Practicing What They Preach

Jesus Hates You*, This I Know, 'Cause The Bible Told Me So

Russell Contreras / Axios:

Where Christian nationalism is most dominant in the U.S.  —  Christian nationalism is now deeply entrenched inside today's Republican Party, according to a sweeping 50-state survey. … - The divide reflects a broader clash over whether America's future is pluralistic or rooted in a singular religious-national identity.

Bob Smietana / RNS:   Republicans, Southerners, Trump backers mostly likely to support Christian nationalist ideas

Grace Segers / New Republic:   Christian Nationalists Are All in on Trump—and Vice Versa

Christian Nationalism / PRRI:   Mapping Christian Nationalism Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI's 2025 American Values Atlas

And from the "He Seems Nice" file,

Controversial Christian Nationalist preacher Doug Wilson stood at a podium inside the Pentagon on Tuesday (Feb. 17) as the guest preacher for the latest monthly Christian worship service held there for leaders of the U.S. military. The Idaho pastor and self-described “paleo-Confederate” preached about the importance of trusting God for protection in battle and praised the monthly worship services as perhaps a sign of a new revival like the Great Awakening or the biblical Day of Pentecost.

Once considered a fringe far-right Christian figure, Wilson in recent years has found himself increasingly embraced by the broader evangelical world and the conservative political movement in the age of Donald Trump. The biggest evidence of his rise is that Pete Hegseth, who likes to call himself the “Secretary of War,” is part of the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, a denomination founded by Wilson. Brooks Potteiger, Hegseth’s CREC pastor in Tennessee from before joining the Trump administration, preached at the first Pentagon worship service in May and again last month. Wilson recently announced he’s sending Potteiger to Washington, D.C., to lead the new CREC church plant there, which Hegseth has been attending.

A real piece of work. As is "Alkies for Jesus" Hegseth. It probably won't kill you to read it all, but it may frighten you.

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*And everyone like you, & everyone who likes you, & everyone who doesn't kiss his ass.