In this episode, we continue our conversation about Christian Nationalism.

NOTES:

https://blog.choosetruthovertribe.com/10-signs-youve-fallen-for-christian-nationalism

RECAP & TAKEAWAYS:

How do you recognize Christian Nationalism?

  • American exceptionalism
    • We are great because of God’s favor. Or, because we have been moral and kept some “covenant” with God.
  • God and Country
  • Commitment to a sanitized view of American History
  • Backlash against immigration
    • Nationalism requires a definition of who is in and who is out.
  • Are you more energized about July 4th or Resurrection Sunday?

How can a Christian interact with the nation without being a Christian nationalist?

  • A country is a gift to be stewarded, not a god to be worshiped.
  • Work to have properly ordered loves.
  • View your identity as an Exile that can serve within the nation in which you live.
    • What is your main identity? Or rather what is your identity. Period.
    • Are you a Christian American or an American Christian?
      • Christian is a noun, not an adjective.
  • I don’t need to have a Christian nation to love my nation.
  • The best patriotism is on display in Gratitude, in the Olympics, Camaraderie in War.
    • “It asks only to be let alone. It becomes militant only to protect what it loves”
  • Use your freedom to love.

13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 15 But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. Galatians 5:13–15.

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