Gary North notes in his Foreword to this 1988 book, "
The Seduction of Christianity
has become the number-one Christian best-seller of the 1980s, the biggest selling book on eschatology since Hal Lindsey's books." (Pg. xiv)
Co-author Gary DeMar wrote in his Preface, "Why [this book]? ... to set forth a positive agenda for Christians to influence their world with the life-transforming effects of the gospel; and... to show that as we approach the end of the 20th century the 'full purpose of God' has been REDUCED to a shadow of its former glory... Dave Hunt... has brought to light a real problem by exposing the demonic side of the New Age Movement... In order to battle the New Age, however, we must have a full arsenal. And it is in this respect that we differ with Mr. Hunt... He sees no way to combat a growing cultural malaise because he is operating with a REDUCED gospel and a REDUCED Christianity. Hunt has no COMPREHENSIVE Christian view of life to offer... In this book we will provide the outlines of a ... comprehensive Christianity, one for which the New Age is no match." (Pg. xxxiii-xxxiv)
They ask, "It is true that for the Christian there is victory even in death... But are we to believe that there is no earthly victory for the people of God? Are we to believe that the church will never succeed and be victorious in anything?" (Pg. 138) They argue for a Postmillennial postition: "Jesus will return to a world in which nearly all His enemies have been conquered. The only enemy that will remain is death. This is THE distinctive teaching that characterizes our view of the future." (Pg. 168)
They assert, "the Bible teaches that heavenly citizenship means ... We are citizens of heaven in order to exercise effective dominion on the earth... Why was Christ raised to heaven and seated at the right hand of the Father? To exercise DOMINION. He is 'seated in the heavenly places' as a King, to exercise His authority over heaven and earth." (Pg. 187) They add, "Biblical postmillennialism provides the Christian with a long-term hope. Because of his long time-frame, the postmillennialist can exercise that chief element of true biblical faith: patience." (Pg. 205) But they caution, "Christians should not expect too much from involvement in politics. God has designed the State to do only so much. Its power is great, but its jurisdiction is limited." (Pg. 309)
For me, the effect of this book is considerably blunted by the fact that it is much less a "response to Dave Hunt," as simply a presentation of Christian Reconstruction (which one can get more directly in books such as
Christian Reconstruction: What It Is, What It Isn't
and
The Debate over Christian Reconstruction
).
One might wonder whether North, DeMar, and Leithart were simply attempting to capitalize on the success of someone else's book...
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Andy Harrison, Nottingham.
Wrong......Kingdom Now / Dominion theology is false. Bin it if you have it......
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2013
