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By the end of the decade the whole earth will view the church in a different light. The church will no longer be mocked and despised, but either loved or feared." ?Evangelist Paul Cain
As we approach the year 2000, we can expect an unprecedented flurry of activity as Christian missionary and evangelistic groups pull out all the stops in an attempt to "bring in the harvest."
The Christian right has quietly been born again. It has reorganized, and is beginning to arise as a major religious and social force. These radicals have not, and will not, go away.
Three significant and disturbing trends have taken firm hold in the new religious right. First, a broad doctrinal consensus has been reached in order to provide much-needed unity. Second, a dramatic shift in political focus has moved the new religious right's target from national politics to towns, cities, counties, and states. Third, the "troops" are now being recruited and trained. All of this is being accomplished through careful planning and networking. It is being carried out through a commitment to decisive action.
The goal of the radical religious right of the 1980s was to reconstruct American society according to the Bible. The term for this ? Reconstructionism ?has surfaced as a leading, across-the-board philosophy for the new religious right. While Reconstructionists do not agree on everything, they have reached a consensus on many social and moral issues ? and many Christians, without their knowledge, are greatly influenced by Reconstructionist philosophy.
Reconstructionists believe: God's law, as revealed in the Bible, should govern every area of life; local government, not federal government, should rule; prisons could virtually be closed if serious offenders were executed, and if less serious criminals worked to make restitution for their crimes; capital offenses, requiring the death...
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