Marginalized people are more apt to see through the lie of Christian Nationalism because they have survived the brutal underbelly of American society.
While some people view American history through the lens of “Leave it to Beaver,” others view it through the lens of Emmett Till
I don’t know anyone who is deconstructing because they find the story of Jesus too outlandish or Christianity’s moral demands too arduous.
They are doing it because they keep encountering Christians who are so unlike Christ.
Christian Nationalism is a theological cancer to the body of Jesus Christ on earth.
We can’t exist as Christ’s body among the nations while some fight for America alone as God’s nation.
The more you try to see things from another person’s experience and perspective, the harder it is to stand with people who do not see them as human and valuable.
Those who vehemently fight legal abortion but are uninterested in providing basic healthcare for pregnant mothers or needy children, who are unconcerned about refugee children or those lacking quality education with no hope of escaping poverty cannot really claim to respect life.
I’m regularly baffled by the fact that Christians who proclaim that Christianity is rooted in God’s unmerited favor are the same people who so ardently defend a meritocratic society and economy.
For far too long, Christians in America used the Bible as a weapon and not as a mirror.
The gospel for oppression instead of liberation.
The church as a judgment gavel, not a table of inclusion.
And Jesus as their mascot instead of the example.
Time to flip the tables.
I keep thinking about how a part of what we saw on Tuesday is the culmination of hundreds of years of US American evangelicals identifying as Israel in the biblical story instead of the empires that oppressed them.