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Gary DeMar

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The Southern Poverty Law Center describes DeMar as "an outspoken anti-gay activist who regularly hosts and speaks at Christian-right events," and American Vision as an extremist group and an organization advocating "a complete theocracy governed by Old Testament law."
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on several books. He has authored more than 35 books. After beginning his career at the height of reconstructionist publishing, DeMar has taken the more extreme reconstructionist view and tempered it for a more broad appeal.
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clear;" that it is not "a civil government that is run by the institutional church," but rather "the rule of God in every area of life". In the chapter titled Reconstructing Civil Government, DeMar writes:
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DeMar states in an article on the American Vision web site, "Darwinism has secularized everything in America, including our understanding of the Constitution".
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DeMar is currently the president of The American Vision, a biblical worldview ministry. He hosts "The Gary DeMar Podcast."
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DeMar is the host of "The Gary DeMar Podcast," which began in 2006 as a radio program and continued as a podcast.
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must become the foundation of all their governments, including civil government. This means that
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Biblical law must be made the foundation of all righteous judgment in every government
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All government requires a reference point. If God is to be pleased by men, the
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Christian Reconstruction: R.J. Rushdoony and American Religious Conservatism
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as specific to the generation to whom Jesus was speaking in Matthew 24.
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with his wife Carol. They have two grown sons. He is a member of
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DeMar served as president twice: 1986–2015 and 2019–present
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is an American writer and lecturer. A former student of
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DeMar began working at American Vision in 1981 as a
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