Was America Ever Christian? Founding, Awakening, and a Common Myth
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“John Randolph of Roanoke (1773–1833) had no confidence that America was, or ever had been, a Christian republic.” - Desiring God
Illiberal Integralist Elites
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“Nobody seriously thinks that hostile secularity is the ideal state of government, or rejects the claim that society should order us toward the truth or the good. What we cannot do, however, is wink at the authoritarian and illiberal claims about authority that are implicitly, or sometimes explicitly, made in some integralist arguments.” - L&L
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The Church is a Subversive Society
The president of Southern Seminary is on record as saying that government funding for religious schools is wrong, that Baptists “consistently oppose” the public reading of Scripture in public schools, and he even agonized over whether it would “subsidize religion” for churches to be tax-exempt.1 This president is not Al Mohler, but his predecessor Edgar Mullins, writing in 1908. Some religious outsiders (and perhaps not a few Baptists) would be surprised to learn this.
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The Rise of Right-Wing Wokeism: A Review of ‘The Case for Christian Nationalism’ by Stephen Wolfe
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“I understand and sympathize with the desire for something like Christian Nationalism, but if this book represents the best of that ism, then Christian Nationalism isn’t the answer the church or our nation needs.” - Kevin DeYoung
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The Chaplaincy: A Public Role of Christianity in the United States
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“The problem with Christian nationalism is that apart from being vague and deeply problematic for the United States’ historic religious liberty practices, it is ultimately superfluous.” - Providence
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“The Christian Church in America has seen a renewed interest in modified versions of theonomy”
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“Theonomy is utterly dependent upon the embrace of a postmillennialism that inevitably demands the implementation of a Christian theistic ethic into the fabric of every society. This makes nearly every form of theonomy a present non-reality that is dependent on a misconstrued eschatological hope.” - Nicholas Batzig
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Can There Be a “Christian City?” Reflections on Doug Wilson and Moscow, Idaho
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“I would recommend that Wilson read two books: Augustine’s ‘The City of God’ and Greg Boyd’s ‘The Myth of a Christian Nation.’ According to BOTH, before the return of Christ there can be no ‘City of God’ or “Christian Nation.” - Roger Olson
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Southwestern prof on Russian Orthodox Patriarch: war, indulgences, “when church and state get too cozy with one another”
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“The pronouncement of Patriarch Kirill is little different than the sort of indulgences that Martin Luther fought against in the Reformation,” - BPNews
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Study: 61% of Republicans said they favor “the United States officially declaring the United States to be a Christian nation.”
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“The questions about Christian nationalism — the idea that Christianity is an essential part of American identity and that Christians should run the country — were part of a larger poll of 2,091 participants conducted May 6–16, 2022.” - RNS
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John MacArthur, James White, et al release Frankfurt Declaration on government abuse of power
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“The 2,000-word document has received signatures so far from notable figures including John MacArthur, Tom Buck, Voddie Baucham, Phil Johnson, James Coates, and James White.” - C.Leaders
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