This September, D. James Kennedy died at age 76.(While We're At It)(Obituary)(Brief article)

First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, November, 2007 by Neuhaus, Richard John

* This September, D. James Kennedy died at age 76. He was among the more impressive of evangelical "empire builders." There are the 10,000-member Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Knox Theological Seminary, a K-12 school, radio and television programs reaching millions, along with more than fifty books and the Center for Reclaiming America.

The New York Times obituary opined that the idea of reclaiming America for Christ suggests that Kennedy was something of a theocrat. Don't tell them that we Christians, fanatics that we are, believe the whole world, and the universes beyond this world, is the realm of Christ the King. Truth to tell, Dr. Kennedy did seem to have more than a leaning toward what is variously called "Reconstructionist" or "Dominionist" or...

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