Our Christian Nationalist History?
The history Wolfe believes supports his summons for Christian nationalism actually tells a different story—one that dissenters heralded for centuries.
Hating Good, Loving Evil
Christian public witness must mean more than carving out thin religious exemptions. It means calling what is wicked, “wicked.”
Biased History
To be sure, constrained presentism exists on both the right and the left—everyone on the political spectrum bears the temptation to mine the past for present concerns. This temptation must be resisted. Our innate proclivity to tell stories and forge historical memory must coalesce with an uncompromising set of virtues necessary for the storyteller. Without these qualities, a true historical consciousness of who and what we are as a nation will fade, and we ourselves will perish.
Baptists Against Religious Liberty?
Charles Hughes was right: religious liberty is indeed the “glory of the Baptist heritage.” But how that heritage was applied and how it has changed over time is the topic of important debate. And, given the state of our American public square, it’s a discussion that will only continue to intensify in its significance.
An Infinite Liberty of Conscience?
Freedom of conscience is an indispensable right that we cannot jettison. Yet, does a commitment to soul liberty require what Williams said he abhorred, namely, “an infinite liberty of conscience”? Can any society, including our own, withstand unlimited religious and moral pluralism?
