#371 We Need to Talk About Christian Nationalism: What It Really Is | Dr. Bill Roach
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Alisa Childers
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Christian nationalism is one of the most debated and misunderstood issues in the church today. Is it simply a smear label used against conservatives—or is there a real movement seeking to reshape America’s political and religious order?
In this episode, Dr. Bill Roach joins me to break through the confusion. We discuss the many competing definitions of Christian nationalism, the factions claiming the label, and why clarity matters. Dr. Roach explains the historical roots behind modern Christian nationalist thought, how some versions challenge religious liberty, and why others frame it as a return to America’s founding principles.
We also examine parallels between the woke left and what some call the woke right, the dangers of authoritarianism from either side, and how Christians should think biblically about politics, freedom, and truth in a polarized age.
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| 0:00.0 | They're going to say that the woke right is a reaction to the woke left. |
| 0:05.0 | We've seen this. |
| 0:06.0 | You have all these young men in particular, they've been proverbially kicked in the teeth |
| 0:11.0 | for the last number of years as it relates to race and jobs and how their theology operates and all the rest. |
| 0:17.0 | And people are going to say, it's just a reaction. |
| 0:19.0 | They're reacting to this concept. And in one sense, I see what people are saying, say it's just a reaction. They're reacting to this concept. |
| 0:21.6 | And in one sense, I see what people are saying, but here's what I want us to see. |
| 0:25.6 | The woke right is not actually a reaction against the woke left. |
| 0:31.6 | It's actually the continuation of the same ideological project, |
| 0:36.6 | repackaging it in conservative language to infiltrate and |
| 0:42.7 | ultimately destroy right-leaning institutions from within. |
| 0:46.8 | Hey friends, welcome to the show. Today's episode is all about the confusing topic of Christian |
| 1:02.7 | nationalism. If you haven't noticed, there are many different definitions, there are different |
| 1:08.0 | factions, there are different ways it's applied, the different ways that it's |
| 1:12.4 | talked about. We're going to cover all of it today with my expert guest, Dr. William Roach, or as you |
| 1:18.6 | may see him online, Dr. Bill Roach, who serves as the dean of the Norman L. Geisler School of Apologetics |
| 1:24.4 | at Veritas International University. He's an author, an editor, a lecturer |
| 1:29.6 | who specializes in philosophical theology and classical apologetics. He has recently done |
| 1:35.1 | a deep dive into this topic of Christian nationalism. He's authored so many books and scholarly |
| 1:41.3 | articles in the fields of Christian apologetics and philosophical theology |
| 1:45.2 | and also in evangelical doctrine. And in our conversation today, we covered topics like the |
| 1:52.2 | definition problem, the problem that this phrase Christian nationalism is defined in various ways. |
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