The Evangel or Gospel
Mark begins his Gospel by declaring “the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” The word Gospel, in the meaning that it had at the time the Gospel was written, meant this literally: the proclamation of the Savior King’s accession to the throne. What the Gospel therefore meant to all who heard it was that Jesus Christ is an ascended King who, on his throne, rules all heaven and earth.
- R. J. Rushdoony
Mark begins his Gospel by declaring “the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” The word Gospel, in the meaning that it had at the time the Gospel was written, meant this literally: the proclamation of the Savior King’s accession to the throne. What the Gospel therefore meant to all who heard it was that Jesus Christ is an ascended King who, on his throne, rules all heaven and earth.
- R. J. Rushdoony
Rev. R.J. Rushdoony (1916–2001), was a leading theologian, church/state expert, and author of numerous works on the application of Biblical law to society. He started the Chalcedon Foundation in 1965. His Institutes of Biblical Law (1973) began the contemporary theonomy movement which posits the validity of Biblical law as God’s standard of obedience for all. He therefore saw God’s law as the basis of the modern Christian response to the cultural decline, one he attributed to the church’s false view of God’s law being opposed to His grace. This broad Christian response he described as “Christian Reconstruction.” He is credited with igniting the modern Christian school and homeschooling movements in the mid to late 20th century. He also traveled extensively lecturing and serving as an expert witness in numerous court cases regarding religious liberty. Many ministry and educational efforts that continue today, took their philosophical and Biblical roots from his lectures and books.