OPINION:
Leftists over the last few years have corrupted the term “Christian nationalist” to make it seem a negative — a term to describe racists, misogynists, intolerants and haters.
But it’s really the foundation of American exceptionalism.
What America needs are more Christian nationalists, not fewer.
“Everything that you do as a human being and as an American is based in the Scripture,” said Pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in California, at the recent Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand Summit in Washington, D.C.
That’s because America was founded largely on biblical truths and Judeo-Christian teachings. Leftists hate that because they want to continue to live without boundaries and rules; they want to keep pretending boys can be girls and that abortion is not murder and that parading butt-shaking drag queens before little first-graders is not the sexual grooming of children. They want to live wickedly and destroy anyone who dares call out their wickedness.But their railings and wailings and attacks and vicious rhetoric do not erase the fact America was indeed founded largely on Judeo-Christian — nay, outright Christian — principles.
The Mayflower Compact, signed in 1620 as the settlers landed in Cape Cod, was — as Puritan William Bradford, who became Plymouth Colony’s first governor — “the first foundation of [our] government in this place,” The Mayflower Society noted. And sprinkled generously throughout this document were open mentions of God and Christianity.
“In the name of God, amen. We, whose names are underwritten .. by the grace of God … having undertaken for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith … a voyage to plant the first colony … [and we] do by the presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politick, for … furtherance of the ends aforesaid …,” the Compact reads.
And thus was established a covenant with God to create a form of government that glorified Him and that advanced Christianity.
That’s the basic premise of America’s beginnings.
That’s the original Christian nationalism.
From there, the principles, morals and guiding compasses of America’s government, culture and society were formed; they were shaped and molded and worked and reworked by Judeo-Christian beliefs. Some founders were Bible-thumping Christians; other founders were far less enthusiastic with their faith; nearly all, however, believed in a heavenly creator with power to determine events on earth.
This is not radical. It’s only become radical in the hands of leftists who work tirelessly to shift the foundations of this country and blot out all-things-God so as to grow government, seize freedoms and, ultimately, control the masses. But the secular, wicked attacks on America’s truthful history do not change the truths of America’s history.
Wallbuilders writes, citing 1800s constitutional law professor Edward Mansfield: “In every country, the morals of a people — whatever they may be — take their form and spirit from their religion. For example, the marriage of brothers and sisters was permitted among the Egyptians because such had been the precedent set by their gods, Isis and Osiris. So, too, the classic nations celebrated the drunken rites of Bacchus. … In the United States, Christianity is the origin, spontaneous and national religion.”
It’s in America’s DNA.
It’s our founding spirit.
And from those Christian teachings and Judeo-Christian roots came the concept of God-given individual liberties — that is, American exceptionalism.
Those who understand that history, respect that history, and represent that history in modern times — by fighting for God-given individualism and fighting against Big Government collectivism — are Christian nationalists.
Wear the label with pride.
Christian nationalism is what made America great, and what will keep America great for the future. The left can corrupt all it likes, but in the end, Christian nationalists who stand proud for God then country are the fabric of this society.
And we need more, far more.
• Cheryl Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com or on Twitter, @ckchumley. Listen to her podcast “Bold and Blunt” by clicking HERE. And never miss her column; subscribe to her newsletter and podcast by clicking HERE. Her latest book, “Lockdown: The Socialist Plan To Take Away Your Freedom,” is available by clicking HERE or clicking HERE or CLICKING HERE.
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