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MAGA cultist Shane Vaughn defends President Donald Trump's celebration of the death of Robert Mueller: "If I told you Hitler died how would you respond? If I told you that Charles Manson died how would you respond? They were horrible men They destroyed lives.... You'll pardon Donald Trump if he equates Bob Mueller as a destroyer of lives."

Erick Stakelbeck declares that Trump is "the standard bearer not just for America, but for all of Judeo-Christian western civilization."

Right-wing reporter Ben Bergquam claims that "everything you see coming from the mainstream media is a lie": "If it's coming out of any of these mainstream media outlets, it's a lie. If it's coming from a Democrat, you better believe it's a lie."

James Fishback promises that if he is elected governor of Florida, he will require public schools to teach that President Richard Nixon was "a brilliant, brilliant man."

Finally, Lance Wallnau insists that he is very careful about labeling things demonic because it is dangerous to "call something extreme when it really doesn't qualify." Really? Because we have an archive fullof videos showing Wallnau repeatedly calling things demonic.

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President Donald Trump has officially removed Carrie Prejean Boller from his administration's Religious Liberty Commission.

Lance Wallnau says that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Democrats are under the spell of witchcraft: "It's a manipulative and controlling and dominating spirit."

Ali Alexander reports that he is "prayerfully working on two solutions to stop the war." Well, that is a relief.

Nick Fuentes claims to have "insider information" from the Department of Homeland Security that "mass deportations are officially over": "This is from our guys in the admin."

Finally, Dale Partridge asserts that the birth control pill has contributed to the "demise of society" in a variety of ways: "It fostered feminism by offering women unnatural control over fertility to pursue autonomy and career."

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Christian media figures have claimed that the Iran war could signal “the second coming” or the “End Times” and said “we are watching incredible prophecy in this time come to pass”

Written by Payton Armstrong

Published 03/04/26

Right-wing Christian media are praising President Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel in launching military strikes against Iran, with some figures likening Trump to Cyrus the Great and Constantine the Great and claiming that “we are watching incredible prophecy in this time come to pass.”

Christian media figures have said the war could be a sign of “the emergence of the Antichrist, the tribulation period, the battle of Armageddon, the second coming,” claiming that he has “literally become Constantine the Great”; asserting that “God is using President Trump in a prophetic moment”; and telling audiences, “It’s all going to be happening in God's timing.”

Trump joined Israel in striking Iran — a longtime goal of right-wing evangelicals who believe in End Times prophecy

The U.S. and Israel launched wide-ranging military strikes on Iran, reportedly killing multiple high-ranking Iranian leaders and many civilians, and thrusting the region into a new era of instability.As of March 3, at least six American service members have reportedly been killed in action since the conflict began, and Trump has said, “There will likely be more before it ends.” Additionally, a girls’ elementary school in Minab was hit during the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign, killing 165 people and injuring 96 others, according to Iranian state media. NPR, [2/28/26, 3/2/26; BBC, 3/3/26; The Guardian, 3/1/26]

- Military commanders have been accused of tying the Iran war to biblical prophecy, with one combat-unit commander reportedly telling noncommissioned officers that Trump is “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.” Military.com reported: “An organization that has been fighting against religious extremism in the United States military for two decades has reported more than 200 new complaints since Saturday’s initial strikes against Iran, with members across all services claiming that high-ranking officers are tying the mission overseas to fulfilling a Christian prophecy.” Military.com, [3/3/26]

- For years, Christian media figures have likened Trump to Cyrus the Great and claimed he is “anointed” by God.Vox explained the comparison in 2018: “Many evangelical speakers and media outlets compare Trump to Cyrus, a historical Persian king who, in the sixth century BCE, conquered Babylon and ended the Babylonian captivity, a period during which Israelites had been forcibly resettled in exile.” NPR, [1/20/25; Reuters, 3/22/24; Vox, 3/5/18]

- Evangelical leaders and right-wing media figures have long claimed Israel is central to the supposed End Times and Iran is “not simply a talking point, but what many … believe is a land of biblical significance” and “considered a major player in End Times prophecy.”For years, those figures have cited various conflicts in the Middle East to warn that the End Times are either here or imminent, and have suggested that Iran could represent the antagonist “Gog” or “Magog” in a biblical prophecy. According to Britannica, in the Bible, “the names Gog and Magog are applied to the evil forces that will join with Satan in the great struggle at the end of time.” Baptist News, [3/2/26; Media Matters, 11/7/23, 7/19/11; Harvest, 3/2/26; Right Wing Watch, 6/20/25; Britannica, accessed 3/3/26]

- Conservative media figures have so far been divided over Trump’s war with Iran. Many prominent right-wing figures have supported the war, but a wide variety of streamers and podcasters have broken with the administration, with Tucker Carlson calling the attacks “absolutely disgusting and evil.” Media Matters, [3/2/26]

### Right-wing Christian media celebrated Trump’s war with Iran as a fulfillment of prophecy, saying that Trump is “literally becoming Cyrus the Great” and that “the return of Jesus is back on the menu”

FlashPointhost Gene Bailey and “self-styled prophet” Lance Wallnau likened Trump to Cyrus the Great liberating Babylon, with Wallnau saying, “Cyrus Trump holds the cards.”Bailey opened a segment discussing Iran by saying: “History has a strange way of repeating itself. … When Cyrus the Great entered Babylon, he didn't crush a people. He didn't crush a people group. He liberated them. The Persians still call him Cyrus the Great because he restored dignity, honored faith, and broke the back of the oppressive regime. His name is etched in Persian memory, not as a tyrant but as a deliverer. So, let's fast forward two thousand five hundred years now, many Persians see something similar to Donald Trump.” Wallnau later said, “Cyrus Trump holds the cards.” Bailey has interviewed Trump on FlashPoint at least seven times. Trump appointed Bailey to an advisory board on his Religious Liberty Commission, and told the host during an interview, “We’re with you 1,000%.” YouTube, *FlashPoint* [2/28/26; Media Matters, 6/12/25; The Wall Street Journal, 10/9/24]

- Wallnau declared: “The return of Jesus is back on the menu.”Wallnau said: “Things are happening right in alignment with actual feasts. … There's always a feast day manifestation because Israel and the return of Jesus is back on the menu.” Right Wing Watch, [3/2/26]

- Also onFlashPoint, right-wing pastor Andrew Sedra said “we're seeing President Trump literally become Constantine the Great, he's literally becoming Cyrus the Great.”Sedra celebrated that “Trump is going after the head of the snake, which is Islam,” adding, “It is a very, very good time to be alive where we're seeing President Trump literally become Constantine the Great, he's literally becoming Cyrus the Great. He's taking decisive action to make sure that Christendom freedom will last across the West for a hundred more years.” Sedra also said, “God is using President Trump in a prophetic moment of time to execute judgment on evil and wicked civilizations.” YouTube, *FlashPoint*, [2/28/26, 2/28/26; Daily Mail, 6/22/23; Ministry Watch, 3/11/24]

- Pro-Trump pastor and podcaster Greg Laurie — who interviewed Secretary of State Marco Rubio in October — declared that the war could be a sign of “the emergence of the Antichrist, the tribulation period, the battle of Armageddon, the second coming.” Laurie, who hosts The Greg Laurie Show, said: “It reminds me of the words of Jesus who said, ‘When you see these things begin to happen, look up because your redemption is drawing near.’ As far as I can see, the next event on the prophetic calendar will be the rapture of the church. … When that event happens, all of the prophetic things that are going to take place are like dominoes closely stacked to each other. And once the first domino falls, the others will fall: the emergence of the Antichrist, the tribulation period, the battle of Armageddon, the second coming, the millennial reign of Christ, heaven and Earth become one, and somewhere in that prophetic scenario is the invasion of Magog with her ally Persia. So, it's all going to be happening in God's timing.” YouTube, [3/1/26; The Greg Laurie Show, 10/28/25; Christianity Today, 5/12/25]

- Trump ally and “prophet” Amanda Grace claimed that the strikes on Iran were “prophesied back in December,” adding, “We are watching incredible prophecy in this time come to pass.” Grace often shares what she calls prophetic warnings and alerts and “a Word from the Lord” on YouTube and has interviewed members of the Trump family including Eric and Lara Trump. YouTube, *Ark of Grace Ministries,* [2/28/26; Media Matters, 5/30/24; YouTube, accessed 9/2/25]

- Pro-Trump “prophet” Julie Green said, while discussing Iran, “We should be celebrating and being in comfort and being at peace knowing that God is in control.” Green, who has hosted Eric and Lara Trump on her online show, told her audience: “Prophetically, God has been talking about what we're seeing right now. So this is something that we should be celebrating and being in comfort and being at peace knowing that God is in control, knowing that God is having his way and he is removing every evil leader out of their powerful positions.” Rumble, *Mornings with Julie*, [3/2/26; Media Matters, 10/4/21, 5/30/24]

- Right-wing pastor John Hagee streamed a sermon on YouTube titled “God's Coming Operation ‘Epic Fury’” in which he said that “we rejoice in the prophetic scriptures.” Hagee, who founded and chairs a group called Christians United for Israel and has previously argued for military strikes against Iran, opened his sermon by stating: “We thank you for our president, Donald Trump, whose wisdom and courage has crushed the enemies of Zion. Today we rejoice in the prophetic scriptures of Ezekiel, revealing God's operation fury for the enemies of Israel.” YouTube, [3/1/26, 3/1/26; The Nation, 6/24/25; The Guardian, 3/6/23]

- Pastor Sean Feucht — a self avowed Christian nationalist who recently announced a “revival” partnership with the federal government for the country’s 250th celebration — noted during a YouTube stream that his evangelical group has had a presence in the Middle East since “the height of ISIS” and said, “God has us positioned there for the end-time open doors of what he's going to do in Iran.”Feucht added: “We're going to see the gospel go forth like never before.” Right Wing Watch reported that during a February livestream, “Feucht announced details of what he called the ‘Roots Of Revival’ tour in which the federal government will partner with him as he hosts prayer events ‘from coast to coast [in] all the historic and epic places of revival and awakening that were birthed in America.’” YouTube, [3/1/26; Right Wing Watch, 2/11/26, 4/21/23]

- Right-wing pastor Jack Hibbs uploaded a sermon on YouTube in which he discussed the strikes against Iran in front of a screen saying “Bible prophecy update.”Hibbs, who in 2024 was invited by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to serve as the House of Representatives’ guest chaplain, invoked a verse from Jeremiah 49, which references “the latter days,” and said, “Is that what we're watching? Is that what we're seeing? We'll see. We shall see. But that prophecy has never been fulfilled. Not in total.” YouTube, [3/1/26; Media Matters, 1/31/24; One for Israel, accessed 3/3/26]

- Joseph Z — who regularly shares “prophetic updates” on YouTube and in his bio has said he practices “Last Days Prophetic Journalism” — said strikes against Iran “could be Bible prophecy playing out” and “we're going to see an absolute revival come to Iran.” He suggested “what took place in Jeremiah 49” could “be a prophetic fulfillment of what's happening in Iran.” YouTube, [3/1/26, accessed 8/11/25; Right Wing Watch, 8/12/24]

### Right-wing media figures are getting briefed on the Iran war before Congress

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### Trump and his MAGA allies increasingly embrace extreme prophetic media

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### MAGA media feud erupts over Trump’s war against Iran: “We're not supposed to be running around doing this anymore.”

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Lance Wallnau Says People On Antidepressants Are 'Drugged Up To Cope With The Demons' | People For

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01/16/2026

Rick Joyner, a MAGA-aligned “prophet” and “apostle” associated with the dominionist New Apostolic Reformation movement, used his first “Rick's Rant” video of 2026 to praise President Donald Trump’s authoritarianism as a gift from God, call ICE agents’ actions heroic, and say that public officials who are “fomenting rebellion” should be put in jail.

In the video posted Tuesday, Joyner also predicted that the U.S. is headed for civil war, a regular feature of his “prophetic” messages. This time, he said, the outcome will be “different and better” than the U.S. Civil War, “not because the rebellious side is going to win but because we’re going to fight for higher issues.”

Joyner praised Trump’s “decisive” authoritarianism, saying “we need it desperately” and claiming that “God has given it to us.”

“I’m really, really excited about how things are going,” Joyner said, but he complained about how ICE agents are being treated. He called the killing of Renee Good “tragic,” but said ICE agents are doing their jobs well in the face of “illegal opposition.” Like many right-wing pundits, he claimed without evidence that many of the people protesting ICE brutality are being paid to do so.

And like many right-wing pundits who have spent their careers defending “states’ rights” and decrying federal government “overreach,” Joyner is singing a different tune when it comes to Trump deploying the military against American citizens and cities.

“Every one of those elected officials or appointed officials that are fomenting this rebellion against federal law, declaring it doesn’t apply to them, by obstructing and harboring fugitives, they should all go to jail,” he said. // TREASON

Joyner’s MorningStar Ministries has been plagued with scandal in recent years. In this week’s video he made a vague reference to recent difficulties but said God had told him he would be leading the ministry for a good while yet. Joyner also founded the dominionist Oak Initiative, whose board members include Family Research Council Vice President Jerry Boykin, Seven Mountains promoter Lance Wallnau, and “prophet” Cindy Jacobs.

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Lance Wallnau warns Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to stop attacking President Donald Trump: "Honor the king."

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11/14/2025

During a recent episode of his self-titled program, MAGA cultist and self-proclaimed Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau faulted the Trump administration's draconian deportation policies.

Of course, Wallnau was not concerned that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids are inhumane and ineffective, but rather that they are driving down church attendance by targeting people who could be reliable Republican voters.

"I work also in the MAGA Hispanic community," Wallnau said, "and the big thing that all the Hispanic [and] Latino preachers—they'll tell you, because they tell me—is they're concerned because attendance is down in the churches. It's a shame that the Christians that are illegal in the country, that have been in the church for 10 years, 15 years, they're afraid that ICE is going to come in and bust up the churches."

"Some of the best citizens you've got are living in fear of being deported," Wallnau continued. "The MAGA base actually has the Hispanic pro-Trump population, the Christians. You got to do a carve-out somehow on those citizens that have been here for 10 years or more that are actually contributing, well assimilated, versus the ones that are coming in, like the Muslim traffic that wants to take over America and declare Sharia law. They you should not have! You ought to be creating some kind of a criteria for prioritizing criminals first."

"If these people that have been working class people and they're serving, they got family here, and they're in church, and frankly, if they're Republican, conservative, I don't want to drive them into anxiety attacks and not voting for Trump because they're afraid they're getting deported," Wallnau proclaimed. "They're not the priority."

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Lance Wallnau reports that he is working with CPAC, which he says is "opening up a new division on faith."

Andrew Torba proclaims that "2026 and 2028 will not be fought on left versus right": "The battle line is now the Jewish donor class versus the American people. If your campaign whines about antisemitism and pledges fealty to a foreign nation, that is our signal. You are not on our side. We will not just withhold our vote; we will become your most determined opposition."

Isabella Moody says that "n*ggers gonna n*gger. Chimps gonna chimp. These are facts of LIFE!"

Doug Wilson declares that with Zohran Mamdani elected mayor, New York City will soon be "torn down by immigrants with an immigrant at the vanguard."

Finally, Ben Zeisloft reacts to Mamdani's election: "The rule of foreign invaders over an apostate people is a sign of their judgment from God, especially if that people brazenly commits public sins. There are dozens of abortion mills operating in New York City, four of which are public clinics operated by the city government and offer free abortions. The people who live in New York City are murdering their own offspring for reasons of convenience and prosperity, and now foreigners are not only flooding into the city, but starting to rule over the city."

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11/12/2025

Jesse Leon Rogers declares that the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City is "a tragedy" and warns that Mamdani is "a covert jihadi."

Jack Hibbs proclaims that Mamdani's election is a sign that "God's plan is unfolding upon a Christ-rejecting nation."

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09/17/2025

The Christian nationalist program "FlashPoint" transformed itself into a campaign ad for Winsome Sears last night, complete with Lance Wallnau leading a prayer for Christians to mobilize and unleash a "conservative tidal wave" to elect her governor of Virginia.

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09/17/2025

Lance Wallnau claims that Charlie Kirk was "the first martyr of the Third Great Awakening."

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith says that "the radical Left doesn’t just tolerate political violence—they weaponize it": "They nod, they wink, they issue their pathetic 'generic condemnations,' and then they watch as their mobs do the dirty work: burning cities, terrorizing families, silencing dissent, and celebrating assassinations of conservative leaders. Let’s stop pretending this is some fringe accident. This is the Left’s playbook. They thrive on fear and chaos. They want Christians hiding. They want patriots intimidated. They want America crushed under their boot."

Elijah Schaffer and Olivia Krolczyk celebrate getting some 400 people fired for allegedly mocking Kirk's death.

Tim Barton continues to insist that "the majority of the ideas that influenced the Founding Fathers came from the Bible" even though it is not true.

Finally, Alex Stein will be speaking at an upcoming Moms For Liberty summit, which seems like a ... questionable choice.

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Tony Perkins celebrates the new Trump administration policy allowing federal workers to promote their faith in the workplace: "Pagan pride no longer has a monopoly on the federal workplace."

Mario Murillo says that God's hand is upon Marco Rubio, possibly to become president in 2028.

Seth Gruber claims that feminism is responsible for modern transgender rights activism: "Gay marriage brought us trans. Feminism brought us gay marriage. So feminism is to blame."

Dusty Deevers explains that he approaches his legislative duties by constantly asking the question, "What does it look like to order the civil sphere under the word of God and the authority of Christ?"

Finally, Lance Wallnau declares that President Donald Trump "is anointed to do what probably the Antichrist will end up doing in another iteration following, which is controlling the globe through commerce."

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During a press conference on Tuesday morning, July 22, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) announced that he was cutting the week's legislative activities short and sending lawmakers in order avoid a vote on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. And he blamed Democrats, accusing them of "endless efforts to politicize the Epstein investigation" and adding, "We're not going to play political games with this."

Johnson's announcement drew plenty of criticism online, with many social media users accusing him of running interference for President Donald Trump.

Mother Jones' Kiera Butler, in a biting article, argues that far-right "Christian nationalism" is influencing that decision and others from the House speaker.

"On Tuesday," Butler explains, "House Speaker Mike Johnson, in a departure from his previous calls for transparency, announced that he would not ask for a vote on whether the files pertaining to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein should be released…. It's impossible to truly know what prompted Johnson's about-face, but it's worth noting that he has long been connected to the New Apostolic Reformation — a charismatic evangelical movement that teaches that Christians are called to take 'dominion' over all aspects of society, including the government. Johnson has publicly acknowledged that NAR has had a 'profound influence' on his life, according to a report issued by the Congressional Freethought Caucus last year."

Butler adds, "It's also worth noting that arguably the most influential and visible NAR leader, a Texas business strategist named Lance Wallnau, has been outspoken in recent weeks in his defense of Trump on the Epstein issue. On July 14, Wallnau told his 100,000 YouTube followers that he believed that Trump was acting in the best interest of the country by not releasing the files."

The Mother Jones reporter notes, however, that Wallnau isn't the only far-right evangelical "Christian nationalist influencer" who is closely allied with MAGA Republicans.

"Another prominent Christian nationalist influencer, Texas pastor Joel Webbon, has also arrived at a belief in Trump's innocence —but from a different perspective," Butler observes. "Webbon isn’t connected with the NAR like Johnson and Wallnau — instead, he's a member of the TheoBros, a network of Christian nationalist Millennial influencers. Many of them believe that women shouldn't be allowed to vote, and that the Ten Commandments should replace the U.S. Constitution."

Butler continues, "Like NAR, the TheoBros are also well-connected to Republican politicians. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a TheoBros-aligned church, and (Vice President JD) Vance has socialized with members of the movement as well."

Webbon, according to Butler, isn't shy about expressing "antisemitic views."

In a November 2, 2024 post on X, formerly Twitter, Webbon wrote, "I hate Judaism, but I love Jews and wish them a very pleasant conversion to Christianity. If you really want to know my full thoughts on the modern nation/state of Israel, you can watch the new series I recently published with @BonifaceOption…. Christ Is King."

Webbon told Mother Jones he stands by "everything I've said about Judaism. It is a pernicious evil."

*Kiera Butler's full article for Mother Jones is available at this link.

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Vance Boelter, who allegedly shot Melissa Hortman, a Democratic Minnesota state representative, and her husband, Mark Hortman, on June 14, 2025, studied at Christ for the Nations Institute in Dallas. The group is a Bible school linked to the New Apostolic Reformation, or NAR.

The NAR is a loosely organized but influential charismatic Christian movement that shares similarities with Pentecostalism, especially in its belief that God actively communicates with believers through the Holy Spirit. Unlike traditional Pentecostalism, however, the organization emphasizes modern-day apostles and prophets as authoritative leaders tasked with transforming society and ushering in God’s kingdom on Earth. Prayer, prophecy and worship are defined not only as acts of devotion but as strategic tools for advancing believers’ vision of government and society.

After the shooting, the Christ for the Nations Institute issued a statement “unequivocally” denouncing “any and all forms of violence and extremism.” It stated: “Our organization’s mission is to educate and equip students to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ through compassion, love, prayer, service, worship, and value for human life.”

But the shooting has drawn attention to the school and the larger Christian movement it belongs to. One of the most important aspects of NAR teachings today is what is called “the Seven Mountain Mandate.”

The Seven Mountain Mandate calls on Christians to gain influence, or “take dominion,” over seven key areas of culture: religion, family, education, government, media, business and the arts.

With over three decades of experience studying extremism, I offer a brief overview of the history and core beliefs of the Seven Mountains Mandate.

‘Dominion of Christians’

The Seven Mountains concept was originally proposed in 1975 by evangelical leader Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ. Now known as “Cru,” the Campus Crusade for Christ was founded as a global ministry in 1951 to promote Christian evangelism, especially on college campuses.

United by a shared vision to influence society through Christian values, Bright partnered with Loren Cunningham, the founder of Youth With A Mission, a major international missionary training and outreach organization, in the 1970s.

The Seven Mountains Mandate was popularized by theologian Francis Schaeffer, who linked it to a larger critique of secularism and liberal culture. Over time, it evolved.

C. Peter Wagner, a former seminary professor who helped organize and name the New Apostolic Reformation, is often regarded as the theological architect of the group. He developed it into a call for dominion. In his 2008 book “Dominion! How Kingdom Action Can Change the World,” he urged Christians to take authoritative control of cultural institutions.

For Wagner, “dominion theology” – the idea that Christians should have control over all aspects of society – was a call to spiritual warfare, so that God’s kingdom would be “manifested here on earth as it is in heaven.”

Since 1996, Bill Johnson, a senior leader of Bethel Church, and Johnny Enlow, a self-described prophet and Seven Mountains advocate, among others, have taken the original idea of the Seven Mountains Mandate and reshaped it into a more aggressive, political and spiritually militant approach. Spiritual militancy reflects an aggressive, us-vs.-them mindset that blurs the line between faith and authoritarianism, promoting dominion over society in the name of spiritual warfare.

Their version doesn’t just aim to influence culture; it frames the effort as a spiritual battle to reclaim and reshape the nation according to their vision of God’s will.

Lance Wallnau, another Christian evangelical preacher, televangelist, speaker and author, has promoted dominion theology since the early 2000s. During the 2020 U.S. presidential election, Wallnau, along with several prominent NAR figures, described Donald Trump as anointed by God to reclaim the “mountain” of government from demonic control.

In their book “Invading Babylon: The 7 Mountains Mandate,” Wallnau and Johnson explicitly call for Christian leadership as the only antidote to perceived moral decay and spiritual darkness.

The beliefs

Sometimes referred to as Seven Mountains of Influence or Seven Mountains of Culture, the seven mountains are not neutral domains but seen as battlegrounds between divine truth and demonic deception.

Adherents believe that Christians are called to reclaim these areas through influence, leadership and even, if necessary, the use of force and to confront demonic political forces, as religion scholar Matthew Taylor demonstrates in his book “The Violent Take It By Force.”

Diverse perspectives and interpretations surround the rhetoric and actions associated with the New Apostolic Reformation. Some analysts have pointed out how the NAR is training its followers for an active confrontation. Other commentators have said that the rhetoric calling for physical violence is anti-biblical and should be denounced.

NAR-aligned leaders have framed electoral contests as struggles between “godly” candidates and those under the sway of “satanic” influence.

Similarly, NAR prophet Cindy Jacobs has repeatedly emphasized the need for “spiritual warfare” in schools to combat what she characterizes as “demonic ideologies” such as sex education, LGBTQ+ inclusion or discussions of systemic racism.

In the NAR worldview, cultural change is not merely political or social but considered a supernatural mission; opponents are not simply wrong but possibly under the sway of demonic influence. Elections become spiritual battles.

This belief system views pluralism as weakness, compromise as betrayal, and coexistence as capitulation. Frederick Clarkson, a senior research analyst at Political Research Associates, a progressive think tank based in Somerville, Massachusetts, defines the Seven Mountains Mandate as “the theocratic idea that Christians are called by God to exercise dominion over every aspect of society by taking control of political and cultural institutions.”

The call to “take back” the culture is not metaphorical but literal, and believers are encouraged to see themselves as soldiers in a holy war to dominate society. Some critics argue that NAR’s call to “take back” culture is about literal domination, but this interpretation is contested.

Many within the movement see the language of warfare as spiritually focused on prayer, evangelism and influencing hearts and minds. Still, the line between metaphor and mandate can blur, especially when rhetoric about “dominion” intersects with political and cultural action. That tension is part of an ongoing debate both within and outside the movement.

Networks that spread the beliefs

This belief system is no longer confined to the margins. It is spread widely through, podcasts, and political networks.

It’s hard to know exactly how many churches are part of the New Apostolic Reformation, but estimates suggest that about 3 million people in the U.S. attend churches that openly follow NAR leaders.

At the same time, the Seven Mountains Mandate doesn’t depend on centralized leadership or formal institutions. It spreads organically through social networks, social media – notably podcasts and livestreams – and revivalist meetings and workshops.

André Gagné, a theologian and author of “American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times,” writes about the ways in which the mandate spreads by empowering local leaders and believers. Individuals are authorized – often through teachings on spiritual warfare, prophetic gifting, and apostolic leadership – to see themselves as agents of divine transformation in society, called to reclaim the “mountains,” such as government, media and education, for God’s kingdom.

This approach, Gagné explains, allows different communities to adapt the action mandate to. It encourages individuals to see themselves as spiritual warriors and leaders in their domains – whether in business, education, government, media or the arts.

Small groups or even individuals can start movements or initiatives without waiting for top-down directives. The only recognized authorities are the apostles and prophets running the church or church network the believers attend.

The framing of the Seven Mountains Mandate as a divinely inspired mission, combined with the movement’s emphasis on direct spiritual experiences and a specific interpretation of scripture, can create an environment where questioning the mandate is perceived as challenging God’s authority.

Slippery slope

These beliefs have increasingly fused with nationalist rhetoric and conspiracy theories.

A powerful example of NAR political rhetoric in action is the rise and influence of the “Appeal to Heaven” flags. For those in the New Apostolic Reformation, these flags symbolize the belief that when all earthly authority fails, people have the right to appeal directly to God’s authority to justify resistance.

This was evident during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, when these flags were prominently displayed.

To be clear, its leaders are not calling for violence but rather for direct political engagement and protest. For some believers, however, the calls for “spiritual warfare” may become a slippery slope into justification for violence, as in the case of the alleged Minnesota shooter.

Understanding the Seven Mountains Mandate is essential for grasping the dynamics of contemporary efforts to align government and culture with a particular vision of Christian authority and influence.

Art Jipson, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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Lance Wallnau Says Trump's Strike On Iran Is Setting The Stage For 'The Antichrist Emerging'

06/23/2025

On Friday, Right Wing Watch reported that President Donald Trump's religious-right activists have been nearly unanimous in their demand that the Trump administration lend its full support to Israel in its growing conflict with Iran because they believe that it is key to bringing about the End Times and the return of Jesus Christ.

On Saturday, after Trump ordered U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, MAGA cultist and self-proclaimed Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau immediately took to social media to post a video in which he claimed that Trump's actions were setting the stage for the rise of the Antichrist.

After claiming that Trump had been divinely raised up to topple the enemies of God, Wallnau warned that Iran might respond to the attack by activating "terror cells" in the United States to carry out deadly attacks in major cities like Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York because "those are the primary cities where the Persian community fits in."

"Persians are not Arabs," Wallnau said, praying that God will "expose what needs to be seen at the airports, anything with commercial airlines—that's what they did last time. They won't hijack, they will just attack them—Let's pray that they are thwarted by angels in Jesus' name and that God will turn whatever happens."

"Listen, if they do anything," he continued, "you know what that's gonna do? It's gonna put Trump's deportation agenda on steroids and 70 percent of Americans will say, 'If we've got these people—terrorists—in here shooting and trying to do mass events of injuring us, get them the heck out! All of them.' That's how Americans are."

On the supernatural side, Wallnau said that the strike on Iran was setting the stage for the End Times.

"Jesus is coming back and I believe that this is all part of him setting the stage for his return," Wallnau said. "It's going to be an opening of the window through the State Department for the gospel of freedom to be preached into the Middle East, into Asia during these a couple of years we've got with Trump. We've got to move fast [to see] that this Gospel of the Kingdom goes into all the nations. "

"Then I do think it's a possibility if Iran's vacuum isn't filled in a reformation, it will be filled with a bitter revenge that will take a little while and then you're going to see the Antichrist and wars in the Middle East come out of the unresolved bitterness against Israel and United States," he added. "This will fester and feed into the Antichrist emerging in that region."

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06/02/2025

Last month, Right Wing Watch reported that Christian nationalist activist Floyd Brown had been appointed to serve as a vice president at the Kennedy Center, which President Donald Trump took over shortly after returning to the White House earlier this year.

Last week, CNN's Andrew Kaczynski reported on Brown's position and his history of bigoted and controversial statements. Kaczynski's reporting, in turn, quickly led to Brown's dismissal from his position.

On Friday, Brown appeared on "The Lance Wallnau Show" to discuss his firing, which he blamed on Satan.

Brown began by complaining that his controversial statements had all been made before he was appointed to serve as the Kennedy Center and therefore his dismissal was unjustified and unfair.

"First of all, I made those comments about three years ago, long before President Trump was chairman of the Kennedy Center and long before I accepted the position at the Kennedy Center," Brown said. "So, it really didn't have to do with my Kennedy Center job; you know, what I said in the past at a Christian conference."

"I wasn't going to disavow any of my Christian beliefs around traditional marriage," he added. "This video triggered a lot of the people that work in the higher up levels of the Kennedy Center and so it led to me being dismissed because of my beliefs and I think that's wrong."

"I was doing the job and I was doing it well," Brown insisted. "Every day that I went to work there, I was praying for Ambassador [Richard] Grenell. I was praying for the staff of the Kennedy Center. I was praying circle prayers around the building. I was praying hedge of protection prayers.

"I knew from day one, because of the discernment given to me by the Holy Spirit as a believer, that I was contending in a spiritual battle and that I was near the top of the mountain, I was near the gates, and I was contending with those spiritual powers at that gate," Brown declared, using language reflective of the Seven Mountains Dominionism theology that he promotes.

"I think the closer that I got to the gate and the more Christians I brought in the door, the more Satan was pushing back against what I was doing," Brown said. "We were making real progress, not only in the natural but in the spiritual, and so Satan counterattacked and I really think that's the main reason that I was fired."

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03/10/2025

From the moment President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, self-proclaimed Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau immediately began plotting, declaring on election night that he and his fellow Christian nationalists now had four years to align with the White House to strengthen the Christian church in the United States and abroad and put into place a plan to "seize the institutions of the federal government" and tear down spiritual "strongholds."

Shortly thereafter, Wallnau proclaimed that once Trump took office, "the government and the church" would begin "moving together to build the ekklesia" to take control of "the government mountain" globally. ("Ekklesia" is a term used by dominionists to refer to the church as God’s governing body on Earth.)

Wallnau then announced something he called The Nehemiah Project, which is committed to "partnering the prophetic collaboration of government and church and business together to take all the domains we can while we have the wind to our back."

Recently, Wallnau appeared on the "Encounter Today" podcast, where he declared that Trump has been raised up by God to dispatch "statesman evangelists" around the world on behalf of the United States to spread the Christian gospel and bring about a global revival.

"Jesus told me that Trump was going to be put back in office for the sake of the nations," Wallnau said. "I thought he was coming back just for making America great, but the Lord said, 'On no, his agenda is America, but for America's interest to be secured, there has to be a reordering of the of the global community.'"

"Trump will create a Pax Romana; a period of peace realigning nations," Wallnau declared. "He is raised up as God's instrument for the sake of the nations."

"Trump himself, I believe, is going to not only establish America's trade relationships with these nations, but there will come a point where the statesman evangelists are going to come along," he continued. "Nations are going to start to open up to the movement of reformation happening here."

"It's a movement toward Judeo-Christian values," Wallnau proclaimed. "Trump is the catalyst of the global reformation happening."

Wallnau said that with Trump's backing, "statesman evangelists" such as himself will be able to travel the world holding Christian revival meetings that will save entire nations in preparation for "the great End Time harvest."

"When I go to these rulers," Wallnau said, "what I'm telling them is if you want what we have in America—a period of domestic peace, strong popularity with your people, and prosperity—you need to do what Trump is doing. Trump is saying we need to get religion; he's really saying we need Christianity, he just knows enough not to hit that trigger. You need to have evangelism in your country so that your people develop a healthy patriotism, a respect for authority, a godly orientation against anarchy and against viciousness, violence, and protest and terror. Christianity will cause that faith to come into your people. It'll stabilize your administration. It'll produce a conscience so that people won't be committing crime, and it will produce thrift, industry, and prosperity to lift you economically. We want to do business with you in the United States and I'm here to represent the United States."

"I can fill an arena," Wallnau added. "I'll set it up with these heads of state to send the statesmen evangelists to the nations for the great End Time harvest."

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Wallnau is associated with the New Apostolic Reformation, a religious movement that promotes Seven Mountains Dominionism, a political ideology which holds that the right kind of Christians must take dominion over every sphere of influence in society. Wallnau worked with MAGA organizations like the America First Policy Institute to combine religious revivalism and political organizing on his pro-Trump “Courage Tour” in 2024.

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02/26/2025

Lance Wallnau, a promoter of Seven Mountains Dominionism and ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, says in a new direct mail fundraising letter that “we have a 4-year window with Donald Trump to uproot the influence of Leviathan!”

Leviathan, Wallnau writes, is the Satanic “spirit of chaos, pride, and twisting lies.” Frankly, that sounds a lot like Trump, who Wallnau argued in a 2016 book was “God’s Chaos Candidate.”

Wallnau starts the letter by reminding people about his battleground state Courage Tour, which mixed religious revivalism with MAGA politics and pro-Trump voter turnout last year. Wallnau describes Satan as the source of critical media coverage that he charged with “twisting of truth” about his pro-Trump organizing.

Wallnau says he has figured out how to help people break free from Leviathan’s control in their life, and he has a clever pitch: if you don’t think you’re being controlled that way, it’s a sign that you really are:

Perhaps the most insidious component of Leviathan is that those most affected by it are least aware of its presence!

As I further verified this last year as I talked to thousands of people across this country, Leviathan is currently wielding vast influence over the media and political mountains—*making it impossible for most people to think and act rationally and righteously.

Fortunately for you, dear reader, Wallnau’s “mandate from the Lord” in 2025 is “to unleash an army that is free from Leviathan’s grip!” And in return for your ”generous gift” to his “prophetic ministry,” Wallnau will send you a few CDs full of insights that will help you join his “spiritual army.”

Wallnau is a leader in the New Apostolic Reformation, an increasingly influential religious and political movement grounded in ideas of spiritual warfare and dominionism—the belief that every institution of influence in society must be under the dominion of Christians who share Wallnau’s right-wing political and theological views.

Dominionists have been a key part of Trump’s amen corner since his first run for the White House. Trump’s appointments, including the return of Paula White to run the White House Faith Office, have made it clear that dominionists and other Christian nationalists will once again have influential insider status in the administration.

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Christian Nationalists Plot To 'Seize The Institutions Of The Federal Government'

02/13/2025

From the moment President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, self-proclaimed Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau immediately began plotting, declaring on election night that he and his fellow Christian nationalists now had four years to align with the White House to strengthen the Christian church in the United States and abroad while placing right-wing Christians inside the government to tear down spiritual "strongholds."

Shortly thereafter, Wallnau proclaimed that once Trump took office, "the government and the church" would begin "moving together to build the ekklesia" to take control of "the government mountain" globally. ("Ekklesia" is a term used by dominionists to refer to the church as God’s governing body on Earth.)

Recently, Wallnau appeared on "The War Room" with Steve Bannon, where the two discussed how the Christian right can use the newly re-established White House Faith Office, run by right-wing pastor Paula White, to "seize the institutions of the federal government."

"Reformation is different than simply a religious renaissance," Wallnau said. "It's the recapturing of institutions—oh, this is what makes the left go crazy when I say these things. It's the recapturing of education, of media, of business, of government, and it's recapturing them with the ideas of Western civilization, which is the ideas of Christian civilization."

"We've got a foothold with Paula White," Wallnau added. "But the expansion of that has got to be the underrepresented Christian population, which is over half the United States in all sectors in what we call the high places of culture, or the mountaintops of culture."

This is the language of Seven Mountains Dominionism, of which Wallnau has long been a leading promoter. Seven Mountains Dominionism is a radical theology associated with the New Apostolic Reformation that advocates having right-wing Christians control all aspects of society. Followers of Seven Mountains theology believe that they are to “do whatever is necessary” to take control of the seven main “mountains” that shape our culture—education, government, media, business, arts and entertainment, family, and religion—in order to implement the will of God throughout the nation and the world.

"How would you propose to use both of these—the task force and the new Faith Office—to seize the institutions of the federal government?" asked Bannon.

"There are three arteries that make this happen: Legislation, litigation and the shaping of public opinion," Wallnau replied, explaining that they intend to pass laws and file lawsuits to further their Christian nationalist agenda while simultaneously using the power and influence of the media, the government, and the church to shape public opinion in support of that agenda.

"Paula White has to be careful [about] what she says in public.," Wallnau stated. "[But] I believe I might have learned that from her."

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01/31/2025

Mark Robinson announced that he's dropping his lawsuit against CNN and says he has no intention of ever seeking public office again.
Lance Wallnau claims that Bevelyn Beatty Williams "was incarcerated by the Biden administration" simply because she "prayed outside an abortion clinic." She was actually convicted of forcibly blocking entrance to health clinics and terrorizing staff and patients.
More evidence that Christian nationalists like Rick Green will keep repeating myths even after they have been debunked.
Antisemite Andrew Torba claims that "the Overton Window is shifting so rapidly in our direction it’s almost impossible to keep up at this point:" "All of our ideas, talking points, critiques, and subculture itself are being normalized and mainstreamed before our eyes."
Lucas Gage says that praising Hitler is now "the ultimate symbol of free speech."
Finally, it comes as no surprise to see Eric Metaxas defending Calvin Robinson, who was stripped of his license by the Anglican Catholic Church after he mimicked Elon Musk by delivering a "Sieg Heil" salute at an anti-choice event.

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01/24/2025

MAGA pastor Jackson Lahmeyer has decided not to enter the special congressional election taking place in his district in Oklahoma.
Ali Alexander is urging President Donald Trump to sign an executive order "prohibiting time travel by unauthorized persons."
Jim Garlow proclaims that Trump's inauguration speech just may have been the greatest one in American history.
Rep. Josh Brecheen has introduced a resolution "to fully condemn the distorted message that was preached at President Trump during the National Prayer Service" earlier this week.
Finally, Lance Wallnau is angry that Charismatic MAGA Christians, such as himself, are supposedly being prevented from speaking at high-profile political events like the Christian Inaugural Gala, the National Prayer Service, and the upcoming National Religious Broadcasters convention.

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01/07/2025

Isaac Schorr @ Mediaite: Here Are the 5 Craziest Moments from Trump’s Off-the-Wall Presser — From ‘Gulf of America’ to Hezbollah Capitol Rioters

President-elect Donald Trump held a press conference on Tuesday with the ostensible aim of touting foreign investment in the United States in anticipation of his administration. It ended up being so much more than that.

Bob Smietana @ Religion News Service: Trump Bible gets new 'Inauguration Day Edition' just in time for Jan. 6

A new ad urges supporters to buy a Bible commemorating Trump's return to the White House. The new edition of the God Bless the USA Bible features Trump's name on the cover and will be on sale until Jan. 19.

Amanda Marcotte @ Salon: Why Mike Johnson's fake "Jefferson prayer" matters

Replacing facts with phony history is a linchpin of the Christian nationalist movement.

Jared Holt @ MSNBC: How Brandon Gill went from clickbait to Congress

The 30-year-old Texas congressman helped promote the big lie documentary “2,000 Mules” and founded a far-right website.

Angry White Men: Christian Nationalists Attempt To Rewrite Jan. 6

On Monday, Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon celebrated the four-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection by lauding the violent mob as “patriots.” Webbon’s guest, far-right blogger Charles Haywood, agreed, and called on President-elect Trump to issue medals to the insurrectionists while imprisoning those who prosecuted them.

Julie Roys @ The Roys Report: Jesse Duplantis, Lance Wallnau, Jack Graham & Kunnemans Leave Daystar TV in Wake of Scandal

More programmers have confirmed they’ve left Daystar TV network, following allegations of sex abuse cover-up and financial misconduct, including televangelists Jesse Duplantis, Lance Wallnau, and Hank and Brenda Kunneman.

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01/06/2025

During a prayer event organized by the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins in response to the terrorist attack in New Orleans, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared that "fear is not supposed to exist in America" because this nation is protected by God.
Nick Fuentes announced that he is migrating back to Telegram because of Elon Musk's censorship campaign against far-right voices: "The events of the past three weeks have demonstrated that Elon Musk is not absolutely reliable or as committed to free speech as we thought."
"Prophet" Charlie Shamp issued a remarkably vague prophecy about "an unusual unity" that will appear in the Senate at some point in the future. The prophecy was so laughably nebulous that just about anything that happens will "confirm" it.
Stew Peters declares that "if Trump doesn’t issue a blanket pardon for EVERY J6 political prisoner, he’s a complete piece of shit."
Finally, Lance Wallnau is rushing off to South Korea to help Christians fight the "coup" against President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was recently impeached for attempting to impose martial law on the nation.

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The Nehemiah Project: Lance Wallnau's Christian Nationalist Plot To Take Over The World Lance Wallnau says that when Trump takes office, "the prophets are going to be collaborating with government officials." Therefore, Wallnau is launching something called "The Nehemiah Project" that seeks to use the Trump White House to spread Christian nationalism globally.](https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/nehemiah-project-lance-wallnaus-christian-nationalist-plot-take-over-world)

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William Wolfe hopes that Kash Patel will be confirmed as FBI Director and destroy "the false myth of neutrality" by putting the agency directly under the control of President Trump. Of course, the last time that was the case, the result was Watergate, which is why Congress stepped in to "insulate the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from undue pressure being exerted upon him from superiors in the Executive Branch."

Ali Alexander brags that "Stop the Steal and January 6th created a vacuum so Trump could run on retribution instead of as a 'loser who lost the previous election'": "We fundamentally created the ONLY path by which Donald J. Trump could ever win (AGAIN)!"

Joe Kovaks says the fact that former critics are now seeking to make nice with Trump is "a real-life parable projecting what's going to happen when Jesus returns to Earth."

Seth Gruber declares that "anybody who talks about transgender adolescents or transgender minors or trans kids is either a pedophile or a groomer."

Finally, after the most recent school shooting, Lance Wallnau reacted by insisting that gun control is not the answer, arguing that if someone carried out a terrorist attack via a suicide vest, "you don't ban suicide vests, what you do is you ban the ideology that produces radicals." We're pretty sure that if suicide vests were readily available for sale and being regularly being used to kill masses of people, the government would ban them.

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Eric Metaxas says that President Joe Biden is "the anti-George Washington": "To me, Joe Biden is the example of what the Founders didn't want."

Mario Murillo fumes that Biden is "an animal, a beast, [and] a villain": "You are a disgrace. A complete dishonest, unmitigated totally heartless villain in everything you've done and you don't deserve to be remembered as anything else."

Lance Wallnau claims that the protests against martial law in South Korea were driven by "a progressive spirit": "It looks like the George Floyd riots."

Sen. Tommy Tuberville doesn't think that it is the Senate's job to vet Donald Trump's nominees. The drafters of the Constitution would beg to differ.

Michigan state Rep. Josh Schriver declares that "the mouth and anus are not reproductive organs. Sodomy is indeed a crime against God and natural order": "This sin releases plagues of disease, promiscuity and perversion into our local communities. Repent, yield to Christ, be fruitful and multiply!"

Finally, Nick Fuentes rants that the prosecution of Daniel Penny is "why we need a fucking Hitler."

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11/15/2024

MAGA cultist pastor Shane Vaughn celebrates a potential plan by Donald Trump to forcibly shut down the Senate in order to install his radical Cabinet appointments: "This is what he meant when he said he would be a dictator on day one."
Tony Perkins and Andrew McCarthy are to this plan.
Lance Wallnau was at Mar-A-Lago last night, as was Joshua Feuerstein.
Nazi-loving antisemite Jon Miller says that "Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a fake christian and a libtard."
Finally, Eric Metaxas thinks that Trump should "have a rotating roster of Press Secretaries" so that he and others can fill in from time to time.

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11/14/2024

MAGA cultist Lance Wallnau says the election results provide a "spiritual heat map" showing where all the demons are concentrated. Spoiler: It's the blue areas.

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in September, theologian Robert P. Jones noted in a *Time* op-ed that Donald Trump' "nostalgic diatribes about reclaiming a lost white Christian past fueled his rise to presidential power, and he has continued this strategy in 2024."}:

Following the 2020 election, Gallup reported that the AP VoteCast survey revealed "that 81% of White evangelical Protestant voters went for Trump," while 18% supported President Joe Biden. Furthermore, "The Edison exit polls estimate that 76% of White evangelicals voted for Trump, 24% for Biden," the analytics company added.

Gene Bailey — the host of a YouTube show called FlashPoint —is determined to help Trump keep the support of Christians this election.

In a Sunday, November 3 article, The Atlantic's Stephanie McCrummen reports that "hundreds of thousands of viewers" – three times a week — "stream their news directly from God" on the show, which "has emerged as the premier outlet for the most trusted prophets with the largest followings."

Having "watched hours and hours of episodes going back to its launch in September 2020" The Atlantic staff writer notes that "from the beginning, the show has framed politics as a great 'spiritual war,' launching "on the Victory Channel, a streaming platform and satellite-television network that is part of the well-funded empire of Kenneth Copeland, an old-guard televangelist in the multifaceted world of charismatic Christianity."

McCrummen adds, "Copeland himself never exactly belonged to the apostle-and-prophet crowd. But he was part of the broader mobilization of charismatic Christians behind Trump, and provided the most prominent prophets with the platform they needed to build a movement they likened to a new Great Awakening," like "Lance Wallnau, the chief marketer of the idea that God anointed Trump."

Wallnau likened "the march to the Capitol" on January 6 "as a 'giant Disney parade,' and said the violence had been carried out not by 'our people' but by antifa and Black Lives Matter, calling them 'the devil’s people,'" according to McCrummen.

McCrummen reports:

*One of the many signs that FlashPoint is a departure from the usual televangelism is that the o in its logo looks like the view through a rifle scope. Another is that the audience is referred to as the 'FlashPoint Army.' A third is that the red phone is a hotline to Donald Trump. A fourth is that, sometimes, heaven sends not just news of the End Times, but earthly instructions. This was the case during the run-up to January 6, when FlashPoint was getting millions of views, and the prophets told the FlashPoint Army to claim the U.S. Capitol for God’s kingdom.

The Atlantic writer also notes:

*Bailey has interviewed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Trump himself. Most important, the show has become a kind of command center for the people Trump refers to as 'my Christians.' In a sense, FlashPoint is where God’s memo goes out, which makes it all the more noteworthy that, in recent weeks, the prophecies have become more apocalyptic.

One pastor who appeared on the show, McCrummen writes, "cast himself as a reporter," and claimed "he confirmed that the FBI had a busload of antifa people come in and infiltrate the rally."

Hank, Kunnemen, who McCrummen report is "a prophet from Omaha," said during his appearance: "We have a responsibility to report what we hear from heaven."

Bailey asked the Omaha prophet, "What’s God showing you?"

Kunnemen replied: "Big God, little devil. Big God, little corrupt Democrat rat. Big God, little Republican pathetic person that cannot stand for their democracy."

McCrummen notes, "People clapped. 'Here are your orders from heaven: Be strong, fear not … Your God will come with a vengeance,' Kunneman said, declaring FlashPoint to be 'part of the new spirit of truth in media that’s going to rise in the land.'"

*The Atlantic's full report is available at this link (subscription required).

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The Courage Tour, organized by Trump-promoting dominionists Lance Wallnau and Mario Murillo, and co-sponsored by the MAGA movement organization America First Policy Institute, rolls into Pennsylvania this week on its tour of 19 swing counties that could decide the outcome of the presidential election. The event will be held Friday night and all day Saturday in Monroeville, which is located east of Pittsburgh.

Scholar Matthew Taylor, who attended a Wisconsin stop, called the tour “the most targeted and tactical voter mobilization effort done by Christian nationalists ever,” adding that “they’re doing it hand in glove in many ways with the Trump campaign and with the apparatus of the Trump campaign through an organization like AFPI.”

Indeed, the Courage Tour exemplifies the de facto merger between the MAGA movement and dominionist Christian nationalists. AFPI, a “think tank” organized by and filled with former Trump administration officials, is an active participant in Project 2025, another example of the shared authoritarian goals of Trumpworld and the Christian nationalists who helped put Trump in power in 2016 as part of their long-term plan to take “dominion” over every sphere of influence in society. Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk has also supported the tour.

In 2023, AFPI President Brooke Rollins, a former Trump adviser who had been preparing his second-term agenda before he lost the 2020 election, held an America First Summit where she discussed AFPI’s Vision 2025, a preview of Project 2025’s plans for the aggressive use of government power to promote the far-right agenda. Rollins happily admitted that their “ideologically revolutionary” goal is to “seize control of the administrative state” as part of “an America First confrontation against anti-conservative institutions.” That echoed language used by the Heritage Foundation when it launched Project 2025 as a plan for the MAGA movement to “take the reins of government.”

The Courage Tour’s combination of tent revival-style religious rallies with political mobilization reflects the beliefs of New Apostolic Reformation figures like Wallnau and Murillo that spiritual revival will lead to political transformation of the country to bring it into alignment with their particular biblical worldview. Wallnau has said the tour’s purpose is to break “demonic strongholds” that have supposedly kept Republicans from winning elections, and to prepare Christians to rule and reign after Christ’s return by training them to “occupy territory now.” In other words, the Courage Tour is an example of NAR “spiritual warfare” in pursuit of earthly power—for Trump and for themselves.

Right Wing Watch reported that when the tour stopped in Wisconsin in July, the leader of a group called The Lion of Judah urged people to sign up to serve as election workers so that they could be in effect a “Trojan Horse” for the Christian nationalist political movement. At an earlier stop in Michigan, Christian nationalist political operative David Barton spread false Christian nationalist history.

Researcher Jenny Cohn has pointed out that Rob Pacienza, senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida—a longtime center of Christian-right political organizing—is a senior fellow in the Center for the American Dream at AFPI. This Wednesday, Sept. 25, Pacienza will kick off 40 days of prayer leading up to the election with an online event with Courage Tour speaker Alveda King. Pacienza’s project comes with a daily prayer guide that includes prayers for policies protecting life “from conception until natural death” and “restoration” of marriage being limited to one man and one woman. It includes a prayer that “Christians would use the power we have as citizens to rein in big government so that the State never becomes our Master.” It also urges people to pray that God would “remove those from office who oppose Him” and “cause chaos and confusion among groups who oppose Him and His people so that their plans are thwarted.”

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The New York Times profiled the MAGA movement organization America First Policy Institute this week. AFPI was created as a sort of Trump administration in exile after voters dumped Donald Trump from office. AFPI has provided jobs and salaries to a lot of Trump loyalists, who are working to put Trump—and themselves—back into power. And they’re preparing to make the most of that power.

AFPI’s own version of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 agenda for a new administration reportedly includes nearly 300 executive orders for a returning Trump to sign. Right Wing Watch reported last year on an AFPI summit called “Laying the Groundwork for the Next America First Administration,” at which the group’s president Brooke Rollins bragged about the “revolutionary” nature of its ambitions to “seize control of the administrative state and use it—while also dismantling it,” describing “an America First confrontation against anti-conservative institutions.”

Now that there’s bad blood between MAGA insiders and the Heritage Foundation over the unfavorable publicity Project 2025 brought Trump’s campaign, AFPI is positioned to be in control of the transition team and domestic policy agenda if Trump wins. One example of what that could look like: the Times reports that AFPI’s plan to allow Trump to fire federal employees and replace them with political loyalists is even more radical than Project 2025’s proposal—it would essentially turn the entire federal workforce into a political patronage system.

One important aspect of AFPI’s work that this week’s Times story did not explore is AFPI’s partnership with dominionist Lance Wallnau and his “Courage Tour” to turn out conservative Christian voters in crucial swing-state counties in the upcoming election. As the Times noted, one of AFPI’s funders and board members is Texas pastor-billionaire Tim Dunn, whose funding and theocratic vision have been aggressively pushing the Texas Republican Party further to the far right.

Right Wing Watch has reported that the Courage Tour blends religious revivalism, spiritual warfare rhetoric, right-wing politics, and targeted voter turnout work all designed to overcome “demonic strongholds” and put Trump back into the White House. Some other media reports on the Courage Tour have noted the partnership and described the participation of America First Works—AFPI’s political action affiliate—and its voter registration efforts. Wallnau and AFPI have focused on 19 crucial counties in swing states that they believe could swing the election for Trump with increased turnout from MAGA-minded Christians.

The extent of the partnership between AFPI and New Apostolic Reformation dominionists like Wallnau is revealed in video from a Michigan stop on the Courage Tour in May. Wallnau described AFPI as “the group I work with,” adding that it “is holding the key appointment for the hoped-for Trump administration….They’ve got all the placeholders for who’s going in.”

Wallnau introduced Richard Rogers, who is affiliated with Georgia-based MAGA pastor Jentezen Franklin’s Free Chapel church, and who is servingas AFPI’s national director of faith engagement. He got that assignment, Rogers said, when AFPI called Franklin saying that the movement did not have enough resources on the ground to actually do the necessary voter registration and turnout in those targeted counties. Rogers went to work, he said, and now AFPI has a “faith department” that has been built “to put boots on the ground to motivate the voters in those states to turn the tide on the election in 2024—and we’re doing it.”

Rogers said that AFPI has developed closer collaboration between other groups doing voter registration and turnout among conservative Christians, citing Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA and Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition as examples. Rogers also said AFPI has raised enough money to have paid attorneys ready to intervene in key precincts and counties.

Also reflecting the increasingly Christian nationalist orientation of the MAGA movement—and the agenda of AFPI funder Dunn—is the think tank’s effort to claim a scriptural basis for every part of its social, economic, and foreign policy agenda.

AFPI calls its policy agenda “10 Pillars for Restoring a Nation Under God,” though some of its claimed scriptural foundations seem strained, to say the least. To buttress its opposition to “Marxist and Socialist ideology in our healthcare,” AFPI offers four Bible verses, including ones that describe our bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit and a prayer for good health.

AFPI’s “Biblical Foundations” project was at an event featuring Trump spiritual adviser and former White House aide Paula White, who chair’s AFPI’s Center for American Values. At the event, AFPI President Rollins said that in her White House role running Trump’s domestic policy agenda, “we saw the benefit of policy driven by faith.” Policy, said White, must be “guided by eternal truths, biblical truths.” Also speaking were Jentezen Franklin and New Apostolic Reformation figure Jim Garlow.

Goya CEO and AFPI board member Bob Unanue declared, “We are in a spiritual war.”

That kind of spiritual warfare rhetoric can also be found on the Biblical Foundations portion of AFPI’s website, which reads, “This fight is not just about the culture of America; it’s about the kingdom of God and the Church’s divine mission to be the salt and light of our day in an era of increasing darkness.”

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Jason Rapert says "the Democrat Party is a sponsor of evil": "America cannot survive much longer with Democrats in power. May God allow the defeat of Democrats at every level of government."

Dave Daubenmire declares that "only sissy men will ever vote for Harris and the twinkie boy": "American women, and their sissy husbands are voting for Harris only out of their hatred for masculinity."

* Floyd Brown praises Lance Wallnau for all he has done "to show Americans the spiritual side" of the election and breaking the "spiritual delusion" over America.

QAnon conspiracy theorist Dave Hayes asserts that if you haven't spent thousands of hours studying Q's "drops," then you are not qualified to criticize the movement.

Finally, while complaining about being ostracized from the right-wing movement because of his virulent antisemitism, Nick Fuentes correctly notes that you can be overtly racist, Islamophobic, and sexist and still be perfectly welcome in the movement.

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Frederick Clarkson @ Religion Dispatches: Packed with Threats of Political Violence, Media Largely Ignore the NAR’s ‘Million Women’ Rally in DC

On October 12th one of the most remarkable political statements of any religious leader in this or any election season was broadcast live from an all-day rally of tens of thousands of people on the Washington Mall. The event, called A Million Women, was staged by some of the leading apos

Andy Kroll, Phoebe Petrovic and Nick Surgey @ ProPublic: JD Vance Campaign Event With Christian Right Leaders May Have Violated Tax and Election Laws, Experts Say

Ziklag and the Courage Tour, the far-right groups that hosted the Republican vice-presidential nominee, are charities that can’t legally intervene in political campaigns.

Tim Dickinson and Nikki McCann Ramirez @ Rolling Stone: ‘Mass Exorcism’: Christian Supremacists Take Over the National Mall

Last week’s MAGA-inflected spectacle cast Kamala Harris as demonic, and Trump an avatar of biblical justice.

Angry White Men: ‘The World Is Ours’: Joel Webbon Claims Christians Are ‘Destined To Colonize The Stars’

Bigoted Christian nationalist pastor Joel Webbon declared on an Oct. 16, 2024 livestream that the world rightfully belongs to Christians, such as himself, as they were promised “dominion” over it. Webbon also stated that Christians are “destined to colonize” not just the world, but also “the stars.”

Shawn Musgrave @ The Intercept: Trump’s Big Lie Attorneys Are Back

In lawsuits filed across the country, attorneys who worked to overturn Trump’s 2020 defeat are alleging rampant voting fraud.

Pema Levy @ Mother Jones: Trump Has a Plan to Win Without the Votes—and the Fight Is On to Stop Him

Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box. But this year, Donald Trump’s campaign appears to be trying to win on a different field of battle. With dozens of lawsuits already filed across the country, the Republicans are using state and federal courts as a key pillar of their strategy to retake the White House.

Hafiz Rashid @ The New Republic: DeSantis Lawyer Sounds Alarm About Administration’s Authoritarian Turn

Last week, a lawyer who worked for the Florida Department of Health resigned, and a letter obtained Thursday by the Miami Herald indicates that he didn’t like the state agency’s decision to prosecute television stations for airing political ads.

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Vice presidential hopeful JD Vance recently took the stage at an event organized by the most influential far-right pastor you’ve never heard of. His name is Lance Wallnau and he popularized a doctrine that calls for Christians to conquer every sphere of society from the government to professional sports.

Wallnau is a self-proclaimed Christian Nationalist who preaches that leftists aren’t even people, just vessels for demons. He accused Vice President Kamala Harris of witchcraft. He prayed for God to kill Trump’s enemies. Wallnau’s message is a mishmash of Bible memes and conspiracy theories. He preaches the Big Lie as gospel truth, fusing Christian nationalism and election denialism.

In 2020, Wallnau gathered the faithful for the insurrection of January 6th. Today, he’s responsible for a good chunk of the Trump campaign’s Get Out the Vote effort. He rails against George Soros, the globalists, the World Economic Forum and vaccines. He hypes quack stem-cell therapies and Donald Trump figurines as fervently as he hypes Jesus.

Most importantly, Wallnau preaches that Donald Trump is a modern-day King Cyrus, a heathen anointed by God. The upshot is that no matter how immoral, blasphemous or criminal Trump is, it doesn’t matter because he’s God’s instrument to impose Christian dominion. If you’ve ever wondered why evangelicals don’t care that Trump is a philandering felon, Wallnau’s King Cyrus meme explains a lot.

JD Vance is not an evangelical, but he seemed at home at the Courage Campaign. At least, he seemed as comfortable as he gets in the presence of actual voters. And why not? Vance is the interface between the C-suites and the fever swamps of Magaland. It’s why he spends so much time on weird podcasts. As a Yale-educated US senator, he legitimates the fringe. As a rightwing podcast bro, he shores up the Trump ticket’s bona fides with the supplement-slurping conspiracist base.

One of Vance’s key functions is to validate all the factions of the maga conspiracist coalition.

Conspiracism is the overarching ideology of the maga movement. The three pillars of the maga platform are the Deep State, the Big Lie and the Great Replacement, and Vance eagerly expounds on all three.

Moreover, Vance moves effortlessly among integralist Catholics, protestant New Apostolic Reformation types, and the more secular Silicon Valley contingent exemplified by Elon Musk.

Vance’s other role is to reassure the more staid elements of the conservative coalition that unchecked conspiracism is politically useful. In 2021, Vance exhorted the future leaders of the conservative movement tomake common cause with Alex Jones, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and other raving conspiracy theorists. According to Vance, the conservative movement is doomed unless it makes common cause with lunatics.

“Believing crazy things is not the mark of whether somebody should be rejected. Believing important truths should be the mark of whether we accept somebody, and if they believe some crazy things on the side, that's ﬁne," Vance said. "Doesn't mean you have to defend their craziest views. But by all means, if this movement is going to survive, we need to speak for truth.”

The truth, according to Vance, is that an international cabal of financier sex perverts is ruining our society. This is the closest thing Vance has to an ideology. Like Wallnau, Vance is willing to use flawed instruments. As long as someone’s willing to affirm the core conspiracy premise, Vance is flexible about whether it’s dressed up in religious lingo, or whether his brother- or sister-in-paranoia also believes in Jewish space lasers or a federal plot to turn the frogs gay.

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MAGA insider and “prophetic” entrepreneur Lance Wallnau is an ardent self-promoter as well as an enthusiastic promoter of Donald Trump and Seven Mountains Dominionism. As Right Wing Watch has reported, Wallnau’s election-year “Courage Tour” of swing counties fuses religious tent revivals with MAGA movement political organizing in an effort to return Trump to power. A recent direct mail piece from Lance Wallnau Ministries describes that kind of two-pronged effort in biblical terms.

“We have TWO great weapons of WAR,” screams the outside envelope: “The HARP and the SLINGSHOT.”

The letter inside explains that the harp and slingshot refer to biblical stories about the future King David, one in which his harp playing bound the demons that were tormenting King Saul, and one in which the young David used a slingshot to kill a “giant predator” who was threatening the Israelite Army.

Seven Mountains Dominionism teaches that entire nations can and must be transformed by the right kind of Christians taking “dominion” over the “mountains” of influence in society—government, education, media, arts and entertainment, business, family, and religion—setting the stage for Christ to return to “rule and reign” with a triumphant church.

This teaching is associated with the New Apostolic Reformation, whose leaders often portray American politics as spiritual warfare Trump as anointed by God. Their vision of our future is an America in which our freedoms are sacrificed to force the country into alignment with their right-wing “biblical worldview.”

“If Christians continue to depend upon a flawed strategy, we will not succeed,” Wallnau’s letter states. “Revival is necessary for the church, BUT reformation is what changes the nation. If we want to see change, we must be both spiritual worshipers and cultural warriors. We must hold the harp with one hand and the slingshot in the other!”

JD Vance to appear at town hall with Christian nationalist show whose host has said Kamala Harris represents “the Jezebel spirit” and predicted “sudden deaths” of Trump’s opponents

Lance Wallnau has also already claimed that “there will be cheating” in the 2024 election

Written by Payton Armstrong

Published 09/27/24

On September 28, right-wing “prophet” and self-described Christian nationalist Lance Wallnau’s show is set to host a town hall event with Republican vice presidential nominee and Sen. JD Vance.

Wallnau has a history of extreme rhetoric, including saying that Vice President Kamala Harris represents “the spirit of Jezebel,” lambasting reproductive rights supporters as a “demonic manifestation,” and predicting “sudden deaths” of Trump’s opponents.

The Lance Wallnau Show announced that it will host a town hall with Vance in Pennsylvania on September 28 during The Courage Tour, which religious extremism expert Matthew Taylor described as “a 2020-election-denying, Christian nationalist, conspiracy propagation machine masquerading as a Pentecostal-style Christian revival.”

Wallnau is a prophet and key figure in the New Apostolic Reformation, an extreme right-wing movement “whose followers believe that we are living in an age of new apostles and prophets, who receive direct revelations from God.” According to Taylor, Wallnau was “one of the key Christian mobilizers for January 6th” through his eponymous show and the program FlashPoint, for which he serves as a contributor.

Wallnau frequently pushes extreme rhetoric and conspiracy theories, including framing Democrats as “demons,” asserting that Harris represents “the Jezebel spirit,” and claiming “there will be cheating” in the 2024 election.

Reporting on Vance’s planned attendance at Wallnau’s event, NBC News noted that the right-wing pastor “said after this month's presidential debate that Vice President Kamala Harris used ‘witchcraft.’”

Wallnau claimed “the left is loaded with demons,” saying, “I don't think it's people anymore — I think you're dealing with demons talking through people.” In June, Wallnau suggested that there is a “demon that is talking through” Harris.

In July, Wallnau declared that Harris represents “the spirit of Jezebel in a way that will be even more ominous than Hillary [Clinton] because she'll bring a racial component and she's younger.” Earlier this month, Wallnau said: “When you’ve got somebody operating in manipulation, intimidation and domination—especially when it’s in a female role trying to emasculate a man who is standing up for truth—you’re dealing with the Jezebel spirit. … So, with Kamala, you have a Jezebel spirit, a characteristic in the Bible that is the personification of intimidation, seduction, domination and manipulation.”

On his show, Wallnau said that Harris is an “aggrieved female … who will paint [herself] as a black minority against a white majority,” and represents “Hillary Clinton 2.0” but “with an augmented heat seeking missile capacity” to “stir up strife and civil war.”

Wallnau has suggested analyzing current events through the context of a “demonic spin cycle.”

After Roe v. Wadewas overturned, Wallnau said abortion rights supporters protesting the decision were a “demonic manifestation.” Wallnau claimed: “I now realize that when the devil is mad, God is glad. And a lot of the time the political mechanism is such that when you see the left having a meltdown and getting hysterical, it’s maybe because God is actually taking ground back.”

Wallnau connected Vance’s selection as the GOP nominee for vice president to “prophecy.” Wallnau titled the July 15 episode of his show “Viral Prophecy Predicted Trump Being Shot In Ear & JD Vance as VP Months Ago,” claiming that he predicted Vance’s pick on a June episode of FlashPoint.

After Trump was indicted for falsifying business records, Wallnau said that “elites in Washington” are “happy that this is happening, but I’ve been listening to prophecies lately about sudden deaths, and it looks to me like there could be some sudden deaths coming in May. In May, you’re going to see some of the disciplinary hand of God come down upon those people that have been standing in the path of what he wants to do.”

* Wallnau has already claimed that “there will be cheating” in the 2024 election, claiming in July, “The drop boxes is where they’re going to put fake votes. They’re going to do multiple votes. They’re going to drop wads of votes.”

Wallnau has praised dictators, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who he celebrated for targeting “the LGBTQ doctrine … like a good dictator does.”

Since Trump left office, he and his family and allies have increasingly engaged with and embraced extreme prophetic media, especially programs that assert Trump has “the anointing” from God. Eric Trump ally Clay Clark even noted that “Trump’s inner circle is embracing the prophets.”

Donald Trump Jr. recently spoke at an Oklahoma church led by an extremist right-wing pastor and media figure who has referred to Harris as a “lying whore” and claimed that “Democrats have a demonic obsession with murdering babies.” Eric Trump is scheduled to speak at the same church in October.

Additionally, Trump allies are reportedly planning to infuse Christian nationalism into his potential second administration through Project 2025, the extreme right-wing initiative organized by The Heritage Foundation to provide policy and personnel recommendations if he is reelected.

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J.D. Vance Scheduled to Join Christian Nationalist Courage Tour This Weekend

Kyle Mantyla | September 26, 2024 rww

In 2023, self-proclaimed Christian nationalist and unabashed Trump cultist Lance Wallnau announced his intention to travel the country ahead of the 2024 elections in order to break the “demonic strongholds” in swing states that have supposedly been preventing Republicans from winning elections. Wallnau’s vision manifested itself in the form of the “Courage Tour,” a series of multi-day events during which attendees hear from religious-right activists who mobilize them politically during the daily sessions, while the evening sessions are dedicated to spiritual revival and miracle healings lead by right-wing evangelist and fellow Trump cultist Mario Murillo.

This week, Wallnau and Murillo—both of whom have have been vicious critics of Vice President Kamala Harris, declaring that she is “the devil’s choice” and that her campaign is under “demonic power”—are taking their “Courage Tour” to Pennsylvania, where they will be joined by Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance.

While the immediate purpose of the “Courage Tour” is to reelect Trump, Wallnau revealed during a stop in Michigan earlier this year that the ultimate purpose behind the event is to prepare Christians to rule and reign when Jesus Christ returns by training them to “occupy territory now.”

This agenda is deeply rooted in Seven Mountains Dominionism, a radical theology associated with the New Apostolic Reformation that advocates having right-wing Christians control all aspects of society. Followers of Seven Mountains theology believe that they are to “do whatever is necessary” to take control of the seven main “mountains” that shape our culture—education, government, media, business, arts and entertainment, family, and religion—in order to implement the will of God throughout the nation and the world.

Wallnau has long been a leading promoter of Seven Mountains theology, declaring in 2022, “we want souls and we want nations.”

In 2023, Wallnau warned that God was going to start killing American political leaders in response to the arrest of Trump for falsifying business records. In the end, Trump was found guilty on all counts and God didn’t kill a single politician.

Wallnau has repeatedly praised dictators, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he lauded for clamping down on “the LGBTQ doctrine … like a good dictator does.”

Wallnau is also fond of accusing those with whom he disagrees of being under the control of demons.

On top of that, Wallnau is a right-wing anti-LBGTQ activist who regularly uses his media appearances and social media platform to make outlandish claims and spread baseless conspiracy theories.

Dominionist ‘Courage Tour’ Heads to Pennsylvania in Bid to Put Unleashed Trump in Power | Right Wing Watch

On Saturday, the Republican vice presidential nominee will be sitting down for a town hall hosted by this man.

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The Courage Tour, organized by Trump-promoting dominionists Lance Wallnau and Mario Murillo, and co-sponsored by the MAGA movement organization America First Policy Institute, rolls into Pennsylvania this week on its tour of 19 swing counties that could decide the outcome of the presidential election. The event will be held Friday night and all day Saturday in Monroeville, which is located east of Pittsburgh.

Scholar Matthew Taylor, who attended a Wisconsin stop, called the tour “the most targeted and tactical voter mobilization effort done by Christian nationalists ever,” adding that “they’re doing it hand in glove in many ways with the Trump campaign and with the apparatus of the Trump campaign through an organization like AFPI.”

Indeed, the Courage Tour exemplifies the de facto merger between the MAGA movement and dominionist Christian nationalists. AFPI, a “think tank” organized by and filled with former Trump administration officials, is an active participant in Project 2025, another example of the shared authoritarian goals of Trumpworld and the Christian nationalists who helped put Trump in power in 2016 as part of their long-term plan to take “dominion” over every sphere of influence in society. Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk has also supported the tour.

The Courage Tour’s combination of tent revival-style religious rallies with political mobilization reflects the beliefs of New Apostolic Reformation figures like Wallnau and Murillo that spiritual revival will lead to political transformation of the country to bring it into alignment with their particular biblical worldview. Wallnau has said the tour’s purpose is to break “demonic strongholds” that have supposedly kept Republicans from winning elections, and to prepare Christians to rule and reign after Christ’s return by training them to “occupy territory now.” In other words, the Courage Tour is an example of NAR “spiritual warfare” in pursuit of earthly power—for Trump and for themselves.

Right Wing Watch reported that when the tour stopped in Wisconsin in July, the leader of a group called The Lion of Judah urged people to sign up to serve as election workers so that they could be in effect a “Trojan Horse” for the Christian nationalist political movement. At an earlier stop in Michigan, Christian nationalist political operative David Barton spread false Christian nationalist history.

Pacienza’s project comes with a daily prayer guide that includes prayers for policies protecting life “from conception until natural death” and “restoration” of marriage being limited to one man and one woman. It includes a prayer that “Christians would use the power we have as citizens to rein in big government so that the State never becomes our Master.” It also urges people to pray that God would “remove those from office who oppose Him” and “cause chaos and confusion among groups who oppose Him and His people so that their plans are thwarted.”}:

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Ben Zeisloft says that Amber Nicole Thurman, a Georgia woman who died after failing to receive timely medical treatment for complications arising from taking abortion pills, is “burning in Hell”: “Praise God for his glorious justice. Praise God for causing the wicked to stumble and fall into the very nets that they set for the innocent.”

* Scott Lively claims that “the term ‘homophobia’ and its derivatives are no less offensive and demeaning to defenders of the natural family and traditional sexual morality than the term ‘faggot’ is to men afflicted with SSADness [same-sex attraction disorder]”: “A slur is a slur, and none of them has a legitimate place in civil discourse.”

Virulently misogynistic far-right activist Jon Miller defends domestic violence, saying that while “a woman every once in awhile needs a backhand” and that “errant wives” need to be “physically chastised,” what Diddy did went too far.

Nick Fuentes’ white supremacy is becoming increasingly open and aggressive, with him telling Jews and minorities that they “need to recognize your place” because “this is a white country.”

Finally, Lance Wallnau alleges that Vice President Kamala Harris demonstrated “15 microaggression expressions” during the presidential debate, akin to those displayed by Hitler: “Kamala is a dangerous woman.”

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lance Wallnau Blames the Seduction of Witchcraft for Kamala Harris’ Success

By Kyle Mantyla | September 12, 2024

Shorty after President Joe Biden announced in July that he would not be running for reelection and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, self-proclaimed Christian nationalist and unabashed Trump cultist Lance Wallnau immediately began posting videos in which he warned that Harris represents “the spirit of Jezebel” and declared that she is “the devil’s choice.”

When Harris bested former President Donald Trump in a debate earlier this week, Wallnau was quick to blame it on “witchcraft,” and then doubled down on that attack Wednesday when he the “FirePower” show, hosted by fellow Trump cultists Mario Murillo and Todd Coconato.

“What you’re seeing now is a real Jezebel,” Wallnau declared. “When you’ve got somebody operating in manipulation, intimidation and domination—especially when it’s in a female role trying to emasculate a man who is standing up for truth—you’re dealing with the Jezebel spirit. … So, with Kamala, you have a Jezebel spirit, a characteristic in the Bible that is the personification of intimidation, seduction, domination and manipulation.”

“She can look presidential,” he continued. “That’s the seduction of what I would say is witchcraft. That’s the manipulation of imagery that creates an impression contrary to the truth, but it seduces you into seeing it. So that spirit, that occult spirit, I believe is operating on her and through her.”

While Harris is supposedly operating under an occult Jezebel spirit, Wallnau claimed that Trump has “an Elijah mantle on him, probably from the intercession of a million Christians.”

“So, we have to double down in intercessory prayer in the warfare mode of Pentecostals,” Wallnau proclaimed. “We need to close ranks and actually begin to get in a superlative agreement over what we believe we’re hearing God say he wants to manifest, because this election is coming five days after Halloween—another high holy day for all the Satanist crazy people.”

“We’ve got to lean into this thing because the Elijah mantle can break the spell of witchcraft off America,” he concluded. “God can tear the veil and unless that veil is torn, we have a lot working against us.”

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The Courage Tour consists of series of multi-day events during which attendees hear from religious-right activists who mobilize them politically during the daily sessions, while the evening sessions are dedicated to spiritual revival and miracle healing. The purpose of these events is, as Wallnau explained earlier this year, to prepare Christians to rule and reign when Jesus Christ returns by training them to “occupy territory now.” As that language suggests, Murillo and Wallnau are associated with the dominionist New Apostolic Reformation.}:

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Trump-loving right-wing activist Jim Garlow watched the DNC and he’s “never ever seen so much deceit, so many blatant, intentional lies. Frankly, it saddens me. I really care for these people. But, SO much delusion.”

Mario Murillo also watched the convention and says that Kamala Harris “must be exposed”: “That is the solemn duty of every decent person. Four more years of this? Truly, my friends, that will be the end of us. Do not condemn your children to this nameless horror!”

Jason Rapert warns that “America will not long survive or prosper if Kamala ‘Commie’ Harris is allowed to become president”: “Every God fearing American must vote for Donald Trump to stop this leftist march into the pits of hell.”

Todd Coconato declares that “they’re trying to put Jezebel in the White House”: “This is a Jezebel spirit, a demonic woman, she’s given herself over to a demonic agenda.”

Lance Wallnau thinks that that former President Donald Trump will do very well with minority voters because they don’t want to be governed by “whining, lecturing female liberals.”

Finally, Glenn Beck asserts that preventing a Kamala Harris presidency represents the “last chance” for America’s hope of survival, which is kind of confusing since that’s literally the same warning he issued in 2012 about a Barack Obama presidency.

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FlashPoint" host Gene Bailey interviews "prophet" Joseph Z.

Monday night’s edition of the FlashPoint program on televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s Victory Channel focused on the selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the Democratic candidate for vice president.

Guest Rick Green, an associate of Christian nationalist historian David Barton, declared Walz a “power-hungry tyrant” who is “perfect for the Communist Democrats.” If Green was hoping that would be the program’s most memorable attack line, he would soon be sorely disappointed.

That honor goes to “prophet” Joseph Z. Here’s part of his answer to his first question from host Gene Bailey, who asked if Z was encouraged or discouraged by what’s going on the country right now:

I believe very clearly the spirit of the Lord is making a way for the body of Christ to go through in this time. And you know even when we bring up guys like Tim Walz and look at what’s going on, people say he’s you know midwestern folksy, I have another word for him, being from Minnesota myself, and it’s weird. The guy’s just weird. You see the way he hugs his wife. You see the way he does everything. I believe the Spirit of the Lord is letting them overextend their reach. I believe he’s giving them a sense of confidence that’s actually going to be a surprise silver lining turnaround in this whole narrative. I believe the spirit of the Lord is going to bring victory and breakthrough. And you know it’s interesting how the spirit of antichrist just loves to pick these people that fit right in with the wicked overlord lizard mafia that is really driven by their goblin masters, and when you’re looking at this, I believe that’s exactly what we’re facing right now—a spirit of antichrist that wants to have its way.

Remarkably, Bailey had just introduced the Colorado-based Z to FlashPoint viewers by vouching for his credibility:

What we put on the air we take very seriously. And who we put on the air we take seriously as well. But that comes even more so when it comes to men of the cloth and prophets. Well, I met Joseph Z over a year ago, and I’ve continued to watch Joseph. My friend Hank Kunneman—we’ve continued to watch him. When he didn’t know we were watching, we were watching to see how he handled things. And I’m glad to say, I’m proud to have Joseph Z on the show tonight.

FlashPoint was launched by the Victory Channel in the fall of 2020 to help rally conservative Christians to support Trump and likeminded candidates, and as Right Wing Watch has reported, “provides a steady platform for pro-Trump, Christian nationalist propaganda and conspiracy theories, as it did on the night of Jan. 6, 2021.” Trump has rewarded the show’s loyalty by calling in repeatedly and sitting down with Bailey for a Mar-a-Lago interview last year. More from RWW:

“FlashPoint” played a key role in spreading lies about the 2020 election and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, with host Gene Bailey regularly welcoming right-wing “prophets” and evangelists like Lance Wallnau, Hank Kunneman, and Mario Murillo on to the program, where they steadfastly refuse to accept the election results.”

Wallnau, a New Apostolic Reformation figure and promoter of Seven Mountains Dominionism, wrote a foreword to Z’s book “Demystifying the Prophetic,” which promises among other things to teach readers how to “identify real and false prophets.”

Last year Green displeased Bailey and other Christian nationalist leaders and activists when he said he thought then-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy could make a good president, and Green was forced to “eat crow” on the program and insist that the nation’s founders said “over and over again” that the country needs “biblical leaders.”

FlashPoint regularly takes its show on the road, hosting events in front of live audiences to rally conservative Christian activists. Promoting a 2023 event to train right-wing Christians how to take over local school boards, Bailey declared, “That sounds like we’re trying to take over the world? Yes, we are. I fully admit that. That’s exactly what we’re doing.”

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A Christian Nationalist ‘Trojan Horse’ In The Election Room

By Kyle Mantyla | July 31, 2024 rww

In 2023, self-proclaimed Christian nationalist and unabashed Trump cultist Lance Wallnau announced his intention to travel the country ahead of the 2024 elections in order to break the “demonic strongholds” in swing states that are supposedly preventing Republicans from winning elections. That idea eventually merged with the revival Fire and Glory Tour that Wallnau was doing with fellow MAGA cultist Mario Murillo, resulting in plans to merge political rallies with Christian revival meetings in order to help former President Donald Trump return to the White House.

Dubbed “The Courage Tour,” Wallnau and Murillo have so far held events in Georgia, Arizona, and Michigan, consisting of Christian nationalist political organizing during the day and evening sessions focused on spiritual revival and miracle healing. The purpose of these events, as Wallnau explained earlier this year, is to prepare Christians to rule and reign when Jesus Christ returns by training them to “occupy territory now.”

The plan for training Christians to rule in the End Times by getting them politically involved today was on full display when the Courage Tour stopped in Wisconsin this week, and longtime political activist Joshua Standifer urged attendees to sign up to serve as election workers this November so that they can function as a “Trojan horse” for the Christian nationalist political movement.

Standifer leads an organization called The Lion Of Judah that believes “it’s time that Christians led by the Holy Spirit take back the mountain of Government and transform our nation.”

Talk of taking control of “the mountain of government” flows from Seven Mountains Dominionism, a radical theology associated with the New Apostolic Reformation that advocates having right-wing Christians control all aspects of society. Followers of Seven Mountains theology believe that they are to “do whatever is necessary” to take control of the seven main “mountains” that shape our culture—education, government, media, business, arts and entertainment, family, and religion—in order to implement the will of God throughout the nation and the world. Wallnau is a leading proponent of Seven Mountains Dominionism and the theology is at the center of his Courage Tour efforts.

During his remarks on Monday, Standifer urged the conservative Christians in the audience to become election workers, not just volunteers, because “when the polls start to close or chaos unfolds, they’re gonna kick the volunteers out” while right-wing Christians will remain behind to be “the ones counting the votes.”

“I promised you guys an action plan,” Standifer said. “We spent months calculating and creating, meeting with experts, something that we felt like could take Christians and put them in a place of influence. Just imagine: It’s election night. Chaos is happening. The polls are closing. The volunteers are getting kicked out, but what if we had Christians across America and in swing states like Wisconsin that were actually the ones counting the votes and making sure what’s happening?”

Standifer urged the audience to sign up for his “Fight The Fraud” campaign, which will teach them “how to become an election worker in four easy steps.”

“A lot of people don’t realize this, but in Wisconsin, you can get paid to be an election worker,” he announced. “On election night, what happens is when the polls start to close or chaos unfolds, they’re gonna kick the volunteers out. You are actually going to be a paid election worker. You’re going to be trained by your local municipality. I call this our Trojan Horse in; they don’t see it coming, but we’re going to flood election poll stations across the country with spirit-filled believers.”