Politics (Opinion)

  • The Deeper Question: Power, Temptation, and a Kingdom Not of This World

    The PCA’s report draws careful constitutional lines — but never mentions Christ’s wilderness temptation, where Satan offers him every kingdom on earth. Augustine had a name for that pull toward power. This post asks the question the report itself leaves largely unaddressed: where do we place our hope?

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  • Geofenced for Christ? What a Federal Filing Actually Says About Israel’s Church-Targeting Ad Campaign

    Last September, a California PR firm filed a sworn federal disclosure: Israel’s Foreign Ministry was paying to geofence hundreds of American churches and pay pastors to spread pro-Israel messaging — without those churches’ knowledge. Here’s what the actual document says, what it doesn’t, and why this particular audience was chosen.

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  • The Crown Rights of Christ and the Crown of Thorns – Keeping Politics in Its Proper Place

    Politics must remain under the gospel. While the magistrate bears the sword for temporal justice, ultimate hope rests in Christ’s crown of thorns and atoning work. This final post calls believers to engage culture with realism and urgency while fixing their eyes on the eternal King and coming kingdom.

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  • Abraham Kuyper and Sphere Sovereignty – Christ’s Lordship Over Every Square Inch

    Abraham Kuyper’s doctrine of sphere sovereignty powerfully declares Christ’s lordship over every area of life. This post explains how distinct spheres — family, church, state, school, and business — each receive authority directly from God. The state must protect these spheres rather than dominate them, offering a Reformed roadmap for limited government.

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  • A Long but Inspiring Day at the 2026 Colorado Republican State Assembly in Pueblo, CO

    On April 11, 2026, Sarah and I attended the Colorado Republican State Assembly at CSU Pueblo’s Massari Arena. Despite long lines and tech issues, the day brimmed with energy. We heard inspiring speeches from Lauren Boebert and Scott Presler, met candidates like Victor Marx and Scott Bottoms, and left more invested in the 2026 primaries.…

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  • Conservative Principles That Flow from Scripture

    When biblical truth is faithfully applied, it naturally produces core conservative convictions: rule of law, national sovereignty with secure borders, merit-based justice, defense of the natural family, fiscal restraint, and strong defense. This post demonstrates how these principles conserve God’s created order rather than mere human tradition.

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  • Core Biblical Principles for Civil Order

    Scripture provides six foundational principles for civil government: God-ordained nations and borders, the magistrate’s divine authority, creation order, impartial justice, limited government, and the balance of antithesis with common grace. These truths from Acts, Romans, Genesis, and Deuteronomy establish the biblical framework for ordered liberty in a fallen world.

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  • Why Reformed Christians Must Engage the Public Square Biblically

    Reformed Christians are called to active engagement in the public square. Though citizens of heaven, believers are placed in earthly nations by God’s providence. This post explains why withdrawal is unbiblical and how Christ’s sovereign claim over every square inch demands faithful application of Scripture to politics, culture, and civil life.

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  • A House with Many Doors, Built on One Foundation

    This new series follows a post I made a few weeks ago about how MAGA became America’s new common sense middle ground. In this series we examine a broad conservative coalition that has formed around shared priorities: rule of law, national sovereignty, secure borders with legal immigration, merit-based opportunity, protection of the family, fiscal responsibility…

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  • What Now? A Better Way Forward for the Church

    The series is complete — preparations documented, alliance mapped, theology examined, Scripture heard. This final post asks: what now? Five practical steps for the church: teach Christ’s present reign boldly, center the finished cross, pray for Israel’s gospel salvation, reject fear-based prophecy speculation, and live as the true Temple and one new humanity in Christ.

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  • The Serious Cost — Theology That Rejects the Cross & Risks War

    This post names what dispensationalism costs when it collides with real life: a functional denial of Christ’s current reign, a collision with the one new humanity the new covenant creates, the promotion of idolatry in unbelieving Israel, and real-world dangers when millions are taught that Middle East conflict is prophetically necessary. The hope of the…

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  • Christ Reigns Right Now — The Biblical Reality

    After examining the alliance, the numbers, and the dispensational framework, this post lets Scripture speak without the filter. Jesus has all authority now. He is seated and reigning. The true Temple is his people. The sacrifice is finished. The King is on the throne — not waiting for a building project in Jerusalem.

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  • The Dispensational Framework — Postponing Christ’s Reign

    Dispensational premillennialism rests on a single claim: God’s kingdom plan for Israel was postponed when they rejected Christ, inserting the church age as a temporary parenthesis. This post unpacks how the system works, the proof texts it relies on, and why even progressive dispensationalists admit the current reign of Christ is — in their view…

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  • How Pervasive Is This Belief? The Numbers Behind Evangelical Support

    CUFI has more organized members than there are Jewish people in the United States. 73% of evangelicals tie current Middle East events to Revelation. 62% of pastors expect a literal Third Temple. This post maps the scale of the movement, the sharp generational divide already underway, and why the numbers insulate a flawed theology from…

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  • Who’s Driving the Agenda? Pastors, Christian Zionists & Jewish Temple Groups

    Behind the Temple Institute’s preparations stands a coordinated alliance: American megachurch pastors, Christian Zionist organizations with 10 million members, and dedicated Jewish Temple activists. This post maps the network, distinguishes it from Chabad’s very different approach, and explains why the partnership normalizes treating active military conflict as prophetic progress.

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  • The Third Temple Is No Longer Theory — It’s prepared Right Now

    In a Jerusalem museum, a golden menorah waits. Sacred vessels, priestly garments, trained priests, and red heifer candidates are ready. The Temple Institute calls it an “advanced preparatory phase.” This post documents what has been built, who is driving it, and why a specific theological system — dispensational premillennialism — treats it all as prophetically…

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  • Reigning Now – Why Dispensationalism’s Third Temple Push Is a Present Danger

    A pastor calls for a missile strike on the Dome of the Rock. IDF soldiers wear Third Temple patches. Ten million organized evangelicals fund preparations in Jerusalem. This series examines the theological system behind it all — dispensational premillennialism — and the biblical case for why the King is already on the throne.

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  • The Long Spear of TOT: Trump’s 14-Month Geopolitical Masterstroke That Delivered Total Victory Over Iran

    Donald Trump executed history’s most lethal grand strategy: geopolitical Time-on-Target against Iran. Fourteen months of synchronized moves—energy supremacy, diplomatic isolation, proxy cuts—culminated in Operation Epic Fury’s simultaneous strikes. Khamenei eliminated, regime collapsing, world unshaken. America First delivered total victory through flawless precision.

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  • How MAGA Became America’s New Common-Sense Middle Ground

    MAGA has become America’s new pragmatic center, blending traditional conservative and moderate Democratic values—rule of law, meritocracy, secure borders, economic nationalism—while attracting working-class voters through results-driven policies, as evidenced by 2024 election shifts and crossovers.

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  • Echoes of Revolution: When the Ghosts of 1776 and 1789 Collide in 2025 America

    In 2025 America, Charlie Kirk’s assassination evokes a clash between the faith-fueled American Revolution and the secular French Revolution. Kirk’s death sparks right-wing revival, church surges, and youth mobilization via TPUSA, countering “woke” disdain for Christianity. Amid rising political violence, the essay urges aligning values for resilient liberty over chaotic terror.

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