Politicized Christianity

“Last month, onetime Fox News host Tucker Carlson sat in his cabin-like studio and introduced a bearded, 70-year-old Idaho pastor named Doug Wilson as the person ‘most closely identified’ with Christian nationalism, calling him one of the ‘rare’ clergy ‘willing to engage on questions of culture and politics.’” - RNS

“when ‘Christian nationalism’ becomes a slogan, it’s easy for Christians in America to miss the responsibility we are called to. The people and communities who need to see Bad Faith are, unfortunately, the ones least likely to watch it.” - Jared Stacy

“Carl Trueman’s point has merit. It is essential for Christians to not simply become an arm of those vying for political power. On the other hand, Christian congregations must remember that they stand in a long line of saints who took civic duty seriously.” - Providence

“Ninety years ago, a document was drawn up by faithful Protestant Christians to proclaim their stand against the Nazi state’s attempt to coopt the church and pervert its teachings. It remains both a herald and a witness for the faithful today.” - Acton

“The threat to religious liberty remains and has indeed expanded, but a new one has also emerged: the temptation to combat this by fusing Christianity with worldly forms of power and worldly ways of achieving the same.” - Carl Trueman

“…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

“When we believe that an election is that significant, we tend to shape our priorities around this perceived reality. Our fears determine our conversations, our prayers, our content consumption, our social media interactions, and even in some corners, our sermons on Sunday mornings.” - Robb Brunansky

“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

Book review: “That’s one important takeaway from Land of My Sojourn: We are more than one conversation away from figuring out how to keep the ‘evangelical’ ship from sinking.” - Marvin Olasky

“For cultural evangelicals, they reject one leg of the stool—the behavioral piece. For them, evangelicalism is primarily about tribal belonging (and perhaps some vague belief in the teachings of the Bible).” - Ryan Burge