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Encyclopedia > Gary DeMar

Gary DeMar is an American writer, lecturer and the president of American Vision, an American Christian nonprofit organization. The think-tank has a vision of "an America that recognizes the sovereignty of God over all of life and where Christians are engaged in every facet of society." [1] American Vision is a a full service, nonprofit Christian ministry founded in 1978 by Steve Schiffman. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, referred to as the Christ. ... This article discusses the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. ... This article is about the religous people known as Christians. ... Human relationships within an ethnically diverse society. ...

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Family life and education

DeMar resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Carol. They have two grown sons. DeMar is a member of Midway Presbyterian Church, affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America. DeMar graduated from Western Michigan University in 1973 and earned a M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary in 1979. [2] Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL, A-Town Location in Fulton County in the state of Georgia Coordinates: Country United States State Georgia Counties Fulton, Dekalb Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Area    - City 343. ... The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is a Protestant denomination, the second largest Presbyterian church body in the United States after the Presbyterian Church (USA). ... Western Michigan University (abbr. ... Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) is a non-denominational, evangelical Protestant seminary dedicated to training current and future leaders (especially its Presbyterian and Reformed branches) to be pastors, missionaries, educators, and Christian counselors. ...


Career

DeMar began working at American Vision in 1981 as a research analyst. In 1986 he became the president of the organization. DeMar is the author of 23 books. including the three-volume God and Government series (1982-86), Ruler of the Nations (1987, 2002), The Reduction of Christianity (1988), Surviving College Successfully (1988), Something Greater Is Here (1988), You’ve Heard It Said (1991), America’s Christian History: The Untold Story (1993), War of the Worldviews (1994), Last Days Madness (4th ed., 1999), Is Jesus Coming Soon? (1999), Thinking Straight in a Crooked World (2001), End Times Fiction: A Biblical Consideration of the Left Behind Theology (2001), The Changing Face of Islam in History and Prophecy (2002), and America’s Heritage (2002). He is also the general editor and co-author of A New World in View (1996) and Reformation to Colonization (1997), the first two volumes in the To Pledge Allegiance history textbook series. [2] A fairly broad term for a person or tool with a primary function of information analysis, generally with a more limited, practical and short term set of goals than a researcher. ...


Beginning on June 3, 2006, DeMar began hosting "The Gary DeMar Show," a radio program airing live from Atlanta, every Saturday at noon EST.[1]


Ruler of the Nations

In the Foreword to DeMar's book Ruler of the Nations, John Whitehead notes that the book "presents a clear and well-substantiated description of the three types of government established by God-the family, the church, and the civil government-each given its own specific and limited jurisdiction." [3] In the Editor's Introduction, Gary North points out DeMar's description of "an intellectual war going on, a war between two rival views of God, man, law and society." North says that the "book has made the meaning of theocracy clear." [4] A family of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Gary North For the bisexual rights activist, see Gary North (journalist) Gary North is a writer and publisher from the Christian Reconstruction movement. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


In the chapter titled Reconstructing Civil Government, DeMar states,

All government requites a reference point. If God is to be pleased by men, the Bible must become the foundation of all their governments, including civil government. This means that Biblical law must be made the foundation of all righteous judgment in every government: personal (self government), ecclesiastical, familial, and civil.[5] The word Bible refers to the canonical collections of sacred writings of Judaism and Christianity. ...

Religious and political view

DeMar states in an article on the American Vision web site, "Darwinism has secularized everything in America, including our understanding of the Constitution." [6]


American Vision promotes the idea "that the world is not ending tomorrow and that Christ’s Kingdom will be victorious on the earth." AV connects the writing's of the founders of America with the organization's vision of contemporary America, "In the New England Confederation of 1643, the Pilgrims stated: “[W]e all came to these parts of America, with one and the same end and aim, namely, to advance the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.” [7]


DeMar is a proponent of Partial Preterism. Partial preterism is a form of Christian eschatology that holds much in common with but is distinct from Full preterism (or consistent or hyper preterism) in that it places the events of most of the Book of Revelation as occurring during the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD (and/or...


A Media Matters (a liberal orgainization) article from February 14, 2006 describes DeMar as "a leading promoter of an extremist theology called Christian Reconstructionism, also known as Theocratic Dominionism." and states that "DeMar has advocated the installation of a theocratic government in the United States in which abortion doctors would be executed." Screenshot from Media Matters for America (Jan 6, 2006) Media Matters for America is a non-profit organization founded by former journalist David Brock. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christian Reconstructionism is a religious and theological movement within Protestant Christianity. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


References

  1. ^ from American Vision's About Us page.American Vision web site URL accessed 05/10/2006
  2. ^ a b from Gary DeMar President of American Vision page. American Vision web site URL accessed 05/10/2006
  3. ^ DeMar, Gary (1987). “Foreword”, Gary North: Ruler of the Nations. Ft. Worth, Texas: Dominion Press, xix. 0-930462-19-x.
  4. ^ DeMar, Gary (1987). “Introduction”, Gary North: Ruler of the Nations. Ft. Worth, Texas: Dominion Press, x, xv. 0-930462-19-x.
  5. ^ DeMar, Gary (1987). “Reconstrucing Civil Government”, Gary North: Ruler of the Nations. Ft. Worth, Texas: Dominion Press, 207. 0-930462-19-x.
  6. ^ DeMar, Gary. "The Constitution is No More", American Vision, 11/03/2005. Retrieved on 05/12/2006.
  7. ^ from American Vision's How You Can Restore America page.American Vision web site URL accessed 05/10/2006

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The End of the World? Interviews with Tommy Ice and Gary DeMar - Christian Business (2842 words)
DeMar: Well, no one is always consistent in his or her particular position, but I do see it practically in terms of voting.
According to Ice, the leading scholar in the futurist camp, the basic calling of a businessperson is to use her talents and wealth for spreading the gospel and discipleship.
For DeMar, the main proponent of the partial-preterist view, the primary goal of the businessperson is to use her talents in a way that focuses on more long-term opportunities – taking Christian dominion in business industries, for example, or providing the groundwork for her own legacy.
Pre-Trib Research Center (1767 words)
It appears that DeMar is incapable of simply presenting his views in a straightforward and positive manner, without first setting the stage with one of his negative diatribes against those with whom he disagrees.
On a number of occasions,[5] DeMar accuses dispensationalists in general, and Tim LaHaye in particular of somehow contributing to a future Jewish holocaust because Zechariah 13:8-9 teaches that a third of the Jews will come to faith in Jesus as their Messiah during the tribulation.
Even though DeMar, as a postmillennialist, believes in a future time when a mass of individual Jews will be converted,[9] he rebels against the historical means that God has chosen to bring about this end for His people-Israel.
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