The Violent Take It by Force ~ a book review

 

The Violent Take It By Force by Matthew D. Taylor is a well written and thoroughly researched and documented writing dealing with issues that I have heard a little about, but didn't know a lot of detail concerning them.  I first saw this book reviewed HERE and the book immediately went on my Amazon wish list and purchased shortly thereafter.

My review will be in a bit of a different format than Lisa's, but I believe you will find both reviews cover the same basic topics.  I'm doing my review based on things that I have learned about different categories that "filled in the gaps" for me concerning things that I was unsure of.  It was definitely an "enlightening" experience for both me and for Strong Heart.

TERMS THAT I LEARNED ABOUT IN DEPTH:

Christian Nationalism

New Apostolic Reformation

GROUPS THAT I LEARNED ABOUT IN DEPTH:

Christian Nationalists

NAR (New Apostolic Reformation)

Independent Charismatics

MOVEMENTS THAT I LEARNED ABOUT IN DEPTH:

Apostolic and & Prophetic Movement

Burn 24-7

Hold the Line

Jesus Movement

Seven Mountains Mandate

Cyrus Anointing

the Appeal to Heaven flag

PEOPLE THAT I LEARNED ABOUT IN DEPTH:

Paula White

Cindy Jacobs

C. Peter Wagner (developer of the NAR)

Lance Wallnau

Che' Ahn

Chuck Pierce

Dutch Sheets and his son Tim Sheets

Sean Feucht (protest on the Golden Gate Bridge during COVID, Jesus Movement, ran for a Congressional office and lost, currently leads the worship at Bethel Church)

Numerous Prominent Political Leaders who have had or currently do hold office (let me just say that I was shocked at some of the names because the people are quite prominent in our government).

I have only one quote that I want to share from the book by Matthew D. Taylor because I believe it is a perfect summation of his reasoning for writing the book.

"This is a Christian problem, and we Christians cannot let ourselves off the hook or pretend that confronting toxic Christianity is someone else's job.  It is our civic and, dare I say, our moral responsibility to face this anti-democratic radicalization, which has moved out of the fringe of American Christianity and become part of the carpet."

This isn't an easy book to read, not because of the language of the book, but because it's so hard to imagine how far off people's actions can get when Scripture is misinterpreted.  

Would I recommend this book?  ABSOLUTELY!  I think it should be required reading for anyone who genuinely believes in the Lord Jesus Christ and carries His name.  If you, the reader, care about the democratic process of our country, I highly recommend you read this book, whether you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ or not.

Did the book scare me?  Let's say that it awakened me to what is taking place and why there's been such a shift of culture in our country over the last 20 years, subtle at first, but these last eight years or so there's been a huge shift...why things like the insurrection on January 6 was allowed to occur.  But let me be clear, I do have HOPE...and my HOPE lies in the fact that God is Sovereign and He has a plan.  Sometimes He uses people who do not know Him to fulfill that plan.  There's certainly plenty of evidence in the Bible to prove that He does that.  

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