Yeah, my impression is that “country” was more of an Old Testament thing. Jesus’ experience of “country” ended poorly, on a hill, and then they wrote the New Testament about him. At least in the Old Testament you have the Hebrew nation sticking up/together for themselves, even as other countries make them miserable.
As for Christianity in the US today, it’s like being in the soda and chips aisle of a grocery store: what brand are we talking about? Most of them are bad for you, but oh so appealing.
Yeah, my impression is that “country” was more of an Old Testament thing. Jesus’ experience of “country” ended poorly, on a hill, and then they wrote the New Testament about him. At least in the Old Testament you have the Hebrew nation sticking up/together for themselves, even as other countries make them miserable.
As for Christianity in the US today, it’s like being in the soda and chips aisle of a grocery store: what brand are we talking about? Most of them are bad for you, but oh so appealing.