The Great Evangelical Collapse, What Christian Support For President Obama Tells Us

  • What follows is a summary and proposal for the manuscript I have written. My blogs give a good insight into some of the themes I have addressed in the manuscript. I have sent off some proposals to editors but no luck yet. If you know of any editors who might be looking for something like this please forward this post and my blog to them. Keep in mind I work a real blue collar job, rotating 12 hour shifts, days and graveyards, so please be a little gracious with grammatical errors.

    Book Summary

    My manuscript centers on the conflict and influence the liberal spirit of the age is having on Christianity in America. The particular manifestation of this spirit of the world is humanist/liberal/progressive and ultimately satanic and it stands in total opposition to an orthodox/conservative biblical view of the world.

    Chapter 1. Death of a Dead Head: From Jerry to Jesus

    I use my testimony as an opening chapter to set up the how ideas have consequences. The ideas that are dominating American society and politics stem from the spirit of the age which stands in total opposition to the truth of God’s Word in the Bible. Ideas are inherently religious in nature and inform our notions of truth and have radically different effects on our ethical views and how we live. I explain my life and liberal world view before becoming a Christian and how radically my life changed afterward.

    Chapter 2. The Dual Crisis

    This chapter further details the liberal spirit of the age and it’s influence on America’s cultural life. The wars of the twentieth century have left mankind in a dual crisis of meaning and value. America’s consumer mentality, coupled with this crisis, has lead to a fast food religious and moral outlook that ultimately places the justified self, the autonomous person at the center of the moral universe. Political correctness is the new dogma of the university system and is preventing any criticism of this new justified self. This new assertion of autonomy is being advanced by liberalism that is also relativistic in nature.

    Chapter 3. Homosexuality: Liberation from Self-Control

    This new justified self cannot be restrained in the pursuit of the satisfaction of any desire it may have. When meaning and value are assumed to be relative then everything is up for grabs including human sexuality. A radical gay rights agenda has developed around the idea that homosexuality is just another normal expression of human sexuality and ought to be accepted as such. Tolerance is no longer putting up with something one disagrees with but is now synonymous with complete acceptance which also entails promotion. I put forth a broad response to this agenda by looking at the biological, philosophical, theological, and political reasons to reject this agenda based on a sexual act.

    Chapter 4. Abortion and Euthanasia: Culture of Death

    The assault on the Christian view that life has value in that it was created by God has disastrous consequences for the defenseless among us. I respond to the arguments in favor of abortion and euthanasia by articulating a view of human personhood that is not relative or emergent based on some subjective criteria that constantly changes. Under this liberal view, life has value only if those who stand in power say it does and there is no way to check such arbitrary assertions. Only by grounding the value in life in it being a unique creation of God can personhood not be compromised.

    Chapter 5: Democracy in Crisis

    This liberal spirit is also undermining our democracy. Through relativism, multiculturalism, and pluralism the foundation of Democracy is being destroyed. Removing self-control and value will usher in a new form of totalitarian government in America. With the removal of internal restraint people see no reason to refrain from satisfying their immediate desires no matter how perverse they may be. In order for Democracy to survive people need to exercise self control. As people are increasingly unwilling or unable to control themselves then the government is required to enforce external control over people. If this trend does not reverse itself then the march toward a totalitarian state is unavoidable.

    Chapter 6: A Christian Manifesto Revisited

    The ideas of Francis Schaeffer still offer the Christian guidance in figuring out his role in society. American society is even more idolatrous of humanity now and continues to justify it by the humanistic world view. If there is no God then chance is all there is and there is no reason to constrain one’s actions. Schaeffer warned of the consequences for a society that no longer had the will or ability to control itself through internal means. This leads to the government forcing that restraint by a march toward totalitarianism. The Christian plays a central role in helping American Democracy stay vibrant by being salt and light in all aspects of culture, economics and politics. If Christians do not engage the culture then the very foundation of Democracy will crumble. Schaeffer wondered if the window for Christians was open or closed in order for them to make a political and ethical difference in America. Regardless of that, the renewal of America and the Church can only come about by grounding a movement in a renewed passion for God’s Word in the Bible.

    Chapter 7: Biblically Based Renewal

    The only institution that can respond and challenge this liberal spirit of the age is the Christian church. The tragedy is that the Christian church in America is falling under the same sway of this worldly spirit. Christians have accommodated and compromised their faith to such an extent that there is little difference in how they live. Christians who claim to be against abortion or say homosexuality is a sin voted for a liberal candidate like Barack Obama who would not stand against infanticide as a state Senator. He is also advocating for gay rights. There is a widening gap between what Christians say they are for and the consistent application of such affirmations to their lives. This allows for relative qualifications of the objective moral absolutes stemming from God’s Word. A Christian will assert that he or she is personally against abortion “but” and fill in the rest. Any such qualification reveals a compromised faith that in the end is no different from someone with no faith at all. Christians need to return a biblically based world view that stands alone and independent from the influences of the world. This will help begin to transform the Christian church in America so that it can address the problems in our society as well.

    Chapter 8: The Dual Solution: Jesus, Savior and Lord

    Christians who are supposed to be a royal priesthood, members of a holy nation, set apart for God’s glory have so compromised their faith that they are now helping to propagate things God calls evil. Only with a renewed focus on a biblical view of the world will Christians be able to see Jesus as Lord and Savior clearly enough to make a counter offensive against the satanic spirit of the age and its current liberal manifestation. Jesus as Savior must be defended as the exclusive way of salvation for mankind. Only by Jesus’ death on the cross can our sin be forgiven. There also needs to be a return to the Lordship of Jesus over the totality of the Christian’s life. True saving faith and love for Jesu
    s is demonstrated in obedience to God’s Commandments. This will provide Christians with the clarity to see that obedience is an acknowledgment of God’s holiness and our requirement to live holy lives as well.

    Christians cannot be participants in lawlessness in any way shape or form. Christians need to awaken to this and oppose the evil of the world with good instead of helping to propagate it. We know that the Anti-Christ is described as the “lawless one” and if Christians are habituated to accommodating and compromising their faith to lawlessness even becoming advocates of lawlessness by their politics, then these Christians will be unable to discern the times and be swept away with great apostasy that helps bring the Anti-Christ to power.

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