"Christian" Nationalism on trial...

 

After last Sunday’s funeral/revival meeting/political rally in the name of Charlie Kirk, it is past time for all Christians to learn about the Theological Declaration of Barmen (Germany, 1934). Presbyterians should be aware of it, but Episcopalians may not be, so I will be leading an introduction to it at a local Episcopal church this coming Sunday.

Why Barmen now? Just one sentence offers a hint: “We reject as false doctrine that the Church could have permission to hand over the form of its message and of its order to whatever it itself might wish or to the vicissitudes of the prevailing ideological and political convictions of its day.” That happened big time on September 21, and the Church must not give in to it.

I invite all of my friends, and particularly those who are Christians, to become familiar with the Theological Declaration of Barmen. The time is right.