If you were going to destroy a largely Christian nation in ~200 years, here's part of how you might do it in 6 steps...
Spiritual warfare doesn't just happen at the individual level; it happens at the societal level.
1) Creation of a welfare state in ~1935 to financially incentivize millions of people to come to that country, because if you can get here, the United States is now on the hook to pay for you. Before ~1935 there was ~nothing to receive from the government.
***Side note: one of the often-forgotten parts of the immigration conversation is that people will point at the Statue of Liberty and say, "What about 'Give us your tired, poor, huddled masses yearning to be free!?"
But they forget that statement [written in 1880's] was before the creation of a welfare state. So what was originally simply a welcome to come is now a command to the citizens of the United States to pay for the people who come and a financial incentive to come en masse.
2) Open the borders so that ~80M people, many from predominantly non-Christian countries, follow that financial incentive and come, thus diluting Christian influence over time + providing ever-growing voting blocs of people with diametrically opposed interests, beliefs, and values.
3) Reinterpret (primarily in late 1940's) "religious liberty" concept / First Amendment to mean that the US Government will now treat all world religions the same – false religions inspired by unholy spirits the same as the true one inspired by the Holy Spirit.
This allows people from other religions to...
A) Run for public office unfettered
B) Try to legislate from those opposing value viewpoints
C) Do so with inbuilt voting blocs created by #1 and #2
4) Convince Christians en masse it's actually unChristian to oppose 1, 2, and 3 by misapplying....
- "Feed the poor"
- "Welcome the sojourner"
- The historically Christian concept of religious liberty
... and discipling Christians en masse into political ambiguity ("the gospel is neither Right nor Left" = sum total of political applications of the gospel) or political passivity (any political engagement or will by Christians = interpreted as "political idolatry", yucky "culture warring", etc.
6) Secular progressive "long march through the institutions" beginning in the ~1960's, resulting in universities / public institutions reverse-discipling upcoming generations away from Christianity.
6) Let all that cook for a ~100 years, and boom... that might be how you could destroy a largely and uniquely Christian nation if you were waging societal-level spiritual warfare.
The Real Anthony Fauci became the #1 non-fiction hardcover bestseller despite being the most censored book of the decade. Bookstores, including national chains, refused to carry it. Libraries refused to carry it. Every major newspaper declined to review it. The New York Times refused to publish a paid advertisement for the book and made it #7 on its bestseller list, even though it outsold any other book by thousands of copies.
YouTube took down videos of a book signing. Amazon shadow banned it. Twitter wouldn’t let the publisher promote it.
Despite all of that, 1.4 million Americans bought the book because they were tired of the lies and they wanted their freedom back.
Then today, with hundreds of millions of Americans demanding the truth, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times at his Senate hearing. The American people waited six years for answers. Today, they got silence. But that silence told us all we needed to know.
Thank you, @SenRandPaul, for your relentless pursuit of truth, transparency, and accountability. 🇺🇸
If I'm honest this has been a hard season for me lately. I've been struggling with trusting God's timing. I was reminded when reading Psalm 37 today that I am to be still before Yahweh and wait patiently. That Yahweh is good to those who wait for him and seek him, and it is good to wait quietly for God’s salvation (Lam. 3:25–26). This quiet waiting involves hoping in God’s word while the soul waits more intensely than watchmen awaiting morning (Psalm 130:5–6).
I was reminded that prior to preaching to thousands, for a season Peter went back to fishing after thinking he failed Jesus. That Paul sat in prison cells, Lazarus lay in a tomb, Jonah prayed in the belly of a fish, Hannah wept on the steps of the tabernacle, Joseph was locked in the captivity, and Moses stood in the fields of Median herding sheep. All before God made moves in his timing.
Times of waiting, while hard, remind us of the confidence we should have in God’s timing and character. When direction seems slow in coming, we're called to wait for it, assured it will come when the time is ready (Hab. 2:3). Yahweh himself waits to be gracious and show mercy, and those who wait for him are blessed, for he is a God of justice (Isa. 30:18). Rather than taking matters into their own hands, like I often am tempted to do, we are instructed not to repay evil but to wait for the Lord, who will deliver us (Prov 20:22).
Hoping for what is unseen involves waiting with patience (Romans 8:25), and through the Spirit and faith, believers eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness (Galatians 5:5). Waiting involves expectancy and hope regarding events and contingencies still in the future, it's the outworking of a spiritual posture directed at trusting God’s promises and timing rather than our own understanding.
Knowing all of this, writing here on X doesn't make my season of needing to wait any easier, but the consistent, inspired, inerrant testimony of scripture nonetheless gives me something solid to trust in. I am fickle, impatient, and finite. God is trustworthy, forbearing, and infinite. And his timing is right even if I don't know how or when things will happen.
I had never seen this clip anywhere before. This guy is an actual, biblically defined heretic.
If you wonder why I have a bit more of an edge when I'm talking about James Talarico, this is why 👇
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It appears Senate Majority Leader Thune is getting a private escort leaving Ronald Reagan Airport for Easter vacation
without passing the SAVE America Act.
By the way, FISA Section 702 expires on April 20th.
CC: @LeaderJohnThune
@RepFine Thank you for making this public.
Americans, how does it make you feel that the Senate is going on vacation & refusing to pass legislation that 84% of you agree upon?
Senate Republicans,
If you stay in DC — while democrats flee for a paid vacation —
you can pass the SAVE America Act with a simple 51 quorum
& unanimous consent.
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After two years of preparation, the Senate will begin debating the SAVE America Act tomorrow
Once we’re on this bill, we must stay on it until it’s passed into law
Filibustering senators must be required to speak—no Zombie Filibusters here
Get it done
Pass it on
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