This is a very fine essay on a timely subject. Thank you Dan.

Truth is, as time goes by, more and more, we will see all Christians referred to as "Christian Nationalists". Then we'll be compared to power-hungry Nazi's, fascists, and the Taliban. This is unfortunate.

Remember the famous Macedonian call. The primary goal was to preach the gospel - not to clean up all the social ills in the town. That could come later as more and more converts were made and their lives transformed by the Spirit of God. Christian nationalists seem to have the cart before the horse. Desiring power through something other than servanthood and the deployment of every Christian as a true minister and preacher.

Doug Wilson, a leading voice, even made a negative video about "servant leadership." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R88kl7RfMs0

So, if the church is not going to serve - the masses will still look to their government nannie and their rich uncle in DC. And self-serving politicians and lawmakers will continue to be the only compassionate ones in our society.

And by the way, when Doug continues to refer to himself as THE MINISTER of his church, he is depreciating the servant/minister role of every other person in that church and beyond.

In his interviews, as a representative of Christian Nationalism, he stated that public laws had to be made by somebody - so it might as well be by Christians. Precious little if anything, I recall, was mentioned about deliberate evangelistic efforts to build Christian consensus or even Christians running for an elected office.

In a recent CNN interview he went on to suggest that women should not vote, though this was a minor objective. And that his plan would take about 250 years to implement...

So, in the mean time - tens of billions will come and go without Christ... I pray not.

Jesus stated that his church would be known by their love and care for others. However in the modern world, the church, more often than not, is a charity only unto itself - not unto the needs of others.

You and me are thankful for our Christian past and all the great things which went with it. In church, in community, and in society at large. Christians cheerfully making sacrifices for others was quite common. However, decades later, the guy on the street is asking: What has the church ever done for me? And why should I turn the reigns of government exclusively over to Christians?

All they have seen and experienced regarding church are endless Christian ministers on television - and most of them were begging for $ in exchange for blessings.

Yes, Jesus came to make all things new. To reform all things and bring all thoughts into Divine submission. Yes, Cristians ought to be good citizens - even a light to the world. A city on a hill which cannot be hidden. We surely agree with an optimistic view of the future. The kingdom's of this world will become His. And the stone made without hands, mentioned in the prophecy of Daniel, will fill the whole earth.

Please dear God, bring it on without further delay.