A Commentary of Critical Social Justice

 Book Review of Fault Lines 

by Voddie Baucham 

Fault Lines could be sold from a book store’s commentary section.  It would stand all alone as a commentary on the religion of Critical Social Justice. Voddie Baucham proves throughout the chapters that our nation is being evangelized by a new breed of disciples having their own gospel and prophets and priests. The gospel of CSJ is separating America rapidly. Dr. Baucham lays “out a picture of what (he) see(s) as the theological underpinnings of the theology and worldview of Critical Social Justice.“ (p 85)

 “The question of the proper order of faith and ethnicity is critical to understanding the various positions people take in the broader social justice debate—one with which all people must wrestle, regardless of their ethnicity. (Page 40).” Where is the proper order declared? “. . . There is not a book in the world that is better suited to address men on the issue of race than the Bible. That is not to say that there is no help to be found in other books. It is, however, to say that they are not essential.” (Page 145).

This volume is critical because evangelicalism itself is at risk. “Evangelicalism . . . has a fault line—and my goal is to show my brothers and sisters being tossed to and fro by the winds of sociological doctrine how to get to safety.  We are right to pursue justice, peace, and unity (Micah 6:8; Romans 12:18; John 17:20–21). That is not the fault line. The fault lies in believing that such a vision can be attained by affiliating with, using the terminology of, or doing anything other than opposing in the most forceful terms the ideology that lies at the root of the social justice movement. (Page 151).

“The goal here is to be on the right side of the fault line when the catastrophe comes.”

Baucham has drawn an arrow aimed at that target.