Newsletters Published by the Institute for Christian Economics, 1977-2001
These newsletters were the foundation of what became known as the Tyler branch of the Christian Reconstruction movement. The early volumes began before I moved to Tyler, Texas, in December 1979. They were initially published in Durham, North Carolina.
I started the Institute for Christian Economics in 1975. In order to speed up its authorization as a tax-exempt charitable trust by the Internal Revenue Service, I agreed to take no salary as a board member or as an employee.
The ICE was a way to generate revenue for book production. The first book was Unconditional Surrender: God's Program for Victory (1980). This was followed by The Dominion Covenant: Genesis in 1982. This became the first in a 31-volume set, An Economic Commentary on the Bible.
The newsletters were the following:
Biblical Chronology
Biblical Economics Today
Biblical Educator
Biblical Ethics
Christian Reconstruction
Covenant Renewal
Dispensationalism in Transition
Dominion Strategies
Occupy!
Position Papers
Preface
Tentmakers
The fortress mentality is an impediment to growth.... keep reading
Let the other outfit do the high-cost work: signing up new people. Adopt the principle of specialization.... keep reading
People do not commit to perceived lost causes. The question is: How do they expect to win? When? Where?... keep reading
Grammar, dialect, and accent: these apply to every culture.... keep reading
The future is with narrowcasting: the division of labor.... keep reading
Milk has a wider market. That is its temptation.... keep reading
The limits are the people listening. They are ordinary people. How can they be made extraordinary?... keep reading
It depends on the type of error.... keep reading
It substitutes experientialism over judicial theology. It minimizes theological content.... keep reading
I saw this strategy work in two congregations. It is rare.... keep reading
David Watson discovered this at about the same time that I wrote this. Result: 5,000,000 members in 15 years.... keep reading
Churches need one. Most of them have none. Most of them don't grow.... keep reading
If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of... keep reading
