Keith is joined by a guest, Tony Rangel, pastor at Crosspoint church in Edwardsville, Illinois.
Since July is the month of American Independence, we use the opportunity to examine the worldview that has been controversial in the last handful of years, Christian nationalism. We start by examining a misunderstanding about the declaration of independence and where the authority of our human rights come from.
Heidi Przybyla, and investigative news journalist recently made the following statement and interview.
Christian nationalists “believe that our rights, as Americans, as all human beings, don’t come from any earthly authority. Based on this line of thinking, rights “don’t come from Congress, they don’t come from the Supreme Court, they come from God. the problem with that is that they are determining —
man, men, and it is men —
are determining what God is telling them.”
When her remark went viral, and she received pushback about her knowledge of the Declaration of Independence, she offered this defense/apology:
she was “misunderstood.” She was “trying to make a distinction between Christians, and Christian nationalism. “
Her intent was to point out the extremists and Christian nationalism. She is okay with the concept as it relates to social justice, civil rights and racism. She is against it when it comes to abortion, gay marriage and the new legislation that considers in vitro fertilized embryos as humans.
Tony and Keith remark about her inconsistencies even in her apology. We continue discussing the importance in both the morality that comes from religion and how that compares to the infrastructure that comes from secular government. We touch on the idea of whether morality can be legislated. Of course it can, but the role of government is made easier when the population already volunteers to the moral discipline learned in religious institutions.
Keith adds a definition that he found from Christian Post
Based on the thinking of the Left and the media, “if you believe in any sense that America has a unique role to play in the world, and that God in His providence has had something to do with the United States, then you’re a Christian nationalist.”
“Pejoratively, they want to tie Christian nationalism to racism and to prejudice
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