Comparing Christian Nationalists

This episode is a rebroadcast from The Presbyterian and Reformed Churchmen podcast, hosted by George Sayour — now rebranded as Grace at the Gates. Sayour, who serves as the State Capital Minister to the State of Florida (https://www.ministrytostate.org/), talks with Pastor Aldo Leon about what it truly means to be a Christian nationalist from a biblical and Reformed perspective. The original episode was sponsored by Birmingham Theological Seminary (https://bts.education).

• Aldo Leon joins George Sayour to explore what "Christian Nationalism" should mean under Christ's rule, contrasting his Christ-centered vision with modern nationalist movements.
• Aldo explains that Christian nations must be ordered under Christ's crown rights, where the law and gospel together define civil and moral order.
• His theology of nations begins not with natural law or culture, but with Christology — Christ's mediatorial kingship shapes every aspect of family, church, and state.
• The discussion highlights how modern pluralism and cultural nationalism often lose the Reformation's conviction that the magistrate must oppose false religion and uphold true worship.
• Aldo critiques how the church's response to COVID revealed a surrender to state control (Erastianism), calling believers to recover a biblical understanding of Christ's authority over all realms.
• In addressing Romans 13, he clarifies that civil rulers are "deacons of God," obligated to uphold both tables of the law — moral and spiritual — for the flourishing of society.
• The episode concludes with a reflection on Aldo's book Christ's Crown: Christianity and the Civil Realm, emphasizing that any true Christian political vision must begin with personal devotion to Christ, not national identity.

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Also, check out Aldo Leon's book In Christ's Crown, Christianity, & The Civil Realm. In it, Aldo presents a clear and compelling case for the Reformed doctrine of Christ's mediatorial rule over the civil magistrate — showing how His authority extends to every sphere of life. Available now through Berith Press: https://www.berithpress.com/bookstore/p/christs-crown-christianity-the-civil-realm.