White evangelical Protestants remain the core base sustaining Trump’s political power.
Right-wing media ecosystems reinforce Christian nationalist identity through selective truth and propaganda.
Evangelical leaders use faith as a moral shield for authoritarian politics and hypocrisy.
“Cheap grace” theology enables complicity by divorcing belief from accountability.
The data and the doctrine tell the same story: When religion becomes a tool for power, truth becomes negotiable. Faith warped by grievance is no longer a spiritual practice but a political campaign — one that trades compassion for control and conviction for conformity.
The real heresy isn’t doubt; it’s certainty wielded as a weapon. The collapse of accountability under the guise of faith reveals how easily spiritual language can be repurposed to justify cruelty. Every claim of divine endorsement erodes the moral ground beneath it, turning grace into permission and belief into obedience. When salvation becomes a slogan, power fills the pulpit; the line between worship and worshipping authority disappears.
Don’t miss this insightful conversation with Tim Whitaker, the founder of The New Evangelicals, and April Ajoy, the author of Star Spangled Jesus: Leaving Christian Nationalism And Finding True Faith.
Who Would Jesus Deport?
When an American state representative was assassinated in Minnesota over the weekend, Christian Nationalist and U.S. Senator Mike Lee tweeted a joke about the killer and a couple of conspiracy theories about Marxists. I’m sure you’ve seen it. It would have been a grotesque, anti-human response from anyone, but the fact that Lee considers himself — and i…
