The death of John MacArthur has left a leadership vacuum in Evangelicalism that neither Doug Wilson nor Phil Johnson can fill. The metaphorical crab pot is how the next rung operates, and they are running around like headless chickens. Both the Samuel Sey scandal and the 2026 Election exposed the inept leadership instincts of many in Evangelicalism.
With Samuel Sey, they defended the character of an illegal alien who had committed willful immigration fraud to enter the United States. They, including Protestia, Gabe Hughes, and Justin Peters, propped up the Sey family’s bogus clerical-error lie, which failed to pass any sniff test. They listened to Joel Berry as the spokesperson for Sey as evidence came out on how Sey came into the country.
Nevertheless, when Sey was swiftly deported after having accepted a voluntary deportation, his guilt was already admitted. The facts of the case were quickly settled. And many who defended Sey and his character were catfished by their parasocial relationship. And I cannot escape the notion that if not for Sey’s dark complexion, little capital would have been devoted to his defense.
The 2026 Election, likewise, exposed many in Evangelicalism, but in focusing on Reformed Evangelicalism, it amazed me how much many of the supposed Reformed chose to prop up and defend distinctly non-Reformed theology. A SWOT analysis of Reformed Evangelicalism would have seen rising anti-Israel sentiment as an opportunity to articulate that Christians do not have to be dispensational and can instead adopt other eschatologies under the banner of covenant theology. But instead, these Reformed leaders did the opposite. And when the election results showed that being pro-Israel may have doomed the republic, it does not seem as though they handled that well.
With Star Wars discourse in vogue right now, iot certainly looks like an Order 66 went out on Christian Nationalists with Andrew Walker of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Tim Hurd of Bible Thumping Wing Nut, Phil Johnson, and Justin Peters all in on it.
Tim Hurd has gone woke, denouncing racism on the internet, and has attacked EDW contributor Defiant Baptist for innocuous language. Phil Johnson and Justin Peters met in person to war counsel the issue, and Johnson went on a diatribe about anons and how unread they are on Scripture (saith the dispy).
Andrew Walker thought he had us when he posted a video of John Piper. But Piper is woke, retarded, and wouldn’t defend his wife with lethal force if she were to be raped. We do not respect him as a pastor, nor as a man. John Piper doesn’t believe nations, families, or anything other than individuals can be Christian, and it shows in how he raised his sons. As for Christian Nationalists, we want better than that.
Todd Friel takes the cake for trooning out over the weekend though.Â
Christian nationalism undermines the gospel. When Peter drew his sword in the garden, he was trying to stop Jesus from going to the cross. He was putting earthly power ahead of the very cross that saves us.
This argument is a complete non sequitur, as Christ’s mission to the cross does not negate the biblical prescriptions for government, obviously.
He followed that up with a worse post:
It is easy to be frustrated by moral decay, but forcing unregenerate people to behave more morally is a solution God never gave us.
Straight from the mouth of Satan, Todd Friel ignores the entire purpose of having any laws. Government exists to restrain evil by being God’s avenging servant on earth. God gave Moses laws to force unregenerate people to behave more morally. Laws have a teaching effect. Even if they do not change hearts, they are a form of pre-evangelism. Todd Friel got pummeled in discourse over this, but in truth, he lost his credibility over the pinwheel debacle during Covid.
The Mid Eva guard of Reformed Evangelicalism has no power in this realm. They denounce people as bad but cannot articulate a compelling positive vision. They complain about how bad things are or are going to get, but attack those who take action or show moral courage. They defend a lying, lazy, illegal alien scammer but make it a mission to oppose those who step out of their silos. Christians should ignore these weak, small-minded, and ineffectual men.
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