Christianity has access to the answer.
The problem is, a lot of it right now really doesn’t understand the question.
And, because of that, it morphs from having access to the answer to believing it has the answer. This is an oft undetectable, but not so subtle, shift because there is a fundamental difference in how this works itself out — not the least of which is the humility with which it effectively operates. Humility lends itself to the questions that need to continue to be asked. Answers as a possession, rather than something we have access to, are too often heading away from humility and towards something else...much of which would not be characteristic of biblical Christianity.
Nationalism (with a small 'n') is simply a thing and not automatically bad — simply a mechanism for appropriate pride in one's country. Nationalism with a capital 'N', however, is generally not a good thing because of all what tends to become involved in relation to other nations and, thereby, to itself. History has well-informed us about its vagaries (and, apparently, still does).
Combining a basic misunderstanding of Christianity with Nationalism (capital N) is often, then, a terrible thing. We don't have to look around very much to see how true this is.
A Christian does not, in the end, have power (or even desire it); a Christian has access to power...and is, thereby, a conduit of it. It is much more of a dependency, than it is a solution (especially when wielded against others — something that is diametrically opposed to true Christianity).
May we increasingly become aware of who we are (and, who we are not), for the sake of the answer...and those questioning it.
