Those of you who know me know that I’m quite fond of hashtag parties. I like to participate in them. I like to start them.
I was really tickled yesterday with the hashtag party for Americhristian. You see, I wasn’t even trying to start a party.
I was simply ranting.
Last year after seeing many Xian folk treat religion and patriotism as two sides of the same coin I became a bit irate. I coined (at least I thought I did) the term “Americhristian.”
A new word 4 you: "Americhristian" – people who confuse their patriotism with their faith, making both worse in the process. #Americhristian
— Xian Satirist (@TheXianSatirist) December 28, 2013
Yesterday I saw a bunch of tweets regarding Memorial Day, America, blah blah blah and it brought up the same feelings. So I brought up the word again. It seemed to resonate with people.
You know you're an #Americhristian when you believe the Old Testament promises for Israel are meant for the U.S.A. (if my people, anyone?)
— Xian Satirist (@TheXianSatirist) May 26, 2014
You know you're an #Americhristian when you confuse God with the other old white dudes who wrote the Constitution.
— Rev. Eric Atcheson (@RevEricAtcheson) May 26, 2014
You know you're an #Americhristian when you get the majority of your theology from country songs, not the Bible.
— Farfennugen (@mcfarkel) May 26, 2014
You know you are an #Americhristian when you complain about no prayer in public schools and you don't pray with your children.
— Yael יָעֵל (@YaelHeber) May 26, 2014
If the antichrist is a black guy sitting in the Oval Office… You might be an #Americhristian.
— Prof. Christianese (@ProChristianese) May 26, 2014
You know you're an #Americhristian when you believe "God & Country" always belong together as a single phrase…
— Xian Satirist (@TheXianSatirist) May 26, 2014
There were a bunch more, but you get the idea. Turns out that other people use that term as well.
I even found a group called “The Americhristian Group”
As far as I can tell this group is a not a hoax, but does seem shady. They want to save America for Christ through “Praise, Partnership and Prosperity.”
THIS IS THE EXACT KIND OF NONSENSE I’M TALKING ABOUT!
When we place emphasis on our national citizenship instead of our heavenly citizenship we’ve got our priorities backwards. Ed Stetzer once wrote, “When you mix faith and politics you get politics.”
Regardless of our political views we need to have Kingdom emphasis first.
We align with Jesus, not with political ideals.
We serve Jesus, not any political platform.
And we know that Jesus is Lord of all nations, not just ‘Merica.
Don’t be an Americhristian.
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