Larry Ball, The Aquila Report, Dec 19, 2025
If I didn’t know better, I would think that recently there was a coordinated effort to destroy anything remotely connected to the movement sometimes defined as Christian Nationalism. The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) has a special committee studying it and is expected to present its report to the 2026 General Assembly. In the last few weeks there have been at least two negative critiques (6 Questions for Christian Nationalists, and What Wicca’s Origins Teach Us About Christian Nationalism).
From the content of these you would think that Hitler was about to rise from the dead and establish a Nazi tyranny over the United States, all in the name of Christ. The first article explicitly warns of the dangers of “antisemitism, racism, and Nazism.” The latter article directs us to the origins of Wicca to help us understand Christian Nationalism. At one time I viewed such alarm as people being in a state of frenzy.
I’m not particularly happy with the term Christian Nationalist myself. I prefer “a return to Christendom” or simply “the restoration of a Christian Nation.” For most of those who still use the term “Christian Nationalism,” this is basically what they mean. I know because I run in their circles.
As I read these ominous warnings and morbid caveats, I began to wonder what is behind all this anxiety and panic. I think sometimes that maybe I have been dreaming, and I just woke up. Surely, it is not a fear of restoring the ten commandments as a regulatory principle for a peaceful and prosperous nation. Being an older baby-boomer, I’ve lived in that kind of society, and it was a blessing.
I remember the days when Sunday (the Sabbath) was a day of rest and when stores were closed. There were Sabbath Blue Laws on the books of most states. I remember the days when 90% of adults were living within the confines of marriage, and unplanned pregnancies outside of marriage were solved via adoption or public repentance before the church. Just the mention of homosexual marriage would have made most people nauseous to the point of vomiting. The public display of homosexuality was against the civil code. Christmas and Easter were national holidays celebrated in honor of the only Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All government offices were closed in honor of Christ.
No one was forced to go to church, and you did not have to pay taxes to support a particular denomination. No one was forced to believe anything against their conscience, and the State did not favor any particular Christian creed among a multitude of denominations.
Moms stayed at home to take care of the children, and Dads went to work outside the home to provide enough to take care of the family. Medical bills were paid in cash with a few dollars from the billfold. We could be out after dark without the fear of being mugged.
Everyone spoke the same language and there were no mosques or Hindu temples anywhere. Churches dotted the landscape almost like the stars in the sky.
It was not a perfect time, but (minus all the modern amenities and gadgets), it was certainly a better time than we live in today. Crime was minimal and divorce was almost unheard of. We lived in a Christian Nation where the laws of the civil magistrate reflected the Ten Commandments. I don’t mind calling it a time of Christian Nationalism. It was not a perfect time to live, but we all knew that perfection was not possible in this life.
So, my concern is that some important people have created an unhealthy picture of Christian Nationalism. In their zeal to protect their congregants, they have detached religion form the state. They have in essence detached the word Christian from the word Nation. Yes, we must separate church and state, but no one can separate religion or morals from the state. As Dr. R. J. Rushdoony said years ago, and which is still true today, the question is not whether a religion, but which religion. The source of law in any nation is the god of that nation.
There is no such thing as neutrality, even in civil government. We have lived under the religion of Neo-Marxism for nearly 50 years now, and you see what is happening. I would much rather have a Southern Baptist Christian (even as a Presbyterian) as mayor of New York City than a socialist Muslim. That’s all I am saying.
There are greater threats to America than Christian Nationalism. Neo-Marxism (Cultural Marxism) with its god of equality is now the unofficial religion in America. And maybe in 2025, even a greater threat is Islam (See my article The Invasion of Islam – A Time for Alarm).
I could only wish that these men in their articles would take the threats of Neo-Marxism and Islam as seriously as they do Christian Nationalism. It is my opinion that one should never judge the boldness of a minister merely on the things he speaks about, but on the things about which he remains silent. There is just too much silence in the day of evil.
The Marxist god of equality has produced equal rights for everyone, including the rights of all mothers to abort their children, the right to be both a man and a woman at the same time, and even the right for Muslims to hold office equally as Christians. It is not the biblical equality under the law which was common in heritage America, but it is the equality of death.
Christian Nationalism is not the boogeyman it has been painted to be by these pastor/scholars who are excellent writers. Neo-Marxism and Islam are the real threats to a Christian Nation, but sadly no attention is being given to these dangerous religions. I suspect that one reason is that it would be a threat to the peace of most congregations today.
America is at a cross roads. Marxist globalism and its hatred of nationalism in general is at our door-steps. Just because Hitler’s nationalism was evil is not an indictment of all nationalism, especially genuine Christian Nationalism. We can either become a Christian Hungary or a Multi-cultural France run by autocrats out of Brussels. That is the choice before us.
Larry E. Ball is a retired minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and is now a CPA. He lives in Kingsport, Tenn.
https://theaquilareport.com/the-frenzy-over-christian-nationalism
Of course they’re in a frenzy. The America-hating, God-hating Commie Leftists will seize upon any fraudulent “ism” to add to their previous fraudulent “isms” such as racism, sexism, genderism, and so forth, to smear Americans with as being unjust.
There can’t be any American Christian nationalism since religion, particularly the Christian ethic, is built into the American form of self-government. For example, when Bibles are used for swearing-in ceremonies, is that Christian nationalism? Of course not, it’s long-established precedent. The Bible in fact is what’s alluded to in the Founding documents.
American Christian nationalism becomes a wretched lie in those circumstances.