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The episode discusses the intersection of Christian nationalism and confessional Protestantism, featuring insights from various denominational perspectives.

This topic is one that is on the surface too political for confessionalism Protestantism (which is more about church life than society). But Christian nationalism is not only trending but a natural for confessional communions, for two reasons. The first is that Lutherans, Anglicans, and Presbyterians all grew up in Christian "nations"; our churches began during a period of European history sometimes called confessional because each state sponsored a church that had its own confession. The second good reason is that the Presbyterian Church in America, a confessional Protestant communion, produced a report on Christian nationalism. With the topic fair game for confessional Protestants, co-hosts, Anglican Miles Smith , Lutheran Korey Maas , and Presbyterian D. G. Hart discussed the PCA's preliminary report (received for study at the recent General Assembly ). But the pudcasters did so with the added twist of discussing Miles Smith's response to the report. In what might have appeared to be a hunt without any Lutheran dogs, Korey Maas had plenty to say not only because of Miles Smith's early departure from the recording. Among the subtopics discussed were natural law, the…

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Host: D. G. Hart

Guests: Miles Smith, Korey Maas

Topics covered

• Christian nationalism
• confessional Protestantism
• church and society
• political matters
• natural law
• PCA report

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Presbyterian Church in America, Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians

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