Podcast – Interview 30: Baptists, Dispensationalists, and Christian Nationalism with Michael Riley
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“…they are Christians, they love their nation, and what is wrong with that? Well, our guest today helps us understand what [Christian Nationalism] is all about. He also helps us put the ideas into a theological framework from a Baptist and Dispensationalist point of view.” - P&D
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Southern Baptists More Historic Than Nationalist in Their Political Posture
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“A Lifeway Research study finds Southern Baptists broadly embrace conservative political ideology but also support religious liberty for all Americans and a government that does not favor any specific religion.” - Lifeway
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Russian Orthodox Church leader declares Ukraine invasion a ‘holy war'
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“The World Russian People’s Council, led by Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill… frames the war as a key moment in Russia’s battle against the ‘criminal Kiev regime’ and Western ‘Satanism,’ calling it a ‘special mlitary operation.’” - CPost
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The “God Bless the USA Bible” should never have been made
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“How unfortunate it is, then, for former President Trump during Holy Week to get on X and hawk the ‘God Bless the USA Bible.’ It markets itself as the ‘only Bible endorsed by President Trump!’” - World
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What’s Wrong with Christian Nationalism?
By Andrés Reyes
Imagine that the mayor of your town comes to saving faith in Jesus Christ. Imagine you are the one to lead the mayor to Christ. What counsel would you give this new believer as the next steps of obedience in his or her newfound faith in Christ? Many of us would correctly instruct the mayor to attend a good church.
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“This is Christian Nationalism as articulated by the author of the most popular book arguing for it.”
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“Wolfe’s Christian Nationalism is about a Christian Nation bound together by common practices, culture, and customs which are exemplified and embodied by a Christian strong man who really becomes the nation.” - Mere Orthodoxy
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John MacArthur denounces Christian nationalism as 'faulty viewpoint' linked to postmillennialism
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“The Kingdom of God is not of this world. Jesus said, ‘My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight.’ His Kingdom is not of this world. The kingdom of this world is a separate world. They’re not linked together.” - CPost
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“Christian Nationalism is distinct from conventional Christian conservatism”
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Christian nationalists “are typically post-liberals who want some level of explicit state-established Christianity. [Conservatives] have been and largely still are classical liberals who affirm traditional American concepts of full religious liberty for all. - Mark Tooley
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Trump promises a revival of Christian power in speech to National Religious Broadcasters
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“If I get in, you’re going to be using that power at a level that you’ve never used before” - RNS
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