What Would the Early Church Say to Christian Nationalists?

In this video, Dr. Mike Bird imagines what critique the early church would make of today's pheneomenon of Christian Nationalism.

Outline
00:01 Intro
00:41 Definition of Christian Nationalism
02:00 Caesarizing the Messiah, Messianizing Caesar
03:50 Jesus on not lording over others it like the Gentiles do (Mark 10.41-45)
06:21 Paul before Marcus Agrippa (Acts 26.27-29)
9:20 A Nieburhrian Critique
10:26 Summary
10:47 Outro

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