Patriotism is ok, I think, only if rigorously placed under the umbrella of God’s kingdom. In that sense, concern for America’s poor, for the dignity of decent wages for decent work, reconciliation in America’s neighborhoods, peace in our cities, safe products in use, etc all would be considered patriotic issues.

As an Anabaptist, I don’t think they took it too far. They lived under totalitarian monarchic and church rule, and thus their simple commitment to God’s kingdom first and the teachings of Christ and the New Testament on a different pattern of living made them offensive to those who wanted to keep the status quo. This included kings, Catholic popes and bishops, and Lutheran and Calvinists too.

We live in a different society today, which changes the nature of our involvement in governance, etc. But still, as you say, there is no such thing as dual citizenship for God’s people.

Nate