Marginal Christianity

Ted, Ted, Ted, my beloved but confused son! I heard your speech the other night. Actually stayed awake through it. I don't usually make it through political speeches these days. But, as I say, I listened to yours. I listened because you never seem to have gotten the distinction between being an American Christian and a Christian American. And because of that you get most everything else wrong or out of balance. I love you, boy, but you need to get clear on this! It matters whether the “Christian” is the adjective or the noun. Nouns are the primary thing which adjectives modify in one way or another. An American Christians is what I intend you to be, but you keep insisting on being a Christian American. And as I already said, that makes you get everything else out of whack. To wit, Ted, if you were an American Christian rather than the Christian American I heard you proclaim yourself to be the other night. -you would not confuse America with the church the way yo...

by Derek Rishmawy August 21, 2014          “America is a unique nation.” “America is exceptional.” “America is specially blessed by God.” “America has a particular purpose in God’s plan.”   I f you’ve grown up in the US, especially her American churches, all of these are pretty common refrains you hear bandied about. They usually come up around election time, the Fourth of July, or on the National Day of Prayer, when we’re urged to pray for our nation’s “return” back to her God and her former holiness. Mike Huckabee recently released a free video entitled “One Nation Under God” in the “Learn our History” video series, promoting it on Facebook : “Sadly, not enough of our kids appreciate God’s love for America.” Now, there are two different ways of taking these statements. Let’s tackle what I take to be the more modest view first. Read more at http://christandpopculture.com/huckabee-heresy-americanism/?utm...