Are Christians Accountable for the Great Commission? - CL

We are not to derive our theology from the newspapers or

the evening news. Our faith and hope must be drawn from the

unfailing Word of the sovereign God, who brings all things to

pass according to His unalterable will. And when we go to God's

word, we must recognize that our purpose is not to glean juicy

tidbits of information about the future. Rather, as the great

theologian and educator R. J. Rushdoony says, we go to receive

our "marching orders": (copied from Paradise Restored by David Chilton)

Too often, the modern theologian and churchman goes to the

Bible seeking insight, not orders. Indeed, I may go to Calvin,

Luther, Augustine, and others, to scholars Christian and nonChristian,

for insights, for data, and for learned studies, but

when I go to the Bible I must go to hear God's marching orders

for my life. I cannot treat the Bible as a devotional manual designed

to give me peace of mind or a "higher plane" of living; it

is a command book which can disturb my peace with its orders,

and it tells me that I can only find peace in obeying the Almighty.

The Bible is not an inspirational book for my personal

edification, nor a book of beautiful thoughts and insights for my

pleasure. It is the word of the sovereign and Almighty God: I

must hear and obey, I must believe and be faithful, because God

requires it. I am His property, and His absolute possession.

There can be nothing better than that (Law and Society

[Vallecito, CA: Ross House, 19821, pp. 69lf.).

Dr. Joel McDurmon  explains further.

UPDATE - 4/6/2019 - bionic mosquito has an excellent essay on dispensationalism that is very informative in connecting some dots;

Vox Day shows how The post-Christian dilemma plays out in real life today

And because it is so relevant - The Alliance Made in Hell - the operational alliance between Secular Humanists and Evangelical and all Pre-Millennialists