Christian Nationalism Without Idolatry
Opinion Piece By | Molly Krempski
It is not enough to be able to identify Satan’s plans for global domination. It is not enough to recognize deception, expose evil, or stand against systems that seek to enslave nations. The greater question is this: What are we standing for ?
A people can correctly identify spiritual darkness and still respond in the flesh. They can see corruption, false religion, occult influence, Marxism, globalism, or organized rebellion against God, and still answer it with fear, pride, hatred, political control, or human strength.
That kind of resistance may appear bold, but it is not the Kingdom of Christ. It is merely one kingdom of man trying to defeat another kingdom of man.
This is why the distinction between different kinds of nationalism matters.
I am not opposed to Christian nationalism. In fact, I believe America was founded with a Christian purpose - to establish ordered liberty under God, to build a civilization shaped by biblical truth, and to advance the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. From the earliest colonial covenants and charters to the Declaration’s appeal to the Creator and Divine Providence, America’s founding story was never one of religious neutrality or national purpose apart from God.[1]
But true Christian nationalism is not racial nationalism. It is not political nationalism. It is not state worship. It is not the idolization of blood, soil, party, ethnicity, or government power. It is not man-made religious nationalism, where the state uses religious language as a tool to unify people around earthly power.
True Christian nationalism is something entirely different. It is a Holy Spirit-led love for one’s nation under the lordship of Jesus Christ. It seeks the preservation of a people not for their own glory, but so they may fulfill God’s purpose. It desires national repentance, national righteousness, national obedience, and national alignment with the Kingdom of God.
It does not make the nation supreme. It places the nation beneath Christ.
This is where men like Hitler went terribly wrong. Hitler and the Nazi movement did not seek national preservation under the authority of Jesus Christ. They turned instead to racial ideology, state power, man-made religion, antisemitism, conquest, and blood-and-soil nationalism. Nazi ideology treated race as destiny and built policy around false theories of superior and inferior peoples. [2]
That was not Christian nationalism. It was a counterfeit kingdom.
Whatever enemies Hitler claimed to oppose, his answer was not Christ. His answer was another form of satanic rebellion dressed in national language. It is possible to oppose one evil system while building another. It is possible to recognize darkness and still walk in darkness. It is possible to fight corruption while becoming corrupt.
We must not make that mistake.
Our answer to globalism is not mere nationalism. Our answer to Satan’s kingdom is not political power. Our answer to false religion is not hatred. Our answer to Marxism is not authoritarian control. Our answer to chaos is not state idolatry.
Our answer is the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
That Kingdom does not erase nations. Scripture shows that nations matter to God. Nations can rebel against Him, and nations can be discipled. Nations can forget God, and nations can return to Him. [3]
A Christian nation is not one that merely uses Christian language or preserves Christian symbols. A Christian nation is one that acknowledges Christ’s authority, honors God’s law, protects righteousness, restrains evil, defends the innocent, and seeks to order public life according to truth.
America’s calling was never supposed to be neutral. Her founding purpose was not simply to create a prosperous political machine. It was to establish ordered liberty under God and to advance a civilization shaped by the gospel of Jesus Christ.
When America forgets that purpose, she becomes vulnerable to every counterfeit kingdom that promises security, equality, unity, or freedom apart from God.
Therefore, our response must be more than opposition. We must not merely expose Satan’s plans. We must advance Christ’s Kingdom.
We must be for repentance, not merely against corruption.
We must be for righteousness, not merely against lawlessness.
We must be for Christ’s lordship, not merely against global domination.
We must be for biblical nationhood, not merely against open borders or foreign ideologies.
We must be for Holy Spirit’s leadership, not merely against human enemies.
The battle is not simply between globalism and nationalism. The battle is between the kingdom of Satan and the Kingdom of Christ.
Any nationalism that is not submitted to Christ will eventually become an idol. But a nation submitted to Christ can become a vessel of righteousness, preservation, liberty, and kingdom purpose.
That is the kind of Christian nationalism America needs - not racial nationalism, not political nationalism, not religious nationalism, but Holy Spirit-led national obedience to Jesus Christ.
Molly Krempski
Endnotes
[1] The English Crown. “First Charter of Virginia (1606).” Encyclopedia Virginia, Virginia Humanities, 7 Dec. 2020, https://encyclopediavirginia.org/primary-documents/first-charter-of-virginia-1606/. Accessed 25 June 2026. [britannica.com]
“Mayflower Compact: 1620.” Avalon Project, Yale Law School, https://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/mayflower.asp. Accessed 25 June 2026. [avalon.law.yale.edu]
“Declaration of Independence: A Transcription.” National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript. Accessed 25 June 2026. [archives.gov]
[2] “Nazi Racism: An Overview.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 10 Jan. 2025, https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-racism-an-overview. Accessed 25 June 2026.
“Lebensraum.” Holocaust Encyclopedia, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/lebensraum. Accessed 25 June 2026. [encycloped....ushmm.org]
[3] The Bible - See Psalm 2; Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 17:26-27; Revelation 11:15; and Revelation 21:24-26.