The myth clouds our vision of God’s distinctly beautiful kingdom… [Quotes]

“Instead of living out the radically countercultural mandate of the kingdom of God, this myth has inclined us to Christianize many pagan aspects of our culture. Instead of providing the culture with a radically alternative way of life, we largely present it with a religious version of what it already is. The myth clouds our vision of God’s distinctly beautiful kingdom and thereby undermines our motivation to live as set-apart (holy) disciples of this kingdom.”

Boyd, Gregory A., The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church, p 13.