Myth, Lies, & Half Truths
How Misreading the Bible Neutralizes Christians and Empowers Liberals,
Secularists, and Atheists
by Gary DeMar
Published by American Vision
Powder Springs, Georgia

1. “The World is Unimportant” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: The world is full of sin. One day God will burn up the world and create a new world. In the meantime, Christians should focus on what’s really important—the world above.

2. “Involvement in the World is Not ‘Spiritual’” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: The best way to live a holy life is to avoid contact with the world. To participate in the affairs of this world takes time and energy away from true kingdom work.

3. “The Bible is Only Concerned with Salvation”
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: The concern of Christians is to bring people to Christ. We should not waste time applying the Bible to secular things like education, economics, and politics.

4. “You Cannot Legislate Morality” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: Christians should remind themselves that morality is a personal matter and should not be imposed on others. People should not be made to feel uncomfortable by being told that there are moral absolutes.

5. “Christians Should Remain Neutral”
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: When discussing issues like politics, law, and education, religious considerations should not be brought into the discussion.

6. “Jesus Was Not a Social Reformer” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: We should follow Jesus’ example in everything. Since He did not get involved in worldly things like politics, neither should Christians.

7. “The Church Should Not be Involved in ‘Social Issues’” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: The church’s mission is solely spiritual. God has not called His people to reform the world but only to save souls out of the world.

8. “Politics is Dirty” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: Like so much in life, politics is a dirty business. The best way to avoid being infected is to avoid any type of participation.

9. “Religion and Politics Do Not Mix” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: The best way to run a government is to keep it completely free from any type of religious principles or ideals. A secular government is the best type of government.

10. “The Christian’s Citizenship is in Heaven” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: Because the Christian’s true home is in heaven, any talk about earthly responsibility as it relates to citizenship is misdirected.

11. “There is a Separation Between Church and State” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: Christians can be involved politically, but biblical moral values or religious references have no place in American politics.

12. “God’s Kingdom is Not ‘Of This World’” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: Christians must await Jesus’ future heavenly kingdom where He will serve as a true king. Any sort of kingdom activity this side of heaven is illegitimate.

13. “God’s Kingdom has Not Come” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: Christians live in anticipation of God’s future kingdom. This world belongs to the devil until God vanquishes him.

14. “We’re Living in the ‘Last Days’” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: The prophetic signs are around us and are evidence that we are living in the final days before Jesus’ return, therefore, to be involved in issues beyond evangelism and church work seems pointless. Jesus is coming soon!

15. “It’s Never Right to Resist Authority” 
Myth, Lie, or Half-Truth?: Rendering to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s means Christians must submit to every law and edict made through legislation or pronounced by a court.
Acts 4:2, 20, Rom. 13:1, Amos 5:24, Ex. 1:15–16, 17, 20-21, Ex. 2:3, 7-9, Josh. 2:3, Heb. 11:31, Psalm 50:18, Josh. 2:1, 15, James 2:25, Dan. 3:12, 2:25, Dan. 6:7, Matt. 2:7–8, 12, Acts 4:18, 19-20, Matt. 28:18–20; Acts 1:8; 1 Cor. 9:16, Acts 5:18, 20, 29, Matt. 22:21, Rom. 13:1, Ex. 21:23–25; Lev. 24:19–21; Deut. 19:21, Gen. 9:6, Lev. 19:18, Romans 13:4, 1 Peter 2:13–14, 

The philosophy of Georg F. W. Hegel (1770–1831), adopted by Marxists, Fascists, and Nazis, expresses the argument with chilling consistency: “The Universal is to be found in the State. . . . The State is the Divine Idea as it exists on earth. . . . We must therefore worship the State as the manifestation of the Divine on earth. . . . [T]he State is the march of God through the world.”

In 1907, Supreme Court Justice Charles Evan Hughes said, “We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is.” Since the Constitution is the “supreme law of the land,” it follows that the supreme law is what the judges say it is. In Tropp v. Dulles (1958), Judge Earl Warren stated that the Constitution must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.” Who decides when a standard has evolved into a new standard? Five members of the Supreme Court. P.292