Nationalism and Evangelicals in the 1990s

About this episode

The episode discusses the rise of nationalism within the church following Operation Desert Storm.

In this conversation from 1991, Michael Horton, Rod Rosenbladt, and Kim Riddlebarger discuss the interest in forms of nationalism in the church shortly after the end of Operation Desert Storm in Iraq. GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER A quarterly print publication featuring articles on theology, the historic creeds and confessions, and reflections for the Christian life, delivered straight to your mailbox. For free. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola Media serves today's global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. For over thirty-five years, Sola has walked alongside Christians in their faith, pointing away from novelty and ourselves, and toward Christ and his gospel as proclaimed in the Scriptures, articulated in the ancient Christian Creeds, and summarized in the confessions of the Protestant Reformation. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/

People in this episode

Host: Michael Horton

Guests: Rod Rosenbladt, Kim Riddlebarger

Topics covered

• nationalism
• evangelicals
• 1990s
• Operation Desert Storm
• church history

Keywords

• nationalism
• evangelicals
• 1990s
• Operation Desert Storm
• church

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sola Media

Places: Iraq

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