Rob Boston compiled a list of D. James Kennedy quotes here.
Are TV preacher D. James Kennedy’s views extreme? Judge for yourself. Here is a sampling of opinions taken from his 1994 book, Character & Destiny: A Nation In Search of Its Soul (written with Jim Nelson Black):
The Culture War
“Christians did not start the culture war but…we are going to end it. That is a fact, and the Bible assures us of victory.” (p. 76)
Deliberately Deceitful Educators
“Not all the educators in our public schools and universities are deliberately deceitful, not all of them want to destroy this nation, but many do. The major teachers’ unions certainly do.” (p. 75)
The United States: A Christian Nation
“But the fact is, the United States of America was conceived and brought forth by Christians, and history tells us that story in no uncertain terms….Anyone who reads about the values upon which this nation was founded understands perfectly well that this was, from the start, a Christian nation.” (p. 71)
Ten Thousand Communist Professors
“Just a few years ago, there were as many as ten thousand Communist professors in American universities. The average person never saw any of them, and many would doubt the truth of that statistic. But I can assure you it is true.” (p. 63)
Secular Sinners
“Modern secularists and agnostics do not want to admit that the Christian religion is true, because that would mean that they are sinners; and they have no intention of giving up their right to sin.” (p. 46)
Public School Immorality
“Teachers in many of our public schools have acceded to the policies of the liberal teachers’ unions to make sure that students from kindergarten through high school will be stripped of any sense of moral or ethical absolutes. Right and wrong are non-issues in our public schools.” (p.260)
Evolution: Into The Slime
“Every new advance and every step taken by science confirm not evolution but the Genesis account of creation. Yet evolution still continues to be taught as fact….Thus, the honorable place that had been given to human beings by God is surreptitiously aborted, and they are dragged down into the slime.” (p. 17
Dismantling The Wall Of Separation
“If we are committed and involved in taking back the nation for Christian moral values, and if we are willing to risk the scorn of the secular media and the bureaucracy that stand against us, there is no doubt we can witness the dismantling of not just the Berlin Wall but the even more diabolical ‘wall of separation’ that has led to increasing secularization, godlessness, immorality, and corruption in our country.” (p. 126-127)
Engaging The Enemy
“God forbid that we who were born into the blessings of a Christian America should let our patrimony slip like sand through our fingers and leave to our children the bleached bones of a godless secular society. But whatever the outcome, one thing is certain: God has called us to engage the enemy in this culture war. That is our challenge today.” (p. 91)
No Power On Earth Can Stop Us
“This is our land. This is our world. This is our heritage, and with God’s help, we shall reclaim this nation for Jesus Christ. And no power on earth can stop us.” (p. 85)
Reclaiming America For Christ
“How much more forcefully can I say it? The time has come, and it is long overdue, when Christians and conservatives and all men and women who believe in the birthright of freedom must rise up and reclaim America for Jesus Christ.” (p. 80)
Ministry Today Just Doesn’t Get It. The article is very short so I put it here in total, my comments are inserted.
[Bolding Wisely Placed By Yours Truly]
The War on Error
By David Cannistraci
Are online heresy hunters bringing needed correction in the church or sowing disunity?
Davy-poo, Thanks for recognizing I’m a heresy hunter. Heck, I’ve got a black T-Shirt I wear with my black commando pants tucked neatly into assault boots when I go to a church. The law says I cannot physically enter a church building without proper identification.
I exist to both correct the church and sow disunity. Paul did too. He put it this way: “No doubt there must be divisions among you to show who has God’s approval.” I can prove I have God’s approval—just look at the award on the right hand margin. That’s it baby. God comes to me in visions and tells me who is approved and who isn’t.
Division comes when idiots in leadership positions in churches and para-church organizations care only for themselves and not for the mindless horde hanging themselves on every word. [By the way, para-church organizations are those groups that meet in C130’s then end the service with a mass sky dive. Courageous or stupid, you be the judge.]
Infidels beware: A new generation of crusaders is on the march, ignoring history’s warnings about the damage unrestrained spiritual zeal creates. Their mission? To protect us all from religious fraud and dangerous doctrines by investigating and exposing those who push past the accepted boundaries of conservative evangelicalism. They have pledged themselves to defend truth and liberate the kingdom of God from the threat of apostasy.
Well, I don’t like conservative evangelicalism either, but I get your drift. Why is this a problem? Seriously. Think it through. Accountability for people who carry the spiritual lives and psyche of millions of people is a GOOD thing.
From discernment ministries to watchdog groups to bloggers to anonymous Web site commenters, the Internet has created a breeding ground for unbridled criticism. Though truth and correction are essential to the health of the church, this new wave of heresy hunters may be taking things too far. Their targets are not the likes of David Koresh or Jim Jones—we would thank them for that. Instead, they’re aiming at many of today’s most popular charismatic Bible teachers, including Joyce Meyer, Joel Osteen and T.D. Jakes.
This is interesting to me. Somehow in your mind, Davy, there is a difference between the likes of Koresh and T.D. Jakes. But there isn’t. At least, not Biblically.
See if you can read for comprehension:
The Bibble teaches we are ALL completely evil. According to the Bibble there is only one who is good (though I think the “I’m #1” tee Jesus is always wearing because he says it’s “retro” is a little much, don’t you think?)
Koresh or Jakes or Cannistraci or even Lil Ol’ Whore Church are evil.
Koresh was driven by his own narcissism to believe he had a special place in God’s Kingdom which eventually made him beyond correction leading to a Waco Bar-B-Q.
Jakes ego hasn’t taken him quite that far, but it’s taken him quite a ways. Evidence? Try this:
If that’s not saying “I am an expert on everything, even weight loss” then I don’t know what is. Jakes is like most any narcissist: He did something once and felt he could write a book on it.
[Just in case you don’t know Davy, he gained the weight back. But he didn’t write a book about that or why his God didn’t have the power to keep Mayor McCheese away from Jakes puffy paws.]
There is no one who does good, not even one. Trust me.
These zealous soldiers of orthodoxy aren’t afraid to fight dirty, either. Armed with ample evidence to prove their case, they quote, deride and scoff at any ministry they “discern” as dangerous. In this biblical blitzkrieg, no question is too trivial, no accusation too personal and no ridicule too cruel.
OK, so if we have “ample evidence” as you say, then we don’t need to discern much of anything. If it walks like a duck…you get the picture.
But your last sentence is where you lose it Davy-Doodles. You don’t understand. The internet is a BIG PLACE. Remember that illustration about hundreds of monkeys, typing away at hundreds of typewriters? Yeah, that’s the internet.
The vast majority of blog monkeys are boring and no one reads what they say. Then there’s people like me who say it with such style, such finesse, such—dare I day it?—perfection, we become the bastion of a new theology.
Fragile narcissistic egos are hyper sensitive to every criticism. That’s a part of their mental defect. They can’t weigh whether they are being criticized by lesser bloggers or the superior insights of yours truly.
As you noted, God has called me to a special place, hunting heresy and defending The Church from the ego driven so called “super”-pastors. A mission, though difficult and often fraught with dangerous peril, I am willing to humbly endure for the sake of Christ.
The other day I watched (for the first time) the movie Solaris. It was made a few years ago and I don’t know how I missed it, but I did.
The story line is basically George Clooney and his butt (there are several long naked shots) are needed on a space station. It seems people on the space station are having some kind of psychological problems. He’s there to save the mission.
While there he encounters a non-human life form. Pretty standard fare.
But there is a scene in the movie I found particularly interesting. Clooney is talking with the entity and asks it “what do you want from us?” The answer: “Why do you insist on imposing human characteristics on a non-human? What makes you think I want anything?”
That’s a paraphrase but it is the gist of the conversation.
I can’t think of any discussion of God without creating God in human terms. Those who are believers talk about the human-like characteristics of God. Those who counter them often fall into the same trap by appealing to human morality about things like genocide.
If God exists–and I believe he does–he is not human and is likely beyond our understanding. Paul talks about seeing “through a glass darkly.” Our understanding of God, the universe and even ourselves is extremely limited. We are at the most basic stages of understanding: We don’t even know what questions to ask.
Ideas? Comments? Thoughts? I’d be interested to hear them.
So I got to thinking: Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe many of those homeschoolers are just like me. Always wanting to get to the bottom of a story, I did some research.
That’s when I found this (NOTE TO KRIS - This is NOT Safe for You or for Work! Though I’ll bet you will laugh when you look at it. I won’t tell. NOTE TO JANIEBELLE: You’ll love this. In fact, you are probably in it.):
I haven’t written much this weekend, but I happened to catch this video at YouTube.com and it makes the perfect point about Christian _____________ (fill in the blank) as the alternative to secular _______________. While this makes the point about GodTube, it’s true across the board.
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