Why are the twin sins of “Christian” Nationalism and Progressive “Christianity” so dangerous?

When we give civil government the rights and responsibilities that God has reserved for Himself, or separately delegated to individuals, families, and the church …

We become its supplicants, and it our idol.

And like with all idols, unrestrained government power will inevitably lead to tyranny and bondage.

In contrast, civil liberty exists when the different jurisdictions of the individual, the family, the church and civil government …

Each stay in their separate God-ordained lanes – rather than trying to usurp the rights and responsibilities of each other.

For example, in the New Testament, God gives civil magistrates the power to provide for our common good and protect us from evildoers.

But He never gives civil magistrates the right – or responsibility – to make us personally “good” by compelling us to adopt particular beliefs or ideologies (religious or otherwise).

Nope, not, nada …

Just ain’t there.

Instead, God gives us – as individuals, families, and communities of faith – different roles and responsibilities for how we live holy and righteous lives before Him.

This highlights the fundamental flaw of both “Christian” Nationalists and Progressives:

They want to seize expansive government authority to impose their own notions of being “good” individuals on everyone else, beyond simply protecting us from evil so we can work out our own salvation before God …

By usurping what God has ordained for Himself and delegated to other spheres of authority.

So the choice is not between tyranny on the Right by “Christian”  Nationalists …

Or tyranny on the Left by “Christian” Progressives.

Rather, it is whether we will uphold the separate and distinctly different rights, responsibilities and limits assigned by God to individuals, families, churches and civil governments …

And thus preserve the blessings of Godly liberty FOR ALL.