#114 - Daniel Darling
The Eric Metaxas Show
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4.7 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Today On The Eric Metaxas Show, Eric talks with Daniel Darling about his book In Defense Of Christian Patriotism and why Christians do not have to choose between loving God and loving their country. They discuss gratitude, ordered loves, America’s founding, civic duty, the dangers of cynicism, and why patriotism is essential if the republic is going to be preserved. Eric also speaks with Todd Chatman from Christian Solidarity International about freeing slaves in Sudan, and later talks with Papa Tom Clark about fatherhood, America’s covenant roots, and the May 17th rededication of the nation to God. Subscribe for clips from The Eric Metaxas Show to hear politics and culture from a Christian perspective.⭐ PRE-ORDER TODAY:Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World📕: https://a.co/d/0ir3NlapTODAY'S SPONSORS:⭐ FREE SLAVES with CSI: https://csi-usa.org/metaxas/⭐️ BlockTrust IRA: https://www.metaxascrypto.com/⚖️ Legal Help Center - Get Free Legal Help Today: https://www.legalhelpcenter.com/🛏️ MyPillow — Save BIG with code ERIC: https://www.mypillow.com/☀️ Honest, fast, and free Medicare plan guidance: https://askchapter.com/metaxas/💧 Sentry H2O: https://sentryh2o.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, the folks, welcome back. |
| 0:01.7 | It's my privilege right now to have on as my guest. |
| 0:04.5 | Somebody's been on the program before. |
| 0:05.7 | Daniel Darling is a pastor. |
| 0:09.0 | He's the author of many books, the most recent of which you could just see. |
| 0:12.8 | This is so up my alley. |
| 0:14.9 | I could spit, but I won't. |
| 0:17.3 | The title of the book is, Defense of Christian Patriotism. |
| 0:22.6 | Daniel Darling, welcome back. |
| 0:24.9 | Well, Eric, thank you for having me on. |
| 0:26.5 | It's been a while, but glad to be on here |
| 0:28.2 | having a conversation with you about why we love our country. |
| 0:35.8 | Let's get it now. |
| 0:39.3 | Off on the train |
| 0:41.3 | it's fuck a clock again. |
| 0:44.8 | Well, people need to understand this, and I talk about this all the time, |
| 0:47.4 | people act like we bought into this Marxist view of the world, |
| 0:50.7 | a godless Marxist view, that it's a zero-sum game, |
| 0:53.7 | that the more I love my country, |
| 0:55.8 | the less I love God. But would you say the more I love my wife, the more I love my children, |
| 1:02.2 | the less I love God? No, love is not a zero-sum game. God does not operate on Marxist principles. |
| 1:07.8 | So loving our country is something which I write about in depth in my book. If you can |
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