It seems the controversy I mentioned in an earlier post has begun to garner Goshen College national attention. Here’s the yahoo article (from AP). There’s little of substance to add although I didn’t know the background that the debate began in 2008.

The relationship between nationalism and Christian faith is complex. For most American Christians to equate the nation with Christianity seems obvious. Yet there is always the danger of idolatry and of elevating one’s country above one’s God. It is a tendency most often seen in the religious right, but few American Christians are immune from that temptation. It’s most obvious when patriotic feeling is at fever pitch and the nation is involved in or building up toward military conflict. Love of one’s country should never blind us to the fact that we are citizens of another country and that the body of Christ knows no national boundaries.