just to give a concrete example: so when someone talks about government as God (big government) and no government at all (like an extreme libertarian) to me they are just two sides of the same coin; they are both rejections of God. they are grabbing power from God.
no worries about us establishing a police state though—true Christians are usually in such a small and hated minority that they are the ones who get fed to the lions first.
The first I can see as straightforward: statism being idolatry of the state... but the second? How is saying Government has extreme limits
a rejection of God?
(Yes, a rejection of God could manifest in a rejection of all authority; but rejecting much of government-claimed authority as being illegitimate doesn't necessarily follow.)