‘Sovereignly Appointed’: Trump Praised in Pentagon Prayer Event Led by Hegseth and Pastor

[essentialsaltes]

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, an Evangelical Christian whose religious tattoos drew scrutiny during his confirmation hearings, led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon auditorium during official working hours on Wednesday. The event featured Secretary Hegseth’s personal pastor from Tennessee, Brooks Potteiger, and included remarks describing President Donald Trump as “sovereignly appointed,” according to The New York Times.

The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols, a retired U.S. Naval War College professor and expert on national security, added: “The RSVP [on the invitation emailed apparently to everyone in the Pentagon] is a nice touch, so that they know who’s on board.”

In January, before he was confirmed, The Guardian reported that in “a series of newly unearthed podcasts, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, appears to endorse the theocratic and authoritarian doctrine of ‘sphere sovereignty’, a worldview derived from the extremist beliefs of Christian reconstructionism (CR) and espoused by churches aligned with far-right Idaho pastor Douglas Wilson.”

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Sphere sovereignty is neither theocratic, nor authoritarian. In fact, it is the complete opposite. Just another mud slinging piece to entertain the leftist MAGA hating masses.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-is-the-doctrine-of-sphere-c8JtofRoSWSi67oLqZMkow#0

 

[Richard T]

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, an Evangelical Christian whose religious tattoos drew scrutiny during his confirmation hearings, led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon auditorium during official working hours on Wednesday. The event featured Secretary Hegseth’s personal pastor from Tennessee, Brooks Potteiger, and included remarks describing President Donald Trump as “sovereignly appointed,” according to The New York Times.

The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols, a retired U.S. Naval War College professor and expert on national security, added: “The RSVP [on the invitation emailed apparently to everyone in the Pentagon] is a nice touch, so that they know who’s on board.”

In January, before he was confirmed, The Guardian reported that in “a series of newly unearthed podcasts, Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, appears to endorse the theocratic and authoritarian doctrine of ‘sphere sovereignty’, a worldview derived from the extremist beliefs of Christian reconstructionism (CR) and espoused by churches aligned with far-right Idaho pastor Douglas Wilson.”

Here is one source I found on Wilson. A Plea for Gospel Clarity: Addressing the Errors of Doug Wilson’s Theology

Lots of delusions out there. I do think Trump was sovereignly appointed but the question is "what for." My vision of that is far different then most.

Interestingly, there is another thread about the DOJ suing a nearby Idaho town that is denying a permit to Wilson's Christ Church. DOJ sues Idaho town for religious discrimination against Evangelical church

 

[RileyG]

Sphere sovereignty is neither theocratic, nor authoritarian. In fact, it is the complete opposite. Just another mud slinging piece to entertain the leftist MAGA hating masses.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/what-is-the-doctrine-of-sphere-c8JtofRoSWSi67oLqZMkow#0

Thank you for your input.