“Jesus came to establish the kingdom of God as a radical alternative to all versions of the kingdom of the world, whether they declare themselves to be "under God" or not.”

—  Gregory A. Boyd

Source: The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church

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American theologian and pastor 1957

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