Christian Nationalism is like ANTIFA
Or the Respect for Marriage Act, which is like An Activist Judge or like Affordable Healthcare, Which is like Congressional Ethics Committee, Like Government Intelligence, which is like, Government Fast Response which like The Institute For Peace, Which is like the WHO? Which is like the CDC.
An Oxymoron!
NPR 'reported' May 17, 2026 that "Crowds of people gathered on the National Mall on Sunday for a conservative prayer gathering as part of a commemoration of America's 250 birthday, which included praise and worship songs, prayers by religious leaders and speeches by members of the Trump administration. ....The event has been criticized as promoting Christian nationalism and obscuring the lines separating church and state. Interfaith Alliance, a national coalition of various faiths, on Thursday night projected messages supporting religious freedom onto the National Gallery of Art."
Christians are not conservatives or liberal. A Christian is no nationalist. And a nationalist is not Christian. A Christian is a sojourner passing through to reach his final destination in heaven. The New Testament frequently uses terms like sojourners, exiles, or foreigners (particularly in 1 Peter) to describe the believer's status on Earth. The core idea is that while Christians are called to love their neighbors and seek the "peace of the city" where they live, their primary loyalty and ultimate citizenship belong to the Kingdom of God.
The perspective that Christian Nationalism is an oxymoron aligns closely with traditional New Testament theology, which frames the Christian identity as a global, spiritual citizenship rather than a geopolitical one.
Key Theological Alignments
The Sojourner Identity: The New Testament frequently describes believers as "foreigners and exiles" (1 Peter 2:11) whose primary citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20). This supports your point that a Christian is "just passing through" and cannot be defined by earthly borders.
Universal Equality: Galatians 3:28 explicitly states there is no "Jew nor Gentile," - national, racial, and geographic distinctions are bypassed within the body of Christ.
The Interconnected Body: Reference to collective suffering mirrors 1 Corinthians 12:26, where the pain of one member affects the whole global church, regardless of political boundaries.
Christian Unity: Jesus High Priestly Prayer
In the High Priestly Prayer, Jesus prays for all Christians to remain, in John 17, specifically verses 20–23. It was spoken by Jesus during the Last Supper, just hours before He went to the cross. In the final section of this prayer, Jesus shifts His focus from His immediate disciples to all future generations of believers:
"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe you have sent me..."
Jesus prays for all future believers, not just the apostles.
• The Pattern: Christians are to be united in the same way as the Trinity.
• The Purpose: This unity acts as a testimony for the world to believe in Him.
Other Bible Verses on Christian Unity
Ephesians 4:3–6: Emphasizes keeping the unity of the Spirit, citing one body, Spirit, and faith. Romans 15:5–6: Encourages unity of mind and voice to glorify God.
Christian Unity: Apostle Paul, Give All Glory to God
In 1 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul corrects the church in Corinth for splitting into arguing groups or factions:
1 Corinthians 1:12
"What I mean is this: One of you says, 'I follow Paul'; another, 'I follow Apollos'; another, 'I follow Cephas [Peter]'; still another, 'I follow Christ.'"
1 Corinthians 3:4
"For when one says, 'I follow Paul,' and another, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not mere human beings?"
Paul wrote this because the Corinthian church was acting immaturely and dividing themselves based on their favorite celebrity preacher. Paul addresses this directly a few verses later by explaining that human leaders are just servants on the same team:
1 Corinthians 3:6: "I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow."
He wanted them to stop bragging about human leaders and focus entirely on God, who actually does the work.
One Bread One Body
The perspective that Christian Nationalism is an oxymoron aligns closely with traditional New Testament theology, which frames the Christian identity as a global, spiritual citizenship rather than a geopolitical one.
Key Theological Alignments
The Sojourner Identity: The New Testament frequently describes believers as "foreigners and exiles" (1 Peter 2:11) whose primary citizenship is in heaven (Philippians 3:20). This supports the point that a Christian is "just passing through" and cannot be defined by earthly borders.
Universal Equality: Galatians 3:28 explicitly states there is no "Jew nor Gentile," - national, racial, and geographic distinctions are bypassed within the body of Christ.
The Interconnected Body: Reference to collective suffering mirrors 1 Corinthians 12:26, where the pain of one member affects the whole global church, regardless of political boundaries.
According to the biblical account in the New Testament, the miracle of Pentecost the speakers spoke in different languages they had never learned, and the listeners heard the message in their own native languages.
The Biblical Narrative (Acts 2)
• The Speakers: The apostles were filled with the Holy Spirit. They began speaking in "other tongues" (foreign languages).
• The Audience: Jews from many different nations were gathered in Jerusalem.
• The Reaction: The crowd was bewildered because each person heard the apostles speaking in their own specific native language.
• The Content: The listeners explicitly noted that they heard the wonders of God being declared in their own local dialects.
It was not one person speaking a single language that everyone magically understood.It was multiple believers speaking various real, human languages simultaneously through divine inspiratio
In 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 we read
"Brothers and sisters:
No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
There are different kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit;
there are different forms of service but the same Lord;
there are different workings but the same God
who produces all of them in everyone.
To each individual the manifestation of the Spirit
is given for some benefit.
As a body is one though it has many parts,
and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body,
so also Christ.
For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body,
whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons,
and we were all given to drink of one Spirit."
Catholic Monks Save the Western Culture
Catholic monks played a primary role in preserving Western culture after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, keeping the flame of literacy, classical literature, and community infrastructure alive —the preservation work done in monasteries was undeniably critical.
The historical consensus highlights several key areas where monastic orders saved and rebuilt European civilization.
The Scriptoria and Preservation of Texts
When the Roman Empire collapsed, civil literacy plummeted, and countless library collections were destroyed by war and neglect. Monasteries became the primary sanctuaries for the written word:
• The Scriptorium: Monks established dedicated writing rooms where they painstakingly hand-copied fading papyrus onto durable parchment.
• Preserving the Classics: Beyond religious scriptures, monks preserved secular classical Roman and Greek texts by authors like Cicero, Virgil, Seneca, and Ovid. Without this baseline, the later European Renaissance would have lacked its foundational literature.
• Illuminated Manuscripts: They created beautifully detailed, artistic books, such as the famous Book of Kells, making text a highly valued sacred art.
The Unique Role of Irish Monks
Ireland was never conquered by the Roman Empire, meaning it remained isolated from the catastrophic barbarian invasions that brought down continental Rome.
• Safe Haven: As popularized by historian Thomas Cahill in How the Irish Saved Civilization, Irish monasteries became an uninterrupted powerhouse of Greek and Latin scholarship.
• Re-educating Europe: Figures like Saint Columba and Saint Columbanus traveled from Ireland back into mainland Europe. They founded new monasteries across France, Germany, and Italy, acting as "intellectual Johnny Appleseeds" who reintroduced literacy to a continent that had largely forgotten how to read and write.
Laying the Foundations for Education
Monasteries were the direct precursors to modern educational institutions.
• Monastic Schools: Monasteries operated schools that trained not just future clergy, but also the children of local leaders and nobility.
• The Carolingian Renaissance: In the late 8th century, Emperor Charlemagne sought to revitalize education across his empire. To do this, he heavily relied on monastic scholars, most notably Alcuin of York, to establish a unified curriculum and standardize medieval script. This network eventually evolved into Europe's first universities.
Agricultural and Technological Innovation
The Benedictine monastic motto of Ora et Labora ("Pray and Work") elevated the status of physical manual labor, which Roman society had previously dismissed as slave work.
• Agricultural Colleges: Historians often note that early Benedictine monasteries operated like regional agricultural colleges.
• Land Reclamation: Monks cleared dense forests, drained malaria-ridden swamps, and turned vast European wildernesses into productive, fertile farmland.
• Technical Advancements: They introduced advanced irrigation systems, pioneered selective livestock breeding, and made early innovations in metallurgy, milling, and commerce.
Biggest Global Threats
The biggest threat to Europe, Africa and the Middle East is Islam
The biggest threat to China, Russia and other Authoritative regimes is Catholicism 1.5 billion strong.
The biggest threat to America is progressivism.As Margaret Thatcher might say, "Europe was created by history." America was created by God." Progressives, Muslims, Communists, Authoritative regimes' values are not compatible with American core culture. You can work to make a more perfect union, not to fundamentally transform it, as Obama often argues. The distinction between "perfecting" the union and "fundamentally transforming" it aligns with the idea of organic development. In theology, a "development of doctrine" preserves the original "DNA" of the faith; a "fundamental transformation" would, by definition, create something entirely new and separate from the founder's intent.
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