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A case for (a kind of) Christian Nationalism

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At the moment discussions and debates over Christian Nationalism are largely confused.  People seem to be talking past each other and little is being accomplished.  Few even agree on what Christian Nationalism is, which means that so far there has been a great deal of heat and very little light. Here I would like to make a case for a kind of Christian Nationalism.  Rather than interact with what others are saying, I would like to lay out (in brief) what I believe is a Biblical vision for the nations.  To do this I will be borrowing heavily from William Symington’s Messiah the Prince .  Symington was a pastor of a Reformed Presbyterian congregation in Scotland during the 19th century.  Raymond P Joseph writes, “Dr. Symington’s outstanding work has proved to be an enduring theological classic, one of the clearest expositions of the Scriptures in support of the proposition that Jesus Christ was appointed by the Father as King over all men and nations (Psalm 2).”  Words by Symington will