you no matter how low YOU think you are in sin. Can you still hear Yah (God) calling YOUR NAME!!!

Jer 23:29 Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most stubborn resistance]?.” Jer.23:29 amplified

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“ This is the purpose of our Mission as a Church, an outreach to the body of Mashiyach (Christ). A watchmen crying in the night with a prophetic voice. A spirit of revelation uncovering every hidden thing. Not a promise of finance and worldly possessions, but a declaration of what doth sayeth the Lord in this day and time.

“In this world of entertainment and commercialized religion, Yah (God) have still set aside a few, a remnant just for Himself. A remnant with a prophetic sound, releasing healing to the HURT and the abused from RELIGION. Is it time for you to try church again?

He still have a people that live not on bread alone but on every Word that comes forth from His mouth and willing to declare the works of the Lord to be Holy.

There is still a remnant of people that attends church not just to hear a Word, But to Meet YAH (GOD)...

Much of the world has watched and perceived us as no more than a joke. But the time has come for us to rise in Christ. Not as men would allow, but as Yah (God) has commanded. This is the season of the forgotton the abused the addicted to become the prophetic generation.

Not making church a profit, competition or a fame seek, but bringing the Focus back on Worship and the Glory of Our ABBA. Many have tried to silence the prophetic or even imitate it. Prophets rise in order. Train and be equipped.

There is still a few in these Last days that say they are warriors and seeking a place to train and seek the Father in that which is written.

We never claim to be the only ones just part of those that are the last day warriors. There is a prophetic sound do you hear it?

In His Service,
Apostles Henry & Tonita Patterson
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