KINGDOM NOW OR NEW WORLD ORDER?

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LEADERSHIP FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

By Ron Boehme

A BOOK REVIEW

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This book is an example of a dangerous trend in the modern church. There is
a growing movement among liberal Protestants, Roman Catholics, and even
Evangelicals dedicated to creating a vision of global unity, that sets
Christians up for synthesis with pagan movements. The areas of concern with
Leadership for the 21st Century are that:

  1. It advances a Kingdom Now/Dominion/Reconstruction point of view;

  2. It quotes favorably two individuals who stand for New Age paganism, and
     includes their books in the bibliography (with no warning as to the
     pagan, globalist world-view that they advocate). These individuals and
     their books are:

        o John Naisbitt, Megatrends

        o M. Scott Peck, The Different Drum

It is our conviction that, in these days of world-wide deception, the
deceptive views of pagan globalists must be exposed and warned against, not
name-dropped and quoted favorably. We consider Ron Boehme to be a Christian
brother who loves the Lord and would not intentionally mislead anyone. God's
Word, however, refers to that "serpent Satan who deceives the whole world"
(Revelation 12:9) and we know that world history is building towards the
world system of the Antichrist. Therefore, unbiblical views of global utopia
must be refuted.

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                                 BACKGROUND

Leadership for the 21st Century was published by Frontline Communications, a
Division of Youth With A Mission (YWAM), in January 1989. Subtitled
"Changing Nations Through the Power of Serving", the back cover says, "The
choice is ours... someone must rise to lead." Ron Boehme founded YWAM's base
in Washington, D.C. He was on the National Steering Committee of the
Coalition On Revival (COR) and he worked out of the YWAM national office in
Seattle, Washington as the director of the Revive America project. Mr.
Boehme was also active in the leadership of Pastor 's Prayer Coalitions in
Kitsap County, Washington with a "Celebration of Unity" theme.

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                           "A KINGDOM WORLD VIEW"

               "A VISION FOR CHRIST'S LORDSHIP IN THE NATIONS"

Leadership for the 21st Century asks us "to dream" about world-wide revival
and advocates that we take dominion, and bring about a world-wide Christian
utopia through "servanthood" in every sphere of society. The danger with
this mentality is:

  1. It is un-biblical. The Word of God does not prophesy a world-wide
     revival in the last days before Jesus' return. It prophesies a great
     apostasy. Our call is to snatch individuals from the fires of hell, to
     proclaim the truth, and to set godly examples, all by preaching Jesus
     Christ and him crucified. We are not called to attempt to Christianize
     the world-system or to encourage unregenerate people to try to live by
     the law apart from Christ or to take over this world in any way. This
     world system is headed for global unity in rebellion against God and
     sudden destruction.

  2. Trying to give Christians a "vision" for taking dominion to create a
     one-world global utopia (even if it is supposed to be "Christian") sets
     them up for deception. Christians looking for a form of global unity
     (especially if it is at the expense of sound doctrine) are set up to be
     synthesized with other global unity movements that are being used to
     set up the world-system of the Anti-Christ based on a one-world
     government, a one-world economic system, and a one set up to be
     synthesized with other global unity movements that are being used to
     set up the world-system of the Anti-Christ based on a one-world
     government, a one-world economic system, and a one-world religion. And,
     for an example of this synthesis, one has to look no further than Ron
     Boehme's book.

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                    "KINGDOM NOW" AND PAGAN GLOBAL UNITY

Leadership for the 21st Century incorporates a synthesis between the
globalist vision of "Kingdom Now, Dominion, Reconstructionism" and the
globalist vision of the New Age pagan, John Naisbitt, and the "Christian
Mystic", M. Scott Peck.

     John Naisbitt and Megatrends

        * Naisbitt says we are between an old era and a new era.

        * The institutions of the old era, family and church, are being
          replaced by the ancient tribal concept of networking.

        * High technology has spawned a self-help mentality
          characterized by a highly personalized value system (each
          person does what is right in their own eyes).

        * The self-help movement has spawned the Human Potential
          movement (which Naisbitt characterizes as e.g., est, TM,
          Rolfing, Yoga, and Zen, which are based on Eastern Mysticism
          and the Occult).

        * The world is being united into a "Global Village" through
          computer and satellite technology.

        * Naisbitt wrote the forward for the 1987 edition of Marilyn
          Ferguson's, The Aquarian Conspiracy, which is a New Age
          vision for mankind based on global unity and a vastly
          enlarged view of human potential. Naisbitt wrote, "My book,
          Megatrends, was the soft-core document on change; The
          Aquarian Conspiracy was the 'hard-core stuff.'"

        * Megatrends is also featured in the New Age Catalogue.



     M. Scott Peck

        * Peck's books are found in both Christian bookstores and New
          Age bookstores.

        * In The Different Drum, he advocates a one-world government;
          becoming a mystic; and mystical meditation. He refers
          favorably to the occultists Aldous Huxley, Pierre Teilhard de
          Chardin, and Carlos Castenedas. He says that "Community
          Making" is the salvation of the world, in which small groups
          of people meet regularly and a "spirit" descends regardless
          of what religion they are. M. Scott Peck says he believes we
          are on the verge of a leap of human evolution.

        * He says that humans are evolving toward godhood in The Road
          Less Traveled.

        * The Road Less Traveled is recommended reading in The Aquarian
          Conspiracy .

        * The Different Drum is prominently displayed in the New Age
          Catalogue . Ron Boehme sent his manuscript to over 250 people
          worldwide. A leader of Youth With A Mission told him that his
          book was too Christian right wing and that he needed to
          broaden the scope and be more inclusive by including the
          Christian left wing. This YWAM leader suggested M. Scott
          Peck, including his book The Different Drum . Ron read The
          Different Drum and decided to quote that book in Leadership
          for the 21st Century and to include it in his bibliography.

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                                   "UNITY"

Central to the "Vision" for global revival is the unbiblical concept of
unity advocated in Ron's book. This view comes from a twisting of John
17:20-23. These verses are being used widely throughout the evangelical
Christian church to justify humanly organized coalitions and public events
that promote a unity at the expense of sound doctrine. These verses are
taken as a command to Christians to organize ecumenical-style unity
movements. It must be noted, however, that:

   * This passage is a prayer by the Son to the Father, not a command to
     believers. God will answer that prayer for all who truly belong to
     Jesus (the wheat among the tares).

   * "Tower of Babel" style of unity is an attempt to do in the flesh (in
     the name of "Peace, peace!") what only the Spirit of God can
     accomplish. It should concern us that at the very time the whole world
     is crying, "Peace, peace!" and "global unity" and "New World Order",
     Christians are saying the very same things.

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                              THE BLESSED HOPE

Leadership for the 21st Century promotes an unbiblical world-view that sets
Christians up to think they are serving God when, instead, they may be
serving the very structure of the Antichrist. Rather than trying to
Christianize the entire world system, we ought to trust in the Sovereign God
who loves us; doing today what He has given us to do; trusting and obeying
Jesus today; proclaiming the truth to whoever will listen while leaving the
results in God's hands; leaving the future in God's hands; snatching
individuals from the fire; warning others of the world-wide deception and
the coming judgment; putting our hope in eternity, and not in this corrupt
world system; and, especially, looking to that "Blessed Hope" of the return
of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!

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