Posted on 12/17/2009 5:38:41 PM PST by USALiberty
Randall Terry: People who reject the Law of God cannot bear to be consistent with their own lawless world. They'll say, "The seventh commandment, 'Thou shalt not commit adultery' -- that's not binding for today." But they don't want someone sleeping with their spouse. They don't want someone stealing their car. They don't want somebody usurping their parent's authority. So it's funny that they mock us, but in a world without the law of God, you have chaos, oppression tyranny and everyone doing what is right in their own eyes. And they cannot bear consistency with that chaotic world. It terrifies them. If they were to be successful in eradicating the Law of God and the mores of Christian civilization, what would they have? They would have the collapse of their whole world. Just go to a country that doesn't have the Ten Commandments as its foundation. Go to a chaotic Hindu nation, some of the African nations, or a Muslim nation. Look at the oppression, the tyranny, the chaos. Do they want that? It's the Law of God that gave the stability to Christian civilization that they enjoy while they mock us.
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Randall Terry: I believe that America is locked in a life or death struggle that is a battle of allegiances. It's a covenantal battle. On one hand you have those who self-consciously adhere to the Law of God and believe that's the foundation of civilization. And on the other hand you have those who don't. But the way I see history and the way I see the Scriptures is once you depart from the Ten Commandments as being the foundation of right and wrong, you are in a free fall.
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Randall Terry has done more to hurt the fight against abortion than anyone else.
Good point - and Archbishop Burke isn't exactly crazy about him, either.
Say what you want about Terry and his peronal life. But what he says about the importance of Biblical Law is spot-on.
Say what you want about Terry and his peronal life. But what he says about the importance of Biblical Law is spot-on.
This guy lives in the same county as me. Don’t get too cozy with him and his view of things. He’s in a world of his own and considered a far-flung kook, which he is.
A good man leaves an inheritance for his children's children, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for the righteous.
-- Proverbs 13:22
King David led a less-than-perfect domestic life, too. Yet God used him for great things.
This is a brilliant piece! It makes the Ten Commandments come alive to me.
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