[5] In the early years of the Christian reconstruction movement, DeMar collaborated with Gary North on several books.
[9]: xix Gary North states that Ruler of the Nations "has made the meaning of theocracy clear;" that it is not "a civil government that is run by the institutional church," but rather "the rule of God in every area of life".
[9]: 207 DeMar states in an article on the American Vision web site, "Darwinism has secularized everything in America, including our understanding of the Constitution".
[10] DeMar is a proponent of preterism, interpreting the Olivet Discourse as specific to the generation to whom Jesus was speaking in Matthew 24.
[11]: 26–27, 80 The Southern Poverty Law Center describes DeMar as "an outspoken anti-gay activist who regularly hosts and speaks at Christian-right events," and American Vision as an extremist group and an organization advocating "a complete theocracy governed by Old Testament law.