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SPLC-linked report ties terms 'prayer warrior,' Greek word for 'church' to Christian nationalism

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Report alleges Trump, supporters want to make America an 'explicitly Christian realm governed by divinely-inspired law

An offshoot group linked to the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released a new report this week that links common Christian phrases like “prayer warrior” and “divinely appointed” to Christian nationalism.

The “Faith as a Weapon: Inside America’s Theocratic Vanguard” report from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) examines the rise of Christian nationalism, the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), and Catholic integralism as interconnected movements reshaping American politics by merging religious zeal with political power. Linking various politicians and Christian leaders with the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, and the dominionist NAR theology, the report alleges such leaders are advocating for governance based on their interpretation of God’s law, and thereby pose a threat to constitutional religious freedom.

With a dramatic header image of a Christian cross planted in scorched and burning earth flanked by the American flag, “Faith as a Weapon” takes aim at Project 2025 and key figures like Russell Vought, Leonard Leo, and Paula White-Cain, whose influence on the Trump administration, the report states, results in “elevating particular religious perspectives while marginalizing others, including religious minorities, a large number of Christians, and secular Americans.”

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merging religious zeal with political power.
Religious people can be very committed to what they believe in doing. So, if you can produce politics which hook a large group of religious people, this is how you can keep a lot of votes under your control.

But we can make sure with God, about what He really wants, then stay with Him.

"Test all things; hold fast what is good." (1 Thessalonians 5:21)

With God we have Him and His ability and personal guiding to find and hold to what He knows is "good". And He will take care of this. Or, like Jesus on the cross later rising in His resurrection . . . He will bring us to more and better than whatsoever seems to have failed and been lost.

Therefore, invest in being submissive to God so we are guided by Him according to His commitment and all He knows is really going on.
advocating for governance based on their interpretation of God’s law, and thereby pose a threat to constitutional religious freedom.
Well, a rule against murder is part of many people's religion. And in case someone wants religious freedom to kill anyone . . . I would say that one's religious freedom needs to be under threat.

So, it is a matter of where you are going to draw the line, between essential religious controls and . . . freedom that should be a right.
“elevating particular religious perspectives while marginalizing others, including religious minorities, a large number of Christians, and secular Americans.”
This can be a trick to get ones to fight with Satan's kingdom on his terms. We need to be prayerfully careful not to get lured into battling which is not God's way with His support.

And, no matter how it might look like evil people are succeeding >

"God resists the proud" (in James 4:6 and 1 Peter 5:5).
 
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