Foreword to the Second Edition | xiii | |
Putin Invades Ukraine | xiii | |
Encouraged by Weakness in the West | xiv | |
But Putin Misread Ukraine and the World | xv | |
The Cain-Abel Paradigm Separates Evil from Good | xvi | |
Ukraine’s Victory Must Be Complete | xvii | |
Preface | xix | |
We Thought Fascism and Communism were Defeated | xx | |
China’s 100-Year Marathon to World Domination | xxi | |
We Are Facing a Two-Headed Beast | xxii | |
How Did We Get Here? | xxiii | |
The Cain-Abel Paradigm | xxiii | |
Cain and Abel in History and the World Today | xxv | |
This is the Hour of Decision | xxvii | |
Our Personal Responsibility | xxviii | |
Introduction | xxix | |
Good and Evil | xxx | |
Marxism’s Challenge to Christianity | xxxi | |
A History of Socialist and Communist Failure | xxxiii | |
Evil’s Ideological Empire | xxxiv | |
The Final Fulfillment of Human Purpose | xxxvi | |
Chapter 1 | The Crisis in Today’s World | 1 |
Marxism and Critical Theories are Destroying Civilization | ||
The Threat of the Chinese Communist Party | 3 | |
The Political Pendulum Problem | 3 | |
A Durable Solution | 4 | |
Communist Deceptions | 5 | |
And Those Deceived | 6 | |
Addressing Communist Deception | 7 | |
A Spiritual Ideology is Needed | 8 | |
Today’s Conflicts are Rooted in Ideology | 9 | |
Chapter 2 | In the Beginning | 12 |
Two Opposing Views of the Origin and Purpose of Humankind | ||
The Divine Purpose and Nature of Creation | 13 | |
The Harmonious Duality of Creator and Creation | 14 | |
The Physical World and Spiritual World | 15 | |
The Materialist View of Existence | 16 | |
Dialectical Materialism | 17 | |
Consequences of Atheistic Ideology | 18 | |
The Complementary Nature of Religion and Science | 19 | |
Human Growth to Maturity | 21 | |
Perfecting Love Through Three Blessings | 21 | |
Free Will and Personal Responsibility | 22 | |
The Importance of Marriage and Family | 24 | |
We Hold the Key to Our Future | 25 | |
Chapter 3 | The Origin of Evil | 27 |
Human Alienation From God | ||
The Biblical Account of Evil’s Origin | 27 | |
The Fall as a Perversion of Divine Love | 29 | |
The First Lie | 30 | |
Results of the Fall | 32 | |
Enduring Consequences | 34 | |
The Creator’s Parental Nature | 35 | |
We Are Not Alone | 36 | |
Chapter 4 | The Way of Abel | 37 |
The Path to Fulfilling the Divine Providence | ||
Cain and Abel Archetypes of Evil and Good | 37 | |
The Difficult Way of Abel | 39 | |
Reconciliation of Cain and Abel | 41 | |
The Role of Religion | 43 | |
Chapter 5 | The Struggle Between Good and Evil in History | 44 |
Historical Materialism or Divine Providence? | ||
A Providential Not a Dialectical History | 44 | |
Historical Materialism | 45 | |
Socialism as a Necessary Step to Communism | 47 | |
The Marxist Myth of Socialism ‘Withering Away’ | 48 | |
The Real Legacy of Socialism | 50 | |
Divine Providence Propels History | 51 | |
The Family of Abraham and Sarah | 53 | |
The Cain-Abel Paradigm Shapes Providential History | 54 | |
Chapter 6 | The Axial Age: An Era of Global Enlightenment | 56 |
Religious, Philosophical and Scientific Awakening | ||
The Rise of Asian Religions and Philosophies | 56 | |
Buddhism | 57 | |
Jainism | 58 | |
Confucianism | 58 | |
Taoism | 59 | |
Zoroastrianism | 60 | |
The Rise of Classical Greece | 61 | |
Impact of The Axial Age | 62 | |
Chapter 7 | Jesus and the Christian Era | 65 |
Global Enlightenment Accelerates the Mission of Jesus | ||
The Global Impact of Jesus’ Premature Death | 66 | |
The Birth of Christianity | 68 | |
The Great Schism | 68 | |
The Folly of the Crusades | 69 | |
The Evil of the Inquisition | 70 | |
The Inhuman Practice of Slavery | 71 | |
The Reformation and Counter-Reformation | 71 | |
Christianity Goes Global | 74 | |
Chapter 8 | The Rise of Islam | 76 |
A Challenge to Christianity | ||
The Advent of Islam Changes the World | 76 | |
Islam Fulfills a Promise to Ishmael | 76 | |
An Early Chance for Reconciliation | 78 | |
Global Expansion | 79 | |
A Shared Mission for Abrahamic Faiths | 80 | |
Chapter 9 | Renewal and Revolution in Europe | 81 |
Cain and Abel Movements Shape the Future | ||
The Renaissance | 81 | |
The Enlightenment | 82 | |
Cain and Abel Revolutions in Europe | 83 | |
Britain’s Glorious Revolution | 83 | |
The French Revolution | 85 | |
The Long Shadow of Rousseau | 86 | |
The French Revolution Foreshadows Fascism and Communism | 89 | |
The Glorious Revolution Foreshadows Democratic Governments | 90 | |
Chapter 10 | The Advent of Communism | 92 |
Marxism Offers an Earthly Utopia | ||
The Genesis of Marxism | 92 | |
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels | 93 | |
Neo-Marxism: Frankfurt School and Postmodernism | 95 | |
Is Marxism Scientific? | 96 | |
The Absence of Science in Scientific Socialism | 98 | |
The Marxist View of Evil | 100 | |
Marx’s Cain Nature is Embodied in Marxism | 101 | |
Marxism Perfects Cain Ideology | 102 | |
The Mentality of Bullies | 103 | |
In Marxism, Ends Always Justify the Means | 104 | |
The Marxist Criticism of Christianity | 106 | |
Marxism’s Falsehoods Doom it to Failure | 107 | |
Developing an Effective Alternative to Marxism | 108 | |
Chapter 11 | A Bitter 20th Century Harvest | 110 |
Evil Unleashed: Socialism, Communism and Fascism | ||
Radical Ideas Spawn Totalitarian Regimes | 110 | |
A Century of Suffering | 111 | |
Socialism | 112 | |
Communism | 114 | |
The Soviet Union | 115 | |
Creation of the Soviet Empire | 117 | |
China Surpasses Russia in Cruelty and Destruction | 119 | |
The Evil of Communism’s Global Specter | 122 | |
Fascism: A 20th Century Brand of Socialism | 123 | |
The Socialism of Nazi Germany | 125 | |
Hitler’s Cain Nature is Embodied in Nazism | 127 | |
Why Communism is More Dangerous than Fascism | 127 | |
Lessons That Must Never Be Forgotten | 129 | |
Chapter 12 | The Communist Seduction | 130 |
Waking Up to a World of Broken Promises | ||
A Predatory and Seductive Ideology | 130 | |
The Problem of Blind Faith and Delayed Consequences | 133 | |
Learning the Lessons of the Past | 134 | |
France: Profound Disenchantment | 134 | |
America: A Romance Sours | 135 | |
Disillusionment Deepens | 140 | |
Germany: Waking Up with Leah | 142 | |
Italy: Too Many Betrayals | 147 | |
The Religious Allure of Communism | 148 | |
A Remarkable Resurgence of Socialism | 149 | |
Chapter 13 | The Rise of Communist China | 150 |
Casting a Dark Shadow Across the Earth | ||
The Most Dangerous Nation on Earth | 150 | |
Capitalism Saves Communist China | 151 | |
China’s State Capitalism | 151 | |
Capitalism Enables China’s Surveillance State | 152 | |
Capitalism Funds China’s Expanding Global Reach | 154 | |
China’s Global Influence and Subversion Campaign | 156 | |
China Practices Genocide | 159 | |
Marxism is Antithetical to Traditional Chinese Faiths | 159 | |
China Crushes Authentic Religions | 162 | |
The CPUSA Now Serves CCP Interests | 163 | |
Why China is so Dangerous | 164 | |
China’s 100-Year Marathon | 165 | |
The Marathon Picks Up Speed | 168 | |
Liberating Communist China | 169 | |
Chapter 14 | Marxism Metastasizes I | 172 |
American Marxists Find a Trojan Horse and The Frankfurt School Marries Marx with Freud in Critical Theory | ||
Collapse of the USSR Exposes the Evils of Marxism | 172 | |
But Marxism Survives the Demise of the Soviet Union | 173 | |
Communism Finds a Home in the Democratic Party | 174 | |
Marxist Threads Run Through Neo-Marxist Offshoots | 176 | |
An Inexcusable Continued Embrace of Socialism | 177 | |
Religion’s Failings Do Not Justify its Destruction | 178 | |
Major Neo-Marxist Theories and Movements | 179 | |
The Frankfurt School and Critical Theory | 179 | |
Frankfurt’s Poison Infects America and the World | 181 | |
The Destruction Wrought by the Sexual Revolution | 182 | |
Alinsky Codifies a Radical Program for the Left | 183 | |
Zinn Spreads Marxist Lies About America | 185 | |
Marxism in Any Form Cannot Succeed | 186 | |
Chapter 15 | Marxism Metastasizes II | 188 |
Postmodernism Takes Critical Theory Global | ||
Foucault and Postmodernism | 188 | |
An Amoral Theory from an Immoral Man | 189 | |
Anti-Religion Theory | 191 | |
Marxism Perverts Christianity in Liberation Theology | 193 | |
Erroneously Conflating Marxism with Buddhism | 194 | |
Denial of Science and Anti-Family Theory | 195 | |
Withering Away of the Human Race? | 197 | |
Queer Theory, Gender Studies and Transgenderism | 198 | |
Radical Feminism, White Patriarch and Toxic Masculinity | 201 | |
The Right to Infanticide | 203 | |
The Real Meaning of Human Rights | 204 | |
Radical Environmentalism | 206 | |
Chapter 16 | Marxism Metastasizes III | 208 |
Social Justice Theory Infects Every Aspect of Life | ||
What is Social Justice? | 208 | |
Intersectionality and Identity Politics | 209 | |
Postcolonial Theory | 211 | |
Critical Race Theory, Anti-Racism, and White Privilege, Fragility and Supremacy | 213 | |
Wokeness, Political Correctness and Cancel Culture | 215 | |
Language as Violence, Hate Speech and Hate Crimes | 217 | |
The Fusion of Marxism and Critical Theories | 218 | |
False Divisions and True Diversity | 222 | |
The Left’s Grievance Industry | 224 | |
Chapter 17 | Making Fallen Nature the Law | 226 |
Governments Side with Lucifer and Cain | ||
Evil is Codified in Legislation and Regulations | 226 | |
Mandating Evil Worldwide | 227 | |
Chapter 18 | America’s Providential Mission | 229 |
Divine Providence and The Rise of a Worldwide Abel | ||
God’s Providence Spans the Atlantic | 229 | |
The Great Awakening | 232 | |
The American Revolution | 233 | |
Today’s Challenge | 235 | |
Regaining America’s Sense of Providential Purpose | 237 | |
Confronting the Chinese Bully | 238 | |
Ike Articulated the American Mission Well | 239 | |
Chapter 19 | The Triumph of Good | 241 |
The Case for Personal Responsibility | ||
The Divine Providence | 241 | |
The Triumph of Good Over Evil | 242 | |
A Final Contest Between Cain and Abel | 244 | |
Providence Assures the Final Triumph of Good | 245 | |
Chapter 20 | Translating Words Into Action | 246 |
Reclaiming the Providence for America By Building an Alliance to Defeat Evil | ||
The Work That Must Be Done | 246 | |
The Enemy as a Two-Headed Beast | 247 | |
Defeating the Cancerous Ideology of the Left | 249 | |
Defeating Communist China | 249 | |
Building an Alliance for Good | 250 | |
An Interfaith Imperative | 250 | |
A Multidimensional Engagement with the Left | 251 | |
I. The Political and Economic Dimension (Including Domestic and Foreign Policy) | 252 | |
II. The Intellectual and Ideological Dimension | 254 | |
III. The Spiritual, Religious and Providential Dimension | 255 | |
A Personal Mission | 256 | |
To Fulfill America’s Providential Purpose | 257 | |
Chapter 21 | Conclusion | 260 |
The End of Marxism and the Dawn of a New Day | ||
This is Our Mission | 260 | |
Use the Cain-Abel Paradigm | 261 | |
The Dawn of a New Day | 261 |