Theocrat Gary North defines Christian Reconstruction

CHRISTIAN RECONSTRUCTION-- A recently articulated  philosophy which argues that it is the moral obligation of Christians to recapture every institution for Jesus Christ. 

It proclaims "the crown rights of King Jesus."

The means by which this task might be accomplished -a few CR's are not convinced that it can be-is biblical law. This is the "tool of dominion." We have been assigned a dominion covenant--a  God-given assignment to men to conquer in His name (Gen. 1:28; 9:1-7).

The founders of the movement  have combined four basic Christian beliefs into one overarching system: 

1) biblical law,

2) optimistic eschatology, 

3) predestination (providence), 

4)  presuppositional apologetics(philosophical defense of the faith).

 Not all CR's hold all four positions, but the founders have held all four.

The first person who put this system together publicly was Rousas John Rushdoony. He was my mentor during the 1960's, and while I was working on the specific field of economics, he was developing the overall framework. The first comprehensive introduction to the Christian Reconstruction position was Rushdoony's The  Institutes of Biblical Law (Craig Press, 1973), in which three of my appendices appear. The.easiest introduction to the position is my book, Unconditional Surrender: God's Program for Victory (2nd ed., Geneva Divinity School Press, 1983). 

from the glossary of  BACKWARD, CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS?  pp 267-68 , North, 1983

PUBLIC STONING: The Economical Death Penalty

Theocrat Gary Kilgore North, the son- in- law of Rousas John Rushdoony, endorses public stoning (graphic video)  for a wide variety of offenses. The Bible tells him so.


The Cal Berkeley PhD (Economic History) explains his position in "Invitation to a Stoning" (Reason Magazine, November, 1998).  


North's  father-in-law and partner R.J. Rushdoony developed the theocratic scheme called Christian Reconstruction at the Chalcedon Institute of Vallecitos, California. Chalcedon was financed by an emotionally disturbed young heir to a nine figure fortune, Howard Ahmanson, Jr. 


North, Rushdoony, and Ahmanson were founding members of the highly secretive and influential Council for National Policy organized by Tim LaHaye and funded in part by Sun Myung Moon.


 Like his father-in-law Rushdoony, North leaves no doubt that theocracy is his goal: 

The long-term goal of Christians in politics should be to gain exclusive control over the franchise. Those who refuse to submit publicly to the eternal sanctions of God by submitting to His Church’s public marks of the covenant – baptism and holy communion – must be denied citizenship, just as they were in ancient Israel. The way to achieve this political goal is through successful mass evangelism followed by constitutional revision.

--Gary North, Political Polytheism: The Myth of Pluralism, p.87