Resisting Statism: When the Government Plays God

What's the biggest threat facing Christianity in America today? If you asked 10 different people you would probably get 10 different answers. Some would say that it's the erosion of our religious liberty and other social freedoms. Others may respond that it's the aggressive efforts of religiously-hostile secularism. More ecclesiological-minded Christians might point to the rise of pragmatism and the decline of meaningful membership and discipline in local churches. Shout into the dark hollows of progressive Christianity and no doubt you will hear the repeated refrain of "Christian nationalism" echo back from the netherworld. Still, others would pull up statistics on declining church attendance and religious affiliation by younger generations, captured by the rise of the "nones," an "attention-grabbing phrase used to describe the well-documented increase in the percentage of Americans who, when queried by survey researchers about their religious identification, say 'none.'"