Hayden Mills’s Reviews > The Case for Christian Nationalism > Status Update

"Violence cannot itself advance Christ's kingdom. Indeed, this is the very reason why his kingdom is not of this world. But violence can be used to secure it indirectly and outwardly... the church in itself does not increase by any earthly force, for its power spiritual, but earthly forces can preserve an indirectly advance that Kingdom by confronting and eliminating outward threats to it."

Dangerous fine line here

The Christian prince "Has the power to call synods in order to resolve doctrinal conflicts and to moderate the proceedings. Following the proceedings, he can confirm or deny their theological judgments: and in confirming them, they become the settled doctrine of the land."

Yeah this always works out well

"I envision a measured and theocratic Caeserism"

"The Prince holds the most excellent office, exceeding even that of the church minister, for it is most like God... he is the closest image of God on earth... he does not and cannot mediate salvific Grace... nevertheless he is an instrument for eternal life, for one looks more to the prince for his good than even Church ministers"

Hm

Wolfe criticizes Ray Ortlund and Russell Moore for celebrating the death of cultural Christianity. I find myself somewhat between Wolfe and Moore. I want two things to be true: (1) the church is as much as possible filled with regenerate believers, and (2) common grace is something to be thankful for. But the church's mission is not cultural socialization, I agree with Moore on that.

"Paedobaptism is the position most natural to Christian Nationalism... When the body politic are baptized, all are people of God... credobaptism likely creates problems for Christian Nationalism... Paedobaptism is consistent with CN theology because it makes possible a society that is baptized in infancy and thus is subject to Christian demands for all of life."

Not. At. All. Suprised.

Proud to be a Baptist

"Unity in Christ does not entail or provide unity and earthly particulars, which are necessary for living well in this world. Though the people of God share the highest good, that does not make any random selection of them mutually suitable for civil fellowship."

He believes the government should and ought to build churches, fund seminaries, suppress public blasphemy, heresy, or profanity, and enforce sabbath observance.

"Just as grace clarifies for sinful man his true end and supplies the means to attain it, Christianity completes the nation by ordering the law, customs, and social expectations to heavenly life."

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The more I read, the more alarmed and deeply uncomfortable I become...

"A Christian people, who's good is found in cultural particularity can and must be for itself as a distinct people." (135)

"Blood relations remain relevant to Nations... blood relations matter for your ethnicity, because your kin have belonged to this people on this land..." (139)

"Each of us has a people group, an ethnicity, each people group can be conscious of itself, and each people group has the right to be for itself."

Bruh