Review: "Satan You Can't Have My Country"

 

One of the women from church lent me Satan You Can’t Have My Country: A Spiritual Warfare Guide to Save America by Mike Evans.

Evans loves America.  He loves Israel.  He loves Jesus.  He loves the Bible.  He understands the seriousness of sin and that it must be punished.  Apart from that, I had a lot of trouble with this book.

Evan’s states that it is the sin of our Christian nation that has causes God not to prosper us. Yet, to read the Bible is to see that though sin must be punished, there is not a one-to-one punishment in this life.

He argues that American is a chosen Christian nation (13).  The founding fathers worked from a Judeo-Christian perspective, but they don’t argue for a Christian theocracy.

He argues that American needs another Great Awakening, like the Second Great Awakening, in which Charles Finney played a great role (33).  However, Finney was not a Christian and denied the necessity of Jesus for salvation.

He argues that the Church is not spiritual Israel (42).  Paul says differently: Romans 9:6-7.

He argues that Isaiah 18 clearly prophesies that America is the nation on the West, so American is the parallel chosen nation to Israel (82).

He argues that God is not sovereign -- in the sense that God knows the beginning and the end, but the road between the two is build on the decisions of men (88).  However, if even one thing is not Absolutely Sovereignly in His control, then God is less than God, which is no God at all.

He argues for a pre-trib, pre-mill eschatology, which I disagree with, but simply state here. (93).

He says that Solomon was a reprobate (106).  This is something I have read argued elsewhere recently, but I don’t see the biblical support for this.

He argues that if we pray God will bless America (106). This is a problematic statement, and he does this throughout the book – quoting promises to Ancient Israel and sating that they apply to America and all Christians.  But Scripture has a context of time and place and person or people.

Each chapter ends with a prayer for America and other Scriptures to read.

The book ends with end notes.

In this brief sketch, you may get the idea that I did not like this book which is unfortunately true.  He is passionate and wants Christians to believe and pray and do good, but his explanation of the text – as well as his look at American history – is just wrong.  Pass this book by.

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