{
  "title": "Patriotism Confused With Kingdom Loyalty",
  "slug": "patriotism-confused-with-kingdom-loyalty",
  "url": "/modern-traditions-of-men/patriotism-confused-with-kingdom-loyalty/",
  "category": "Public Witness and Culture",
  "severity": 2,
  "severity_label": "Level 2 - Dangerous distortion",
  "summary": "Love of country may be proper, but it becomes idolatrous when national loyalty is confused with loyalty to Christ's kingdom.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Phil 3:20",
    "John 18:36",
    "Acts 5:29",
    "Heb 11:13-16",
    "Rev 5:9-10"
  ],
  "key_terms": "politeuma [citizenship]; basileia [kingdom]; paroikos [sojourner]; patriotism [love of country]",
  "related_topics": [
    "not-talk-about-politics",
    "national-guilt-rhetoric-replacing-biblical-repentance",
    "respectability-before-elites-treated-as-wisdom",
    "neutrality-toward-public-evil"
  ],
  "tier": "Modern Traditions of Men",
  "translation_links": "NET Bible local reader links are embedded in the HTML page."
}