5.37 Alex Kocman • Reading • “The Order of Love and a Defense of Biblical Patriotism”

ABOUT THE EPISODE

On America’s 250th anniversary, the questions Christians keep asking about flags and fireworks all reduce to an older one: where does love of country belong in the order of our loves?

Resources to Click

• “The Order of Love and the Defense of Biblical Patriotism” – Alex Kocman
• “Patriot” – Etymonline
• “Pietas” – Britannica
• “They’re Coming! The Invasion Scares of 1803-05 &1940” – David Porter
• Theme of the Month: God (B)less America: The United States at 250
• Give to Support the Work

Books to Read

• Ordered to Love – Alex Kocman
• The Republic – Plato
• Nicomachean Ethics – Aristotle
• The Abolition of Man – C.S. Lewis
• The Screwtape Letters – C.S. Lewis
• Summa Theologiae – Thomas Aquinas
• “Christian Patriotism” in The Complete Works of the Rev. Andrew Fuller, vol. 1 – ed. Joseph Belcher
• Return of the Strong Gods – R.R. Reno