“MAGA ideology treats America as though it were a covenant nation, uniquely blessed and needing to be ‘restored’ to a past purity. This is a form of nationalism the Bible does not permit. Christ’s Kingdom is global, multiethnic, and not tied to any earthly power. When we elevate America to a sacred status, we diminish the cross….

“For many, MAGA has become more than politics—it is community, identity, meaning, hope. It has its own symbols, rituals, and liturgies. But God warns:

“‘You shall have no other gods before Me.’
—Exodus 20:3

“Anything that gives us what God alone should give us—identity, purpose, belonging—has become an idol.”

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John Stott, The Lausanne Covenant: An Exposition and Commentary

“Justice, reconciliation and freedom—these are more and more the object of human quest in today’s world. But they were God’s will for society long before they became man’s quest. For God loves the good and hates the evil wherever these are found (Psa. 7:9,11; 11:4-7; 33:5).”

“Because of every person’s inherent dignity as a godlike being, he should be respected and served, and indeed loved (Lev. 19:18; Luke 6:27,35), not exploited. Only when we grasp this foundational biblical doctrine shall we begin to see the evils, for example, of racial discrimination and social prejudice. They are an offense to human dignity and therefore to the God in whose image man is made. It is not exaggerated to say that to insult man in these ways is to blaspheme God (Jas. 3:9,10).”

“it is our duty to be involved in socio-political action; that is, both in social action (caring for society’s casualties) and in political action (concerned for the structures of society itself).”

“Salvation is deliverance from evil, and implicit in God’s desire to save people from evil is his judgment on the evil from which he saves them. Moreover, this evil is both individual and social. Since God hates evil and injustice, we should not be afraid to denounce evil and injustice wherever they exist.”

“And this [Christian personal] transformation, if genuine, should touch every part of us, indeed the totality of our personal and social responsibilities. If not, how can we claim to be saved? For faith without works is dead (Jas. 2:20).”

“And, as Samuel Escobar insisted in his address at Lausanne, the church must demonstrate that it is a ‘radically different community,’ with new standards, a new view of money and property, a new attitude to secular power and a new power of its own (the Holy Spirit), and an altogether new quality of love and brotherhood.”

“Then let us remember that a church which preaches the Cross must itself be marked by the Cross (Gal. 6:14,17), that is, by self-denial, self-humbling, and self-giving.”

“the church must ‘identify and agonize with men, renounce status and demonic power, and give itself in selfless service of others for God.’ Otherwise the very church which is intended to be the agent of evangelism becomes a stumbling block to evangelism (cf., II Cor. 6:3).”

“… the church…  is not primarily an institution; nor must it be identified with any particular culture, social or political system, or human ideology. The church is above and beyond all these organizations of man.”