Ep. 172: America's Identity Crisis: Faith, History, and Immigration with John Wilsey [The Outstanding Podcast]

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Dr. John Wilsey, professor of church history and philosophy at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, joins Joseph Backholm to give an analysis of America right now compared to its history. Together they dive into the concept of “Christian Nationalism”, the root of the term, and what it truly means. They also discuss the controversial topic of immigration, answering the question, “Is it selfish and unbiblical to want to put America first?”

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0:00.0	All we can expect is to be able to do we can and to do it in just law and procedure and
0:07.2	deliberation and discussion and tradition, recognizing that there's only so much we can do as a nation.
0:14.2	We can't, what are we going to do?
0:15.0	We're going to bring everybody in the world to America, every single bit.
0:17.9	We're going to have, we're going to have 8 billion, 9 billion people, every many people there are in the world, come to America. Is that. We're going to have, we're going to have 8 billion, 9 billion people,
0:21.7	every many people there are in the world, come to America? Is that what we're going to? We're going to
0:24.8	solve everybody's problem? No, we can't change. We can't change the world. We can change some
0:33.1	things. We can we can affect some things for good as the Lord allows.
0:38.4	But ultimately, what is going to bring universal peace and flourishing in this world is the return of Christ.
0:45.2	Outstanding is a production of The Washington Stand, where you can find news and commentary from a biblical worldview.
0:51.1	Welcome to Outstanding, where we have critical conversations about the news of the day
0:54.9	and the ideas that shape us. Once again, I'm your tour guide, Joseph Backholm, welcoming you to
1:00.1	another exercise and taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. Now, we are weeks
1:06.9	into the Trump administration 2.0, and everyone is saying, I told you so. Those who voted for Trump
1:15.2	think it's just as good as they hoped it would be, if not better. Those who didn't vote for
1:20.9	Trump think it's just as bad as they feared it would be, if not worse. Of course, President
1:27.0	Trump himself is telling us it's the beginning
1:29.8	of America's golden age. And though common sense is making a comeback, it seems, there are still
1:37.7	lingering cultural problems that are very, very serious. Marriage is out of favor. Fertility rates are down. Secularism has been on the
1:46.6	rise for decades now. The church itself seems divided over the question of whether our
1:53.3	involvement is actually part of the solution or part of the problem. Now, my guest today has
1:59.4	studied America as well as the church's role in
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