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"Christians should not join pressure groups to restrict international trade through tariffs... Christians should not become advocates of closed borders to those who are coming here to work. Obviously, revolutionaries may accompany the immigrants, but trained revolutionaries are going to get into a free nation, anyway. The borders are not that tight, and they cannot be made that tight. We are not Communist nations."

I was so busy having my mind blown by the "internationalism is good actually" message the first time I read this book that the "church ecumenism is also good actually" chapter kind of blew right past me. is it consistent with the often belittling way North spends most of the book talking about Christians he doesn't agree with? not quite lol. BUT. a unity-in-diversity ecumenism is such a blessed and happy thing.

"If God's vision for his kingdom is international...then no nation can legitimately claim that it is THE Christian nation, the only valid representative of God's kingdom on earth"

"What happens...is that diplomats minimise the ideological statements of totalitarian leaders. They say that such statements are mere rhetoric. They begin a search for the dictator's "real" demands." ahahaha so true actually.

"Jesus spoke of a nation that would inherit the kingdom of God. Was he speaking of a particular nation-state? Or was he speaking of the totality of those throughout history who progress faith in Jesus Christ...the Church International? Obviously, it was the latter." this book on international relations is an oldie and a bit polemic but this bit at least slaps

Taking short break. The book is very detailed. Need to study some more immediate topics for a few days. Will finish soon.

6 more chapters to go

North takes up some heavy subjects in this book. Again I am reminded the only hope for this world is the Gospel.

The vast majority of Christians believe that God holds every person on earth responsible for confessing Christ as his Lord and savior personally, and that he should then confess Christ as Lord and savior of his marriage, and confess Him as Lord and savior of his church. What is astounding is that Christians today also deny vehemently that anyone should confess Christ as Lord and savior of his nation, especially since