UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER Other Books by Gary North Mane’s Religion of Revolution (1968, 1989) An Introduction to Christian Economics (1973) PuniZn Econom”c Expen%n& (1974, 1988) Succes.$d Investing in an Age of Envy (1981) The Dominwn Covenant: Genesis (1982, 1987) Government by Emagency (1983) Backward, Ch&iun SoZ&rs? (1984) 75 B&k Questicm.s Your Instructors Pray Yw Won’t Ask (1984) Coined Freedom (19&4) Moses and Pharaoh (1985) The Sinai Stmtegy (1986) Co@”mcy A Bib&al Vii (1986) Honest Money (1986) Fighting Chmwe (1986), with Arthur Robinson Unholy Spirits (1986, 1994) Dominion and Common Grace (1987) Inherit the Earth (1987) Libemting Planet Earth (1987) Heakr of the Nations (1987) The Pirati Economy (1987) Is the Wodd Running Down? (1988) When Justice Is Aborted (1989) Po= po@/wism (1989) The Hoax of Higher Criticism (1990) Tools of Dominion: The Case I.uzos of Exodus (1990) Viimk Rights (1990) Westminster’s Confi?ssion (1991) Chtitian Recomtnuiw“ n (1991), with Gary DeMar The Couse Theorem (1992) Politically Incowect (1993) Salvation Through Inflation (1993) Rapture Fever (1993) Tithing and the Church (1994) kiticus: An Economic Commentary (1994) UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER God’s Program for Victory (Fourth Edition) Gary North Institute for Christian Economics Tyler, Texas ~opyrigh~ Gary North, 1988 [1994] Msrary of COSIgreas cataloging-id?nblicatkm M North, Gary Unconditional surrender : GO&S program for victory/ &ry North. 4th ed. p. cm. Includes indexes. ISBN 0-930464-12-5:$5.95 1. Dominion theology. 2. Theonomy. 3. Ikchatology. 4. Commitment to the church. 5. Scciology, Christian. I. Title. BT82.25.N68 1994 28sY.046-dc20 94-18245 CIP Published by the Institute for Christian Economics, P.O. Box 8000, T@, Texas 75711 Al rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this boo~ except for tilef quotations in critical reviews or articles. Priuted in the United States of herb This book is dedicated to Ray Sutton whose work defining the biblical covenant structure will reshape Protestant theology. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE . ..ix Part One: FOUNDATIONS . ...1 Introduction to Part One. ...3 1. God . ...13 2. Man . ...35 3. Law . ...85 4. Time . ...127 Summary of Part One . ...161 Part Two: INSTITUTIONS . ...171 Introduction to Part Two. ...173 5. Family. .177 6. Church. , . .197 7. State . .. .235 8. Economy . .. ...259 Summary of Part Two. ...297 Part Three: EXPECTATIONS. ...301 Introduction to Part Three . ...303 9. The Kingdom of God. ...309 10. A Strategy for Dominion . ...365 Summary of Part Three . ...387 CONCLUSION . ...389 SCRIPTURE INDEX . ...399 GENERAL INDEX . ...407 This book was born of necessity. I publish a bi- weekly economic newsletter, Remnant Reuiew, which is sent to people who are interested in ways of pre- serving and increasing their capital. In my June 6, 1980 issue, I wrote about the “Four G’s” in investing: gold, groceries, guns, and God. I had plenty of recommendations on the first three, but when I came to the fourth, I got stuck. I wanted to recom- mend a good introductory book on the significance of Christianity for the modern world, and I couldn’t think of one. There are books of many kinds, all dealing with one aspect or another of Christian faith and worship, but I couldn’t think of one that was general, theologically accurate, comprehensive, and readable. T& began to bother me. At the time I was publish- ing seven newsletter, writing four of them, so my time was extremely scarce. Furthermore, I run the Institute for Christian Economics, and one of my continuing projects is writing a complete economic commentary X UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER on the Bible. I spend a minimum of ten hours a week, fifty weeks per year, on this project. So I knew I didn’t have much time to write a book. At the same time, I became convinced that an introductory paperback was needed. To get the job done without ruining my schedule, I decided to write this book, but with a time limit. That limit was two weeks. I began on July 2, 1980, and I finished the first draft on July 14. In fact, I even had half a day to spare, since I finished in the afternoon. I had James Jordan read the manuscript, and he made some important suggestions. I have included most of them in the final version. Still, the book is basically the product of two weeks of writing. The entire project took one month: from beginning to final draft. I wanted it to be readable. Complexity makes books unreadable, so I wrote it rapidly: no notes, no outline, and with only the chapter headings in mind. But I had been studying the Bible for over twenty years before I began this project. (I used the King James Version for citations, since most readers own this translation.) I made major revisions only in the chapter on man, with James Jordan’s help, in the section dealing with salvation. I am least happy with this section, since it’s more complex than I had hoped, but I have been unable to figure out a way to make it shorter or easier. I wanted it to be accurate. I simply didn’t have time to be more thorough. I hope that my approach has at least made the book readable. Anyone who wants to pursue some of these PREFAcExl topics in greater detail can follow through by reading the books recommended on the pages following the in- dexes. No single handbook can serve as a final source on the meaning and implications of Christianity. I decided originally to call the book Chisttinify: What Qj%rence Does It Make? Some of my associates wanted me to call it SheeY (Wstianio, a title reminis- cent of C. S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity. But I have stuck with Unconditional Surrender, since I think it comes closer to the major themes of this book. What I wanted to produce was a handbook that could serve as an introduction to the basics of Chris- tianity as well as a study guide for people who are already Christians but who have never spent much time considering the social, political, and economic implications of Christianity. It might be thought of as a fat tract. It might be thought of as a Christian mani- festo. My hope is that it will at least be thought of. The book is divided into three sections. The first section, Foundations,” covers the fimdamentals of orthodox Christianity. These are the religious prin- ciples that set Christianity apart from all other religions. The second section, “Institutions,” covers the implications of Christianity for the major institu- tions of human life. We should expect to find a very different approach in each major institution from what we would expect to find in non-Christian cul- tures. Finally, there is the third section on “Expecta- tions.” What should we expect in the future? How will we implement the principles we found in section one? Do we have time to develop the institutional base of section two? What is the proper plan of XII UNCONDMONAL SURRENDER action? What are we required by God to do? This book will inevitably offend everybody. It breaks with most of what we know as “establishment ChrktianityY There area lot of establishment Chris- tians who think they aren’t part of a religious estab- lishment, but they are. When they read this book, and if they think about what they are reading, they will either have to reject much of what I conclude in thk book or else they will have to begin to labor long and hard to rethink the religious principles they have been taught for many years. Any time a reader doesn’t like what he’s reading, he should check his premises. Then he should check out the documentation I provide. Errors in any human book are inevitable, but it’s a question of reducing errors to a minimum. This book breaks with many of the current slogans of Christian churches, yet it was written in terms of this presup- position: the Bible is th inspired Word of God. It was perfect in the origimd manuscripts (autographs). It is because I believe the Bible is inspired, with respect to both its historical data and its theological judg- ments, that I decided to write this book. I am con- vinced that much of what passes for conservative Christianity in the late 20th century is neither con- servative nor Christian. What I recommend to the reader is simple to state but difficult to achieve: respect for uhzt the BibZe says. Something isn’t Christian because I say it is, but because the Bible says it is. At the same time, something isn’t Christian just because some pastor or some familiar book says it is. Just because you PREPACE Xiii haven’t heard anythhg like the message this book presents doesn’t mean it isn’t an accurate message. You have to make up your own mind. Tradition is no substitute for personal responsibility. Slogans you learned in Sunday school may not be what the Bible really teaches. Just because you may have an outline at the foot of each page in your Bible doesn’t guaran- tee that the text of the Bible teaches what’s in those footnotes. lbu have to decide, not in terms of what men say, but what the Bible says. Gary North August, 1980 Preface to the Second Edition The opportunity to put out a second edition only one year after the first is gratifying and has afforded me the opportunity to correct some typographical errors brought to my attention by readers.