The Case for Christian Nationalism

by Stephen Wolfe

We are Christians pursuing Christian things outside the sphere of the instituted church. The instituted church is not a hub of Christian activism or the “embassy” of godly political rule. The people of God arrange for themselves their own civil rule, and it doesn’t proceed from the ecclesiastical order or from the approval of ministers. For too long, we have looked to fiery political sermons to satisfy our concerns over the “culture.” We listen and then walk out the door thinking, The secularist culture got it good! and we are satisfied. Meanwhile, the culture continues going to hell. This exaggerates things a bit, but still Christians have treated Sunday as their weekly political meeting. It should be no such thing, and practically speaking, turning it into a political church hinders Christian political movements. We must form civil associations outside the ecclesiastical sphere, and without pastoral leadership.