Christian nationalism relies on a theology of control, asking us to take up our swords, gavels, and politicians to secure and enforce our own power. Christianity relies on a theology of self-sacrificial love, asking us to take up our crosses and love others in the way...
We Christians can be sure that we are listening to Caesar more than Jesus when our political witness looks more like a sword and a gavel than a washbasin and a cross.
For far too long, Christians used the Bible as a weapon and not as a mirror. The gospel for oppression instead of liberation. The church as a judgment gavel, not a table of inclusion. And Jesus as their mascot instead of the example. Time to flip the tables.