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The Myth of a Christian Nation
The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church | Gregory A. Boyd
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The church was established to serve the world with Christ-like love, not to rule the world. It is called to look like a corporate Jesus, dying on the cross for those who crucified him, not a religious version of Caesar. It is called to manifest the kingdom of the cross in contrast to the kingdom of the sword. Whenever the church has succeeded in gaining what most American evangelicals are now trying to get – political power – it has been disastrous both for the church and the culture. Whenever the church picks up the sword, it lays down the cross. The present activity of the religious right is destroying the heart and soul of the evangelical church and destroying its unique witness to the world. The church is to have a political voice, but we are to have it the way Jesus had it: by manifesting an alternative to the political, “power over,” way of doing life. We are to transform the world by being willing to suffer for others – exercising “power under,” not by getting our way in society – exercising “power over.”
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The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church | Gregory A. Boyd

There has been a great deal of debate about the extent to which the founding fathers were Christian in any historic orthodox sense of the term. My own research inclines me to conclude that most were more deistic than Christian, and that they collectively had no intention of founding an explicitly Christian nation.

kgunnIT I haven't done any research on this yet, but it would be an interesting topic. Alli know about this subject is what has been taught by Evangelical Christians, something to investigate further for sure. And, in all honesty, it may make sense that they were more deistic rather than Christian specifically (or at least seeking to found a country as such). I mean, they sailed to The New Land for religious freedom after all. 8y
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The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church | Gregory A. Boyd

Among other things, when we associate Jesus with America, even in the most remote ways, we legitimize the widespread global perception that the Christian faith can be judged on the basis of what America has done in the past or continues to do in the present.

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The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church | Gregory A. Boyd

Instead of living out the radically countercultural mandate of the kingdom of God, this myth has inclined us to Christianize many pagan aspects of our culture. Instead of providing the culture with a radically alternative way of life, we largely present it with a religious version of what it already is. The myth clouds our vision of God‘s distinctly beautiful kingdom and thereby undermines our motivation to live as set-apart (holy)....