Should America Rededicate Itself to God?

America is turning 250, and some Christians want to rededicate the nation to God. But what does that actually mean?

It sounds faithful. It sounds patriotic. It may even sound biblical.

But before Christians try to take back America for God, maybe we should ask whether we’ve misunderstood both the founders’ vision and the way of Jesus.

Caleb Campbell knows how powerful a false promise of belonging can be. Before he was a pastor, he was a teenager who found safety, purpose, and identity in a neo-Nazi skinhead group.

That experience gives him a different way of understanding Christian nationalism. It is not merely a set of bad ideas that distorts history, shrinks America, and confuses the kingdom of God with the power of the state.

But bad ideas are not the whole story.

Christian nationalism also offers people something they deeply crave: a place to belong, a story that explains their fear, and a promise that someone strong will protect them. That is why it cannot be answered by fact-checking alone. It has to be answered by a better community, a better story, and a more faithful way of following Jesus.