The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church
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The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church  -     By: Gregory A. Boyd

The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church

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Should church and state really be separated? Does the church belong in the political arena? Arguing from Scripture and history, The Myth of a Christian Nation makes a compelling case that whenever the church gets too close to any political or national ideology, it is disastrous for the church and harmful to society. Contending that the American Evangelical Church has allowed itself to be co-opted by the political right (and some by the political left), Dr. Boyd exposes how this harms the church's unique calling to build the kingdom of God. In the course of his argument, he challenges some deeply held convictions of evangelical Christians in America, such as America being "a Christian nation" and that Christians ought to be trying to "take America back for God." Includes a discussion guide for small group use.

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Title: The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church
By: Gregory A. Boyd
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Zondervan
Publication Date: 2007
Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches)
Weight: 7 ounces
ISBN: 0310267315
ISBN-13: 9780310267317
Stock No: WW67314

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The church was established to serve the world with Christ-like love, not to rule the world. It is called to look like a corporate Jesus, dying on the cross for those who crucified him, not a religious version of Caesar. It is called to manifest the kingdom of the cross in contrast to the kingdom of the sword. Whenever the church has succeeded in gaining what most American evangelicals are now trying to get – political power – it has been disastrous both for the church and the culture. Whenever the church picks up the sword, it lays down the cross. The present activity of the religious right is destroying the heart and soul of the evangelical church and destroying its unique witness to the world. The church is to have a political voice, but we are to have it the way Jesus had it: by manifesting an alternative to the political, "power over," way of doing life. We are to transform the world by being willing to suffer for others – exercising "power under," not by getting our way in society – exercising "power over."

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Gregory A. Boyd (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is a pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Previously a professor of theology at Bethel University, several of his many books include Letters from a Skeptic, Repenting of Religion, Myth of a Christian Nation, God at War, and Satan and the Problem of Evil.

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