I am sometimes asked if I am a "Christian reconstructionist" because I put so much emphasis on the Law of God. I'm never quite sure how to answer that, because I can't always discern what people mean when they ask. Those who, over the past generation, have proudly embraced that nomenclature do emphasize the importance of God's Law, and they are eager to see fundamental changes in the state of the Church, of culture, and of society as a whole. With all that I'm certainly sympathetic. But when it comes to the Law, we have to be very careful that we resort to it as the Scriptures intend.

(Excerpted) . . . one of my theology professors [said] “If you want to make people mad, preach law. If you want to make them really, really mad preach grace.” I didn’t know what he meant then. But I do now. The law offends us because it tells us what to do–and we hate anyone telling us what to do, most of the time. But, ironically, grace offends us even more because it tells us that there’s nothing we can do,  . . . The law, at least, assures us that we determine our own destiny.  

The U.S. Supreme Court’s declaration of war upon the unborn in its infamous 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, caught most conservative Christians unprepared and unaware. This shock to the nation’s conscience required Christians and other pro-life activists to develop arguments, strategies, and organizations in order to confront the Culture of Death and the legalized killing of the unborn. 

More Christians will be persecuted in 2012 than any year in recent memory. The reason is simple. There is a clash of civilizations between the Muslim world and the predominantly Christian West, and Christianity is moving south toward the heart of the Muslim world. . . .  Harvard professor Samuel P. Huntington presciently saw this conflict looming on the horizon, and called it the “clash of civilizations.” Released before 9/11, . . .   

We all worship. But do we worship the Creator? Or do we worship some aspect of His creation? In our multi-cultural, all-is-one, anything-goes world, the distinction between the Truth and the Lie clearly has to go! The Church must understand the present struggle between the Gospel and the growing, multi-faceted opposition to it in our time.