Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Southern Baptists' "Kingdom Warriors"

Kudos to Katherine Yurika of the Yurika Report for documenting some of the connections between SBC President Bobby Welch, Gen. Boykin and other Dominionists in the U.S. Military. She provides some of the most extensive documentation that I have seen in print (Be advised that the article on "Infiltrating the U.S. Military" is forty pages long when printed).

Yurika is a journalist who has extensively reviewed tapes and transcripts of interviews on Pat Robertson's 700 club and has written for Christianity Today.

Her definition of "Dominionism" is broader than the precise theological definition of "Christian Reconstructionism," but it serves well as a signal of the strength of the undercurrent of Reconstructionist thought that is flowing through modern evangelicalism.

Yurika is very good at unmasking subtle cues and signals in the language used by Dominionists. At times, I feel she reads more into a quotation than is warranted. On occassions, however, further research has borne her observations out.

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