Authoritarianism

“Christians sometimes fail to speak out against this distorted view of leadership strength because they embrace a false dichotomy between secular and sacred spheres. They tout biblically-based leadership models like “steward leadership” or “servant leadership” for those inside the four walls of ministry but hesitate to apply those same biblical truths to secular leadership.” - IFWE

“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

“No matter where you work, fallenness is all around you. Other peoples’ unkindness, though, does not negate our call to live at peace with them, and is certainly not a reason to visit their unkindness right back to them (Rom 12:17-18, 21).” - Common Good

“Great leaders are humble, know how to inspire and lead their team, and are prepared to take responsibility—whether it’s their fault or not.” - Phil Cooke

“In the current ‘post-liberal’ moment, there’s a new Christian authoritarian chic. Recent examples include a conservative Christian finding virtue with East German communism, and another extolling a ‘Protestant’ Francisco Franco for America.” - Providence

“Is all authority—by virtue of one person having power over another person—in its very nature, abusive? I ask these questions in a day when accounts of sad experiences with abusive pastors are all too common.” - Mark Dever

“At the same time that the evidence of far-left intolerance is overwhelming, a few of us have been on a very lonely corner of conservatism, jumping up and down and yelling about the new right, ‘Censorship is coming! Censorship is coming!’ And we were correct.” - David French

” Just before posting that entry, I came across a more recent study that around 20% of both Trump supporters and Biden supporters would like their man to just rule by decree.” - Veith

“Carlson and others on the right have expressed admiration for Hungarian policies that squash progressive ideals, not realizing that the executive consolidation of power present in Hungary could do the same thing to conservative ideas if a progressive rises to power.” - Acton

“Both parties have, at various times, hitched their wagons to populism. … Conservatives deserve special criticism for fomenting populism because conservatism is supposed to be temperamentally skeptical of excessive political passion.” - Goldberg