Fresh Air from American Vision
What a delight it is to read poignant discussion about some of the more neglected problems in the American system at American Vision. Joel McDurmon is using his education wisely and providing a more balanced expression for this longstanding Reformed, theonomic, creationist, Van Tilian, postmillennial ministry. Gary DeMar has done as much as any to bring in a wider audience to the tenets of our mutual worldview, and has no second to him when it comes to discrediting false eschatological systems.
Joel has written an excellent summary piece describing the pertinet details of our present financial crisis--the details the mainstream media leaves out. His rhetoric is almost poetic:
Besides Joel McDurmon, Dr. Richard Jones has also been a meaningful participant on the American Vision blog. He recently posted a few pertinent items on theocracy that I appreciate very much (See Part II of this series also).
However, based upon some of the comments left under these postings, it seems a great deal of AV's new audience is markedly Religious Right. My prayer is that DeMar's team will be effectual in broadening the theological horizons of their newer readers, as it would be difficult for Chalcedon to do so. So long as we bear the name "Rushdoony," we must continually overcome the stigma attached to the years of bad press that have tarnished his good name. DeMar can go places we can't, but there's not many better men to send when it comes to eschatology, apologetics, civil government, and history. I'm still a fan!
Joel has written an excellent summary piece describing the pertinet details of our present financial crisis--the details the mainstream media leaves out. His rhetoric is almost poetic:
This "bailout" is not merely economic, it is highly political, it involves every level of politics from greedy loot-lusty voters, to spineless representatives (save about one), to shady nefarious hand-shakers in every corner of the executive behemoth, to the non-government/government-whichever it may be-Federal Reserve "creature from Jekyll Island" System. (See also his article "Fannie, Freddie, and Pharoah")I have been saying for some time now that the Reformed-Theonomic community has been curiously silent during much of the Bush administration. Much more so than they would have been had Al Gore been in office the past eight years. What I've always respected about Christian Reconstructionists was their ability to critique statism without falling into rank partisanship. This is due to the richness of thought left to us by the early workhorses Rushdoony, North, and Bahnsen. They systematically assaulted the intellectual power of the state from nearly every vantage point available. However, the last eight years were much different, and it is my contention that the psychological effect of 9/11 has restrained all of us to some degree from speaking too openly in criticism of the GOP policies.
Besides Joel McDurmon, Dr. Richard Jones has also been a meaningful participant on the American Vision blog. He recently posted a few pertinent items on theocracy that I appreciate very much (See Part II of this series also).
However, based upon some of the comments left under these postings, it seems a great deal of AV's new audience is markedly Religious Right. My prayer is that DeMar's team will be effectual in broadening the theological horizons of their newer readers, as it would be difficult for Chalcedon to do so. So long as we bear the name "Rushdoony," we must continually overcome the stigma attached to the years of bad press that have tarnished his good name. DeMar can go places we can't, but there's not many better men to send when it comes to eschatology, apologetics, civil government, and history. I'm still a fan!
