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White Horse Inn

Nationalism and Evangelicals in the 1990s

White Horse Inn

Sola Media

Religion & Spirituality, History, Christianity

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation from 1991, Michael Horton, Rod Rosenbladt, and Kim Riddlebarger discuss the interest in forms of nationalism in the church shortly after the end of Operation Desert Storm in Iraq.

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0:00.0

Here at Sola, we just launched our newest project, the Sola Newspaper, a quarterly print publication featuring articles on theology, the historic creeds and confessions, and reflections for the Christian life, delivered straight to your mailbox for free.

0:16.3

To celebrate, we're turning back to the archive and revisiting classic episodes of Whitehorse

0:21.7

in from the 90s, episodes on nationalism, and why some evangelicals are attracted to Catholicism

0:28.5

in Eastern Orthodoxy. It's easy to think that the movements evangelicals find attractive today are

0:34.2

new, driven by social media and the peculiar pressures of the present moment.

0:39.0

But listen to these conversations from 1991 and 1996, and you'll realize that many of the

0:45.4

topics Christians were wrestling with 30 years ago are being repeated today. We hope you

0:51.7

enjoy these classic episodes, and if you'd like the next issue of the Sola

0:55.6

newspaper sent to your door, head over to solamedia.org slash newspaper to subscribe for free.

1:05.4

Five centuries ago in taverns and public houses across Europe, the masses would gather for discussion

1:12.1

and debate over the latest ideas sweeping the land. From one such meeting place, a small

1:18.0

Cambridge Inn called the White Horse, the Reformation came to the English-speaking world.

1:24.1

Carrying on the tradition, welcome to the White Horse Inn.

1:37.7

There are many ways to contrast biblical Christianity with pop religion, and satire is one of those ways.

1:42.8

That'll be our approach this month as the White Horse Inn goes to the circus.

1:46.8

Next week, it's 91 reasons why the prophecy predictors will be wrong in 91. Then next week, the next week after that, that is, the Tower

1:52.8

of Psychobabble, and then finally a look at the faith teachers with those little gods must be

1:57.8

crazy. But tonight, the circus is God and Uncle Sam.

2:02.7

Is God an American, or is America a God?

2:07.3

Go back with me, if you will, to the year 750 BC, to the center city of Jerusalem,

2:12.4

where the prophet Amos is confronting the high priest Amaziah.

2:16.8

Because of Israel's idolatry and materialism,

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