Journal: Journal of Dispensational Theology
Volume: JODT 27:74 (Spring 2023)
Article: Book Reviews
Author: Anonymous

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Book Reviews

Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Guide for Taking Dominion and Discipling Nations by Andrew Torba and Andrew Isker. Clarks Summit, PA: Gab AI Inc, 2022. 106 pp., paper, $14.99.

The founder of gab.com (a free speech social network) and his associate are the authors of Christian Nationalism. Doug Wilson endorsed this book and wrote, “If you want to know more about Christian Nationalism, this book is for you. You will be getting your info from the horse’s mouth, as it were, instead of the mainstream media, which is oriented more to the other end of the horse.” If Wilson’s claim is accurate, this work is designed to introduce Christian Nationalism to its readers. What do the readers learn regarding Christian Nationalism, a term which came into vogue during Trump’s presidency (p. 38)?

• The adherents are Christians (p. 7), defined as a disciple of Christ “who seeks to take dominion in all areas of life by obeying His commandment in the Great Commission to disciple all nations” (p. 17).
• Christian Nationalism is loving one’s neighbors by protecting them “from foreign interests, alien worldviews, and hostile invaders” (p. 19).
• The goal is “Christiandom,” whereby Christians “order our state governments in such a way as to help Christianity grow and flourish in our states without restrictions” (p. 8). The authors do not believe that the United States is a country, but rather that the individual states are countries (pp. 11–12), originally founded as Christian nations (pp. 110–32) with freedom to structure their “country” along Christian lines as their leaders saw fit. However, each state must “recognize Jesus as King, and laws must reflect Christian morality and charity” (p. 15).
• The design is to “bring the kingdoms of this world into submission to Christ’s Kingship,” as was true historically in the Western world (p. 39).
• Christian Nationalism is not a marriage of the gospel and patriotism; rather, it is a movement of rebuilding, reformation, and revival, patiently playing the long game as it exits the secular system, rebuilds a parallel Christian society and reclaims local

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governments (pp. 22–24, 37, 82). The “primary goal is to build a parallel Christian society, economy, and infrastructure which will fill the vacuum of the failed secular state when it falls. We will build back better” (p. 25).

• Christian Nationalism understands the Great Commission to mandate discipleship of all nations, not discipleship of individuals who live in all nations (p. 65).
• Christian Nationalism sees the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe vs. Wade as an example of how the cultural tide is t...
  
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