The Idolatry of Christian Nationalism
Evil attacks Christians by tricking them into believing they’re “being biblical” when in reality they aren’t being Christlike.
Say ‘No’ to Christian Nationalism: Evangelical Leaders Statement
We recognize that evangelicalism, and white evangelicalism, in particular, has been susceptible to the heresy of Christian nationalism because of a long history of faith leaders accommodating white supremacy. We choose to speak out now because we do not want to be quiet accomplices in this on-going sin.
Revelation’s Warning About Christian Nationalism
We must not sell our souls for the lesser power of nationalism, for nationalism will reap what it sows and get what it deserves—which from John’s perspective, is death.
The Continued Challenges of the Trumpism Movement
This theocratic theology contrasts with historic Christian polity, based on the life and teachings of Jesus who espouses a domain called the Kingdom of Heaven, different from and challenging to the governing entity leading the country.
At The Chapel’s Door: How Bruce Springsteen’s Jeep Ad Displays the Roots of Anti-Asian Violence
With all due respect to the literal house of worship that stands at the center of the lower 48, we should not be working to preserve a chapel founded on denigrating “the Chinese” as godless, Black Americans as criminal, or Indigenous Americans as non-existent. We should be tearing down that figurative chapel instead, sundering flag from cross once and for all.
When Religion Becomes Idolatry
Yes, I am talking about white supremacy, but the kind comfortably ensconced in a leather chair smoking a cigar. I am talking about xenophobia, but the kind safely domesticated behind a white picket fence. I am talking about homophobia, the kind that scapegoats before an audience of well-dressed parishioners.
Nationalism, Purity Culture, and Hijacked Christianity
Ramsey says she works “solely with evangelicals to shed light on how Christianity has been hijacked by nationalism and white supremacy long before Trump.”
On American Exceptionalism
What transpired that Sunday is nothing short of a bold display of American Exceptionalism. Which, to be clear, is idolatry.
The Good News That Breaks Cycles of Violence
The pattern of this world is violence, whether individual or national.
Pastoral Letter on the El Paso Shootings
This moment demands a moral reckoning with who we are and who we want to become as a nation.