"On a recent Sunday morning, Wilson preached from the lectern at a conference center near Washington, D.C. The Idaho pastor's sermon was mostly an academic examination of Ephesians 3:16 and its offering of God's salvation. In this setting, at least, he skipped the hellfire rhetoric for which he's known, making no reference to his theocratic vision of America's future or his belief that the apocalypse described in the Book of Revelation already took placeand is enabling a project of global Christian conquest."
"Like Wilson, Hegseththe secretary of war, according to a recent declaration by Trumphas called for restoring a Christian ethos to American life, reversing the secularization of state institutions, and barring women from certain combat roles. But unlike the 72-year-old preacher, Hegseth heads a force of 3 million service members and civilians whose missiona secular missionis to keep the nation secure."
Doug Wilson combines a theocratic vision with denunciations of homosexuality and women's suffrage and an ambivalent position on pre–Civil War slavery. Wilson believes the apocalypse described in Revelation already occurred and that this belief is enabling a project of global Christian conquest. On a recent Sunday he delivered an academic sermon on Ephesians 3:16, omitting his usual hellfire rhetoric. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attended and has called for restoring a Christian ethos to American life, reversing secularization of state institutions, and barring women from certain combat roles. Hegseth leads three million service members and civilians whose mission is explicitly secular and focused on national security, and reporters were prevented from observing any interaction between Hegseth and Wilson.
Read at www.theatlantic.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]