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Dr D James Kennedy the Land of Beginning Again

American pastor, televangelist, and writer (1930–2007)

D. James Kennedy
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Kennedy at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
Born

Dennis James Kennedy


(1930-11-03)November 3, 1930

Augusta, Georgia, U.Due south.
Died September 5, 2007(2007-09-05) (aged 76)

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.Due south.
Education Columbia Theological Seminary (M.Div.) Ph.D. from New York University
Spouse(s) Anne Lewis (k. 1956)
Children i
Church Presbyterian Church in America

Congregations served

 Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale

Dennis James Kennedy (November 3, 1930 – September 5, 2007) was an American pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church building in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until his death in 2007. Kennedy also founded Evangelism Explosion International, Coral Ridge Ministries (at present known every bit D. James Kennedy Ministries), the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale, the Knox Theological Seminary, radio station WAFG-FM, and the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, a socially conservative political grouping.

In 1974, he began Coral Ridge Ministries, which produced his weekly religious television program, The Coral Ridge 60 minutes, carried on various networks and syndicated on numerous other stations with a peak audition of 3 million viewers in 200 countries.[1] He too had a daily radio program, Truths That Transform, from 1984 on.[2] During his lifetime, Coral Ridge Ministries grew to a United states of america$37-million-a-year non-profit corporation.

In 2005, the National Religious Broadcasters association inducted Kennedy into its Hall of Fame. He last preached at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church on December 24, 2006, suffering a heart attack iv days afterwards from which he never fully recovered. His retirement was officially announced at the church on August 26, 2007, and he died at his home 10 days later.

Early life [edit]

Kennedy was born in Augusta, Georgia, and moved with his parents to Chicago, Illinois, during his childhood. His father was a glass salesman, and his parents were Methodists.[3] Kennedy joined the Boy Scouts. He later on moved with his family to Tampa, Florida, where in 1948 he graduated from Henry B. Plant Loftier School and began studying music at the University of Tampa. After two years, he dropped out of college, began working as a trip the light fantastic toe instructor at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Tampa, and later won a starting time prize in a nationwide dance contest.[3] On August 25, 1956, he married Anne Lewis, whom he had met while giving her dance lessons at Arthur Murray. They had one daughter, Jennifer, built-in in 1962.[three]

Education [edit]

Bethel Presbyterian Church, where Kennedy began preaching in 1956

Kennedy became a Christian in 1953 later on hearing a radio preacher nowadays the Gospel, which Kennedy later said he had never heard upwardly to that point. In December 1955, Kennedy decided to quit his Arthur Murray task to enter the ministry.[four] He resumed his studies at the University of Tampa (graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1958) and began preaching at the small Bethel Presbyterian Church in nearby Clearwater, Florida.[iii] Kennedy entered Columbia Theological Seminary in 1956,[5] receiving a Primary of Divinity degree three years afterwards.[half-dozen] Subsequently his ordination in 1959, Kennedy became the pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, where he remained until his decease. In the 1970s, he earned a Master of Theology summa cum laude from the Chicago Graduate Schoolhouse of Theology,[3] and in 1979 a doctorate in religious education from New York University.[6] [seven] [8] His doctoral dissertation was on the history of an evangelism program he founded.[9] Kennedy said that he earned the Ph.D. degree "to dispel the thought there is an inconsistency between evangelism and education ... evangelical ministers [need] to be thoroughly educated and equipped to meet on equal terms anyone with whom they come up in contact."[3]

Ministry and theology [edit]

Initially ordained in 1959 by the Presbyterian Church in the United States, Kennedy later became an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church building in America afterwards he and his church building left the PCUS in 1978. Adhering to traditional Calvinist theology, Kennedy's theological works include Why I Believe, What If Jesus Had Never Been Built-in, Skeptics Answered, and Truths That Transform. In 1971, he founded the Westminster Academy in Fort Lauderdale and in 1989, he founded Knox Theological Seminary.

Kennedy was a bourgeois evangelical minister and an outspoken advocate for the moral and social values championed by the Christian right. He wrote, with Jerry Newcombe, What if America Were a Christian Nation Again? and ofttimes preached messages that argued that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. Kennedy started the Center for Christian Statesmanship, an evangelical ministry on Capitol Colina in Washington, D.C. The Heart closed in 2007 by Coral Ridge Ministries but quickly reopened nether the auspices of Evangelism Explosion International, as the non-partisan Christian outreach to members of the United States Congress. In 2005, the National Religious Broadcasters association inducted Kennedy into its Hall of Fame.

Founding of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church [edit]

Kennedy preached his outset sermon at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church building in Fort Lauderdale in June 1959.[10] Beginning with 45 persons attention a typical Sunday service, it became the fastest-growing Presbyterian church in the U.S. in the 1960s and had i,366 members by 1968.[three] Evangelist Baton Graham spoke at the dedication of the new Coral Ridge Presbyterian church building in 1974, attended by 15,000 people.[11] Kennedy expressed his entrepreneurial vision for outreach at the dedication, stating,

Information technology is our prayer, that through this church, the Gospel of Jesus Christ might exist radiated through television and radio, movement pictures and cassettes, books and clinics, and past means yet undreamed of unto the entire world, that the control of Christ to go and proclaim the Gospel to every beast might be fulfilled in our generation.[12]

Kennedy developed the Evangelism Explosion ("EE") method of evangelism in the 1960s, which emphasizes the training of church laypeople to share their faith by habitation visitation and every-twenty-four hour period encounters in the community.[three] A film, Like a Mighty Ground forces, was produced in 1970 and starred role player Chris Robinson as Kennedy, portraying the Evangelism Explosion story at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church building.[iii]

In 1978, Kennedy began the weekly Coral Ridge Hour (now Truths That Transform) on national television, which at its peak had a weekly audience of three million viewers in 200 countries and was aired on more 400 stations and four cable networks, including the Trinity Broadcasting Network, The Inspiration Network (INSP) and the NRB Network, as well equally broadcast to more than 150 countries on the Armed Forces Network.[i] [13] Today, D. James Kennedy Ministries carries messages from Kennedy, along with news commentary and documentaries to a nationwide audience on NRBTV, Daystar, TCT, and FETV. By the 1980s, the church'due south membership had grown to almost 10,000 persons.[xiii] Equally of 2009, at the time of the installation of its new pastor, the church had two,200 members and weekly attendance averaged i,800 persons.[14]

Later life [edit]

On the evening of Dec 28, 2006, Kennedy experienced prolonged ventricular tachycardia at his Fort Lauderdale home, leading to cardiac arrest which deprived his brain of adequate oxygen for six to eight minutes. Every bit a result, he sustained a loss of short-term retentivity and speech impairment.[15] Despite several months of rehabilitation and convalescence, he was unable to resume preaching and his retirement was appear on August 26, 2007, at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church by his girl, Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy.[thirteen] [sixteen] Following the news of Kennedy'due south retirement, his church appear the development of the D. James Kennedy Legacy website in tribute to the life of the Christian evangelist.[17]

Kennedy died in his slumber at home in the early on morning hours of September 5, 2007, aged 76.[6] [13] [18] [nineteen] The White House issued a statement the following day, saying that President George Due west. Bush-league and First Lady Laura Bush were "deeply saddened" by Kennedy's decease, calling him "a man of corking vision, faith, and integrity ... Dr. Kennedy's bulletin of love and hope inspired millions through the institutions he founded".[20] Focus on the Family founder James Dobson called Kennedy "a passionate defender of biblical truth in a culture that increasingly forgot it" and "a giant in the battle to restore traditional values in our nation."[21] Kennedy is cached at Lauderdale Memorial Park Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale.[22]

Shortly afterward Kennedy's heart set on, Coral Ridge Ministries reduced The Coral Ridge 60 minutes syndication and shortened the programme from an hr to 30 minutes.[23] [24] Kennedy'south daughter, Jennifer, stated on the plan in Feb 2008 that viewers' donations to the broadcast ministry building had declined significantly in the wake of the founding pastor's death. Now led by Frank Wright, a old president of the National Religious Broadcasters, D. James Kennedy Ministries, as information technology is now known, airs Truths That Transform (formerly The Coral Ridge Hr) weekly nationwide, featuring taped messages of Kennedy'due south sermons and newly produced news and interview segments. It airs on Daystar, NRB Network, CTN and other local stations.[25] Coral Ridge Ministries closed its social activeness co-operative, The Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, soon after Kennedy'due south heart assault.[i] [six]

In 2018, D. James Kennedy Ministries launched the D. James Kennedy Center for Christian Leadership in Washington, D.C., "to address the deficit of training for Biblical cultural engagement." It seeks to train 300 Leadership Fellows annually for the ensuing decade.[26]

The D. James Kennedy Plant of Reformed Leadership was established in 2013. Kennedy'south daughter, Mrs. Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy, introduced Dr. Michael A. Milton every bit president of the legacy institute in proceedings at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Middle and Ranch, Rancho del Cielo, in Santa Barbara, California.[27]

Apologetics [edit]

In Christian apologetics, Kennedy contended for Christianity as a reasonable and evidential faith (one supported by facts from history and science), and wrote several books (Why I Believe, Skeptics Answered, and Solving Bible Mysteries) to make the instance for Christian faith from history, science, and logic. "Skeptics are welcome," he wrote in his book, Skeptics Answered: "Christianity has answers that are not only satisfying for the soul just as well satisfying for the mind ... Throughout the ages, many skeptics have looked at Christianity's historicity and have ended upward coming to faith in Christ. The testify is there. It just needs to be looked at with an open up listen."[28] Kennedy also offered a "cultural atoning" and argued for the earthly benefits brought by the influence of Christ and the Bible. His books with Jerry Newcombe, What If Jesus Had Never Been Built-in (1994, revised 2001) and What If the Bible Had Never Been Written (1998), seek to document the positive impact of Christianity and the Bible in education, law, ceremonious freedom, science, economics, the family unit, medicine, and the arts.

Kennedy produced Who Is This Jesus?, a ane-hour television receiver special that aired on CBS affiliates on Christmas of 2001. The program, co-hosted past Kennedy with role player Dean Jones, reached a claimed[ past whom? ] 20 million viewers, with its Easter follow-up, Who Is This Jesus: Is He Risen? The programme offered scholarly viewpoints on the reliability of the Gospels, particularly the resurrection claim. Associated Press faith writer Richard Ostling contrasted the circulate to the 2000 Peter Jennings-hosted ABC News documentary, The Search for Jesus, contending the plan "achieved more than journalistic success than Jennings at one signal" past providing a broader cross-section of experts.[29]

Views [edit]

Religion in public life [edit]

Many of his public messages focused on American history and the religion of the Founding Fathers of the Usa in relation to a Christian worldview. For instance, Kennedy cited John Quincy Adams' claim that Christianity is "indissolubly linked" to the founding of America.[30] Kennedy wrote the foreword to the 1987 book Christianity and the Constitution: The Faith of Our Founding Fathers authored past law professor John Eidsmoe.[31]

Conservative Christian leader [edit]

Kennedy was a founding member of the lath of Moral Majority, a political movement in the belatedly 1970s and 1980s.[32] [33] When GOP presidential candidates, including Ronald Reagan, sought the approving of evangelical leaders, Kennedy sometimes asked spiritual, not policy questions. In one meeting, Kennedy asked Reagan what reason he would give as to why God should allow him into sky. According to i observer, "Reagan dropped his eyes, looked at his feet, and said, 'I wouldn't give God any reason for letting me in. I'd just ask for mercy, because of what Jesus Christ did for me at Calvary."[34]

Kennedy afterward celebrated Reagan'south ballot at a gathering of Christian leaders simply days after Reagan'south inauguration in 1981. "The sleeping giant that has lain prostrate beyond America is kickoff to wake itself," Kennedy told the National Religious Broadcasters association in Washington, D.C. "Believers in a living God are beginning to assert their spiritual rights."[35]

At the aforementioned time, he cautioned his own congregation about the limits of politics in a sermon titled, "Can Reagan Salvage America?" Reagan was probable to bring positive skilful to the nation, Kennedy said, but Christians should put their trust in God, not human being. "[K]any people feel that a homo on a white horse has arrived and is going to take care of us," Kennedy preached. "This, according to the Scriptures, is a very dangerous attitude."[36]

Kennedy, in opposition to aforementioned-sex union, presented a two-part strategy to counter legislative and court initiatives to "redefine spousal relationship". He chosen for a constitutional "Firewall" to protect the nation from "counterfeit wedlock"[37] and urged "conversion for homosexuals who desire to change, through the power of Jesus Christ."[38] Kennedy rejected judicial activism and judicial supremacy. He endorsed the Constitution Restoration Act, a bill promoted during the 2005 Against the Judicial War on Religion conference that sought to authorize Congress to impeach judges who fail to admit "God as the sovereign source of law, liberty, or authorities" and to limit the power of the federal judiciary to rule in religious liberty cases.[39] Kennedy was a co-signer of the "Country Letter" sent to President George West. Bush in Oct 2002 which outlined a "just war" rationale for the military invasion of Iraq.[40] Kennedy sought to "reclaim America for Christ", a project that he said was to "bring this nation dorsum to God, dorsum to decency, back to morality, back to those things that nosotros wish America was like again."[41]

During his life, he was harshly criticized by secularists and progressives. The Americans United for the Separation of Church building and State (AUSCS, "Americans United" or simply AU) criticized Kennedy'southward founding of the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ for being "just another Religious Right outfit obsessed with opposing legal ballgame and gay rights and bashing public educational activity."[42] AUSCS as well says, "Kennedy's ministry has always promoted right-wing politics ... it isn't uncommon to tune in to The Coral Ridge Hour and hear him preach against legal abortion, anti-discrimination protections for gays or the teaching of development in public schools." Then-AUSCS executive director Barry Lynn said of Kennedy: "He was absolutely relentless in his criticism of everything on the left. He was a formidable creator of an opposition to what people like I believe."[21]

In an interview with NPR'due south Terry Gross, Kennedy was asked whether he wanted all public part holders to exist Christians. Kennedy answered, "Nosotros accept people who are secular and humanist and unbelievers who are constantly supporting in every fashion possible other people who share those views. And I don't object to that. That'southward their privilege. And I think that Christians should be allowed the same privilege to vote for people whom they believe share their views near life and regime. And that's all I'm talking virtually."[43]

Creationist [edit]

In creation–evolution debates, Kennedy was a proponent of the general tenets of a special creation by God and the supernatural presumptions of immature globe creationists and proponents of intelligent design. He argued that the expression and promotion of such beliefs should be protected every bit free oral communication. He believed scientific truth is not adamant by consensus but evidence and and then, contrary to scientific consensus, he asserted creationist beliefs were scientifically accurate.[8] [42] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52]

Kennedy disputed the facts and theory of evolution past maxim, "The two virtually notorious and blood-soaked political movements of the twentieth century, Nazism and Communism, both rejected God and were animated by the idea of evolution."[53] According to Kennedy, "if i believes that evolution is true, then we are just the product of time and take chances and there is no morality and no intrinsic worth to man life."[53] That theme is reflected in Coral Ridge Ministries' 2006 documentary Darwin'southward Deadly Legacy. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a printing release in 2006 strongly criticizing the motion-picture show'south attempts to link evolution to Adolf Hitler:[54]

This is an outrageous and shoddy endeavour by D. James Kennedy to trivialize the horrors of the Holocaust. Hitler did non need Darwin to devise his heinous plan to exterminate the Jewish people. Trivializing the Holocaust comes from either ignorance at best or, at worst, a mendacious attempt to score political points in the civilisation war on the backs of 6 million Jewish victims and others who died at the hands of the Nazis.

The ADL further denounced Kennedy equally "a leader among the distinct group of 'Christian Supremacists' who seek to 'repossess America for Christ' and plow the U.Due south. into a Christian nation guided past their strange notions of biblical law." The ADL'southward response also quotes Christian geneticist Francis Collins, who was interviewed for the program, repudiating it, maxim he was "absolutely appalled by what Coral Ridge Ministries is doing. I had NO cognition that Coral Ridge Ministries was planning a TV special on Darwin and Hitler, and I observe the thesis of Dr. Kennedy'south program utterly misguided and inflammatory".[55] In a release,[56] Coral Ridge Ministries rejected the statement attributed to Francis Collins that he was misled:

A producer told Dr. Collins in person before the interview began that he was being interviewed for a program that would address the adverse social consequences of Darwin. In improver, he was asked specifically, during the interview, about the Darwin-Hitler connexion and responded on tape that he did non agree with that view.

According to the Coral Ridge press release, Collins had signed a "talent release", giving "Coral Ridge Ministries the right to use his interview 'without limitation in all perpetuity.'" The Ministry said they would delete his interview for all future airings of the program.[56]

Coral Ridge Ministries answered other parts of the ADL'due south criticisms in an August 22, 2006 press release,[57] stating that the ADL "ignores the historical fact that Adolf Hitler was an evolutionist." The release cited historian Richard Weikart, Scottish anatomist and anthropologist Sir Arthur Keith, and evolutionist Niles Eldredge for the exclamation of a Darwin-Hitler connexion.

Books [edit]

Kennedy wrote 65 books,[12] including Evangelism Explosion (a primer on communicating the Christian salvation message with 1.five million copies in print),[58] [ better source needed ] What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?, The Da Vinci Myth versus The Gospel Truth, and Cross Purposes: Discovering the Keen Love of God for You lot.

Kennedy is the author or coauthor of the following books:

  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2007). Cross Purposes: Discovering the Great Dearest of God for You. Multnomah. ISBN978-1593283049.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1993). Delighting God: How to Live at the Eye of God'due south Will. Vine Books. ISBN9780892838318.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1996). Evangelism Explosion. Tyndale. ISBN0842307648.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2001). God's accented all-time for yous: Unlocking your God-given potential by post-obit his ten commands. Coral Ridge Ministries.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1995). How Do I Become to Know God?. Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN9780800755577.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1995). How Do I Live for God?. Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN9780800755591.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1999). Led by the Carpenter: Finding God's Purpose for Your Life. Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780785270393.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2005). Lord of All: Developing a Christian World-and-Life View . Crossway. ISBN9781581346770.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1996). New Every Morning: A Daily Devotional. Multnomah. ISBN9781576730683.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1997). The Secret to a Happy Home. Whitaker Business firm. ISBN9780883683354.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2005). Skeptics Answered. Multnomah. ISBN9781590526590.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2000). Solving Bible Mysteries: Unraveling the Perplexing and Troubling Passages of Scripture . Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780785270416.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (1997). The Gates Of Hell Shall Not Prevail: The Assail on Christianity and What You Need To Know To Gainsay Information technology. Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780785271772.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1996). Truths That Transform: Christian Doctrines for Your Life Today. Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN9780800756093.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1991). Turn Information technology to Aureate . Vine Books. ISBN9780892836505.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2005). What If America Were a Christian Nation Again?. Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780785269724.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (1994). What If Jesus Had Never Been Born?. Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780849920790.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (1998). What If the Bible Had Never Been Written?. Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780785271543.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1995). What Is God Like?. Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN978-0800755584.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe; Jerry (2004). What'southward Wrong with Same Sex activity Marriage?. Crossway. ISBN9781581346633.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2002). Who is This Jesus? Is He Risen?. Coral Ridge Ministries. ISBN9781929626380.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2005). Why I Believe, rev. ed. Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780849901539.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2006). The Da Vinci Myth Versus the Gospel Truth. Crossway. ISBN9781581348255.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2005). Salve a spousal relationship Save our nation: A guide to domestic Tranquillity. Coral Ridge Ministries. ISBN9781929626182.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2005). Why the Ten Commandments Matter . FaithWords. ISBN9780446577274.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2008). The Presence of a Hidden God: Bear witness for the God of the Bible . Multnomah. ISBN9781601420770.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2008). The Existent Messiah: Prophecies Fulfilled. D. James Kennedy Foundation. ISBN9780615227283.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1987). Learning to Live With the People Y'all Love. Whitaker Business firm. ISBN9780883681909.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1985). Knowing the Whole Truth: Basic Christianity and What It Means in Your Life . Fleming H. Revell Co. ISBN0800714075.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2008). How Would Jesus Vote?: A Christian Perspective on the Issues . WaterBrook Press. ISBN9781400074068.
  • Kennedy, D. James (2001). Why Was America Attacked?: Answers for a Nation at State of war. Broadman & Holman. ISBN9780805425789.
  • Kennedy, D. James (1988). Your Prodigal Child. Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780840776198.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Sorensen, John B. (2010). Well Done. Greentree Printing. ISBN9780982872109.
  • Kennedy, D. James; Black, Jim Nelson (1994). Character & Destiny: A Nation in Search of Its Soul. Thomas Nelson. ISBN9780310443803.

References [edit]

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  2. ^ Current and archived versions of both programs are available at the Truth in Action [ permanent dead link ] website.
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  4. ^ Hedges, Chris, American Fascists – The Christian Right and the State of war on America, New York, Free Press, 2006
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  16. ^ Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy statement, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (August 26, 2007).
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  27. ^ "Milton Named President of D. James Kennedy Institute | byFaith".
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  29. ^ Ostling, Richard Due north. (January 2, 2002). "Conservatives Tackle New Testament Debate". Associated Printing.
  30. ^ D. James Kennedy, Annunciation of Independence and Constitution of the Us (Fort Lauderdale, Fla: Coral Ridge Ministries, 2004), 2.
  31. ^ Eidsmoe, John (1987). Christianity and the Constitution: The Religion of Our Founding Fathers. USA: Baker Academic. ISBN0801052319.
  32. ^ "Megachurch pioneer D. James Kennedy dies at 76". USA Today. September vi, 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-07 .
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  34. ^ Martin, William C. (2005). With God on our side : the rise of the religious correct in America (Rev. merchandise paperback ed.). New York: Broadway Books. pp. 209. ISBN0767922573. OCLC 61355677.
  35. ^ Hyer, Marjorie (1981-01-30). "Evangelical Christians Meet to Develop Strategy for 1980s". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-03-21 .
  36. ^ Kennedy, D. James; Newcombe, Jerry (2008). How would Jesus vote? : a Christian perspective on the issues (1st ed.). Colorado Springs, Colo.: WaterBrook Press. pp. 195–96. ISBN9781400074068. OCLC 154799972.
  37. ^ "Dr. Kennedy Calls for Constitutional "Firewall" to Protect Marriage". 2003-xi-19. Retrieved 2007-04-28 .
  38. ^ Kennedy, D. James (2004). What'due south incorrect with same-sex matrimony?. Newcombe, Jerry. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books. pp. 11. ISBN1581346638. OCLC 55665211.
  39. ^ "In Contempt of Courts". 2005-04-15. Retrieved 2007-12-07 . The article discusses how the managing director of Kennedy's lobbying front end was strongly advocating for the bill at the conference. Even though Kennedy was not present, information technology is ultimately his arrangement.
  40. ^ "Land Letter". Wikisource. Archived from the original on 2007-10-xviii. Retrieved 2007-04-28 .
  41. ^ D. James Kennedy, "Why Reclaiming America?' Message delivered in 2000 to the Reclaiming America for Christ conference, Coral Ridge Ministries. Available at 14:25 at "Archived re-create". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-08-24 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as championship (link).
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  43. ^ "Closing the Gap Betwixt Church and State," Terry Gross interview with D. James Kennedy, Fresh Air, May xviii, 2005. Accessed at https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4656600.
  44. ^ Excerpts from Lord of All, D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe, Crossway Books, 2005
  45. ^ Creation Defender D. James Kennedy Goes Home, Plant for Cosmos Research
  46. ^ Solving Bible Mysteries, D. James Kennedy, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2000
  47. ^ What If Jesus Had Never Been Born, D. James Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994, revised 2001
  48. ^ Truth In Action Ministries (formerly Coral Ridge Ministries) promotes and sells Creationism books and videos "Archived re-create". Archived from the original on 2011-12-27. Retrieved 2011-12-28 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  49. ^ Appallingly And Wonderfully Made [ permanent dead link ] , Sermon by D. James Kennedy. The Coral Ridge Hour, August 2003.
  50. ^ Forrest, Barbara; Gross, Paul R. (2004). Creationism's Trojan Equus caballus: The Wedge of Intelligent Design. USA: Oxford University Press. p. 271. ISBN0-19-515742-7.
  51. ^ The Republican War on Science Chris Mooney.
  52. ^ C. L. Cagan and Robert Hymers (2006). From Darwin to Design, foreword by D. James Kennedy. Whitaker House, USA. ISBN 0-88368-122-6.
  53. ^ a b D. James Kennedy, "Ideas Have Consequences," Impact, August 2005, p. eight, Coral Ridge Ministries newsletter.
  54. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225927/http://annal.adl.org/nr/exeres/3e0340d2-b672-45c7-8ff1-10c9eed96f42,0b1623ca-d5a4-465d-a369-df6e8679cd9e,frameless.html "ADL Blasts Christian Supremacist Telly Special & Book Blaming Darwin For Hitler" August 22, 2006. Retrieved May18, 2021.
  55. ^ "ADL Blasts Christian Supremacist Television Special & Volume Blaming Darwin For Hitler". Anti-Defamation League Press Release. 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2007-04-29 . [ permanent dead link ]
  56. ^ a b "Coral Ridge Ministries and Orthodox Rabbi Decline Anti-Defamation League Set on on TV Special Linking Darwin to Hitler," Coral Ridge Ministries, Baronial 24, 2006. Accessed 08-27-2010 at "Archived re-create". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-08-27 . {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy every bit title (link).
  57. ^ "Coral Ridge Ministries Answers Anti-Defamation League Blast Against New Darwin-Hitler Tv Special". Coral Ridge Ministries Press Release. 2006-08-22. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-08-27 .
  58. ^ "Near Dr. James Kennedy".

External links [edit]

  • Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church website
  • D. James Kennedy Constitute of Reformed Leadership website
  • Evangelism Explosion International website
  • Truth in Action Ministries (formerly Coral Ridge Ministries) website
  • D. James Kennedy'south Memorial Tribute website
  • Eye for Reclaiming America for Christ Kennedy'southward Political Activeness Center
  • Truths That Transform daily radio broadcast on OnePlace.com
  • D. James Kennedy at IMDb
  • D. James Kennedy legacy website

Dr D James Kennedy the Land of Beginning Again

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._James_Kennedy