What happens when the cross gets captured by the flag? A mob storms the Capitol carrying Jesus banners. A pastor watches his congregation confuse patriotism with faith. And the church faces a question it can no longer avoid.
In this episode, Graham explores Christian nationalism and populism through the lens of Scripture, theology, history, and cultural analysis. He examines the biblical tension between the kingdom of God and the empires of this world, from 1 Samuel to the Sermon on the Mount to Revelation 7. He engages with voices like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Karl Barth, Desmond Tutu, Stanley Hauerwas, and Raimond Gaita. And he asks what Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa teach us about the dangers of fusing faith with political power, why the gospel offends both the right and the left, and what it looks like to follow Jesus without being owned by any political tribe.
Book recommendations: "The Myth of a Christian Nation" by Gregory Boyd, "Taking America Back for God" by Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry, and "Kingdom or Empire?" by Graham Joseph Hill.
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