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Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

Is America A Christian Nation? (Part II with Pastor Douglas Wilson)

Politics By Faith w/Mike Slater

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Christianity, Politics, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9592 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Mike Slater examines whether America was founded as a Christian nation, weighing the founders’ biblical influences, their Christian worldview, and the clear Christian principles woven into the nation’s early laws, education, and moral framework. He explores what Scripture says about nations, rulers, and the role of God’s people in public life, while addressing today’s cultural battles over faith in government and society. This is part two of two with Pastor Douglas Wilson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to part two of our special is America a Christian nation.

0:04.0

Start off with Douglas Wilson and then my grand finale where I give some more quotes from

0:08.7

our founding fathers and go a little deeper into Proverbs 1434. Enjoy.

0:18.0

What we are praying for, what we are working for, what we are looking for, what we are longing for is a black swan revival.

0:27.5

A black swan reformation.

0:30.2

The sort of thing that historians, 100 years from now, will look back on and say, yeah, that had to happen.

0:35.7

But nobody saw it coming.

0:37.0

The spirit empowered an obscure

0:39.2

Anglican priest named George Whitfield, and the awakening in England and America transformed both

0:46.7

countries. Apart from that, I believe that England would have had a French Revolution as ugly and as bad as

0:52.9

the French Revolution was. That

0:55.0

was headed off by Whitfield and Wesley and the preaching of the gospel. And Whitfield was

1:00.8

responsible for the Great Awakening here in the States. And he was a nobody. He was an obscure

1:08.1

Anglican priest and God did a wonderful thing.

1:14.8

Got a great book right here of George Whitfield's letters that I highly recommend as well.

1:21.3

But also pick up the book Frequently shouted questions about Christian nationalism. Political theology are debunking myths on

1:30.6

biblical nationalism, and that is written by the leader of Christ Church in Moscow, Idaho,

1:36.4

the great pastor Douglas Wilson. Mr. Wilson, how are you, sir?

1:39.5

Doing great. Thanks for having me. Great for you here. I want to break down all that. Maybe we

1:43.2

can talk some Whitfield, and I want to talk about revival, but I got to ask you the opening question of our show, which is,

1:48.0

is America a Christian nation or where we founded as a Christian nation? What does that mean to you?

1:52.9

Yes, we were absolutely founded as a Christian nation. And I would describe us today in our current

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