Christian leaders denounce Trump administration as “cruel and oppressive” | PennLive letters

Christian leaders and scholars across the nation are denouncing President Donald Trump’s administration and urging more active resistance among the faithful to “the injustices and anti-democratic danger sweeping across the nation.”

The Surprising Skill MAGA Christians Say Is ‘Sinful’

As Christian nationalism rises, some influential voices are reframing this ability as weakness, manipulation or even a threat to faith.

Christian Nationalism is Not New

Not only is Christian Nationalism not new; it is not especially American. Yes, to be sure, America adds its own wrinkle to Christian Nationalism. “American Christian Nationalism” is not exactly the same as any other Christian Nationalism. However…

White Christians Must Destroy White Christian Nationalism

I didn’t want to be doing this. Ten years ago, I was a student pastor at a large Suburban North Carolina church. Though I’d been writing a blog for a while, it had been for an audience comprised largely of parents of teenagers and youth pastors. I touched on ministry, parenting, religion, grief, the Church-at-large, but rarely on politics, and certainly not with any specificity.

What is the ‘Seven Mountains Mandate’ and how is it linked to political extremism in the US?

(The Conversation) — The Seven Mountains Mandate calls on Christians to gain influence, or ‘take dominion,’ over seven key areas of culture: religion, family, education, government, media, business and the arts

Addressing Christian Nationalism in the United States

As a Catholic who writes about the Bible and a journalist covering the occupied West Bank, Christian nationalism in the United States is the subject Jeffrey Stephens has been questioned about the most lately. The term touches more political arenas than one might think and has been too loosely associated by those in other parts of the world attempting to explain Christianity and problems with evangelicalism in our country.

People Who Left ‘MAGA Christianity’ Share What It Really Took to Step Away.

“Maga Christianity is a cult,” one former church member said. “I know because I was in it”

Christian Nationalism and Postmillennialism

Given my deep love for thinking and writing about liberation and freedom, it might seem somewhat ironic that a large part of my career has been built on the principle of “I read and think about terrible things so you don’t have to.” This is quite natural, of course—if we need liberating, we obviously need to be freed from (or at least avoid) something terrible—but it nonetheless means spending a lot of time wrestling with issues like Christian nationalism and the the need to protect public education from religious indoctrination. As an example of my reading and thinking about such things, I recently read a book by New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) teacher Robert Henderson, Impacting the Seven Mountains from the Courts of Heaven. I certainly haven’t written this article to recommend spending your time reading this book—let my pain be your gain—but the text nonetheless gave me an important insight into Christian nationalism.