John D. Wilsey
To Study History, Exercise Virtue
By John D. Wilsey | 9Marks Journal: A New Christian Authoritarianism? | 04.28.2023Virtues help us to guard against the extreme vices of nostalgia and cynicism in our historical thinking as we come to grips with what it means to be an American.
The Many Faces of Christian Nationalism
By John D. Wilsey | 9Marks Journal: A New Christian Authoritarianism? | 04.20.2023In all our social media hot takes on Christian nationalism, we miss how nuanced nationalism has been in the American experience.
American Civil Religion and the Gospel Aren’t the Same Thing
By John D. Wilsey | 9Marks Journal: Church Life: Our True Political Witness | 04.17.2018Civil religion, when it remains unevaluated and unchecked by the Word of God, can easily run amok. It can present the nation as God, as the savior of the world, as the last best hope on earth.
