Foreign Policy

In summary, a Kingdom-based foreign policy is not founded on secular left/right political presuppositions but on Kingdom presuppositions. Christians have failed to promote a coherent foreign policy because they have started from left/right secular presuppositions or mistaken ideas about the end-times. These mistaken ideas about the end-times have led to anti-visions, rather than a vision. Instead,

I’ve left the discussion of war last in this blog post series because worldwide peace will only come as nations implement the first 4 principles. As the knowledge of God covers the earth, the kingdom of God expands and more of the earth is converted to Christianity, peace and war will become a thing of

If you are an American no discussion of foreign policy is complete without addressing foreign aid. Many Christians in America seem to have an ethical objection to foreign aid. They believe America gives too much money away to nations that end up hating America. I understand why people feel that way, but the reality is

A Kingdom-based foreign policy promotes the fulfillment of God’s plan for the earth. Therefore, treaties should should be evaluated on the basis of whether they advance God’s plan for the earth or retard it, not whether they promote the nation’s self-interest. A treaty designed to promote a cleaner environment or protect the ozone layer may

The second principle of a Kingdom-based foreign policy is to follow the order of favor. A Kingdom-based foreign policy should favor Christian nations over all others, secular nations over non-Christian nations, and religiously non-hostile (toward Christianity) nations over religiously hostile (toward Christianity) nations. When Jehu the prophet confronted King Jehoshaphat after he had aligned his

Once the vision is known, a plan is needed to achieve it. A foreign policy is a strategic plan to achieve a vision of how the world should be. To achieve the vision the Bible describes for the world, and which I outlined in the previous post, the spread of Christianity is an absolute necessity.

Any successful foreign policy starts with a vision, a picture of how the world should be. Without a vision, coherency and consistency in a nation’s conduct toward other nations is unlikely. The difference between a Kingdom-based and secular foreign policy start with the motive and content of the vision. In a typical secular foreign policy