In this episode and the next I want to explore the dangerous intersection and relationship between partisan politics and religion. In this episode we'll explore how America is just the latest in a long line of empires who baptize their efforts and desires to rule others in religious language so that God simply serves the purposes of the political powers. This is sometimes called civil religion or nationalism and the Bible has a lot to say about it. In part two of this episode we'll see how Trump and the MAGA movement welcome and run off of twisted Christian language and how the church has sadly joined in that project in order to maintain cultural power and influence in order to protect itself. In my opinion this may be the premiere theological crisis of the evangelical church in America today.  Have a follow-up question to something that was said? 

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