About Joel

Joel McDurmon, M.Div., Reformed Episcopal Theological Seminary, is the Director of Research for American Vision. He has authored four books and also serves as a lecturer and regular contributor to the American Vision website. He joined American Vision's staff in the June of 2008. Joel and his wife and four sons live in Dallas, Georgia.
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Joel has written 322 articles so far, you can find them below.


How to Argue with a Liberal and Win!

Filed under Articles, Economics, Ethics by on January 22, 2010 at 12:00 am {7 comments}

Among the many pleasures that came with my joining the staff at American Vision in 2008, President Gary DeMar revealed to me dozens of boxes of books donated by a long-time supporter. Robert Metcalf and his Christian Studies Center had given a few thousand volumes to American Vision a few years prior, and these volumes needed sorting and stacking in our own libraries. It was almost like Christmas for a few hours each Friday as we opened boxes to see what books each held in store. We found many gems!

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Haiti and the Guise of So-Called Christians

Filed under Apologetics, Christian Worldview, Culture, Video / Audio by on January 21, 2010 at 12:43 pm {no comments}

Liberals are suggesting that government support in Haiti is the best support to be found. On the contrary, tens of millions of dollars have been raised by private organizations that go far beyond the help the government is able to offer. Along with answering this misconception, Joel sets shallow Christians straight about God’s involvement in the events of Haiti.

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How Capitalism Could Have Saved Haiti

Filed under Uncategorized by on January 20, 2010 at 5:25 pm {no comments}

Capitalism—generating the incentive and means to build stronger, sturdier buildings, even some with technologically advanced seismic-design (earthquake-proof) features—would have prevented tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of deaths in Haiti. Jonah Goldberg writes, “If a similarly powerful earthquake were to hit much more densely populated San Francisco or Los Angeles, the death toll would be much [...]

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John Calvin and the Mosaic Law

Filed under Christian History, History, Video / Audio by on January 15, 2010 at 10:33 am {no comments}

Joel McDurmon explores more of the worldview John Calvin held of the Mosaic Law and it’s application to Christianity in his life time.

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Sider’s Ideal King

Filed under Articles, Ethics, Government, Law by on January 15, 2010 at 12:00 am {one comment}

Christian socialist, Ronald J. Sider attempts to justify a socialist-style Welfare State by pointing to “the biblical materials that describe the ideal monarch.” Where does Scripture describe the “ideal monarch”? Sider says, “Both the royal psalms and the messianic prophecies shed light on this ideal ruler.” Sider then covers some typical Old Testament passages used by social-gospelers to make a connection between the king and “justice” for the poor. These include Psalm 72, Isaiah 11:1-4, 32:1-8, Jeremiah 22:15-16, and Ezekiel 34:23-24 among others. In my book, God versus Socialism: A Biblical Critique of the New Social Gospel, I respond to each of these mishandled passages and much, much more. In this article I will focus on just one of these favorite passages for Christian Socialists, Ezekiel 34:23-24.

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John Calvin and Moral Law

Filed under Ethics, Law, Video / Audio by on January 14, 2010 at 10:40 am {no comments}

What did John Calvin believe about the natural and moral law? Michael Horton has claimed that he and Calvin very much agree on the realm of heaven’s jurisdiction and man’s to bring order to a people, but Joel McDurmon begs to differ with Michael Horton.

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The Only Christian Nation

Filed under American History, History, Video / Audio by on January 13, 2010 at 10:52 am {no comments}

Is there no single best way to run a country? Today’s host Joel McDurmon responds to a recent article by Michael Horton (under the pen name Knox Bucer-Beza) in Christianity Today magazine. Horton uses the works of John Calvin in an attempt to make the case that “Christendom is a contrived empire” rather than a [...]

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A New Twist on an Old Classic — Ant and the Grasshopper

Filed under Uncategorized by on January 8, 2010 at 5:39 pm {no comments}

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER This one is a little different Two Versions… Two Morals   YOU KNOW THIS OLD VERSION The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long,Building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a foolAnd laughs and dances and plays the summer away. [...]

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A Perfect Hatred

Filed under Articles, Culture, Ethics by on January 8, 2010 at 12:00 am {2 comments}

One headline inveighs, “Anti-gay bigots plunge Africa into new era of hate crimes.” The article complains, “As far as gay rights are concerned, it would appear that much of Africa is going backwards.” Another headline: “In Uganda, a Hate That We Must Confront.” Yet another, “Hate begets hate.” There are many. In fact a Google News search (not a plain search, but a narrowed search specifically for news stories) for the words “Uganda” and “hate” turns up almost a hundred hits for just the past month.

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What You Can Get Me for Christmas

Filed under Apologetics, Articles, Christian Worldview by on December 22, 2009 at 12:00 am {no comments}

The “wish list” used to be a holiday phenomenon. It is now actually an everyday feature of places like Amazon, Best Buy, etc. There is even a wishlist.com for building you personal list for every purpose from wedding gift and baby shower registries to everyday “I want” lists. I understand the practicality of this in some places, but at what point did the expectation of presents, and the virtual obligation of buying presents, become the central purpose of Christmas? Whether we admit it or not, this is what has happened, even for most Christians.

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