and then all christians are christian nationalists. amanda, we have seen the overturning of roll the way to landmarks federal ruling, the guarantee the right to abortion, a wave of anti trans legislation government funding earmarked for religious education. all of it's kind of part of an alarming shift in policy and judiciary rulings tied to the far right. going forward. how is christian nationalism going to affect the fundamental and really the basis of civil rights for people in the united states? yeah, i think christian nationalism strikes at the very heart of civil rights for all americans. i've said that christian nationalism is the single biggest threat today for religious freedom for all, because a cut against that core foundational idea that our belonging in american society should never depend on how we worship, or how we identify religiously and christian nationalism trying to blow all of that up. and so one part of christian nationalism, of course, is this, that the united states should be declared a christian nation. very a

but christian nationalism which privileges christianity and says, there is a special place for christians and american society has been running alongside these ideals all the way. and so i think it's just been there for people to seize upon and try to organize around. and there is cultural lint, legitimacy still to being a christian. there is a special place, it seems, and different in elective office. all of our presidents, for instance, have all professed christianity that he would go through exactly despite there being no religious tests for public office. and so i think that we, we see this tension in our society right now. and so there's something still a culturally current about being a christian and professing christianity that provides cover for what is really become authoritarian action in, in our current contact. i want to drill down a little bit on this question about the kind of foundational documents of the united states, and how they say there's no religious test, and how they establish separation of church and state, and said, anthea thomas, jefferson refer to the stablish

that's why christian nationalism, though it uses the rhetoric of christian, is sometimes un-christian in its effect. it can be only loving. it can be. it can be even oppressive towards cultural minorities by saying to them, you're not one of us. let me give you example. one of the books in favor of nationalism written by rich lowry, the editor of, national review. he argues that nationalism is a program of preserving the cultural nation. we want a kind of freeze frame american culture and not change. he also says. american is not intrinsically white. he wants to defend against accusations of racism. the example he gives is jazz. he says jazz is proof that american culture is not white. we all know white people didn't invent jazz, right? we never would have. and i think that's a true statement. but it makes me wonder why. lowry is a nationalist. because if you want to celebrate something like jazz, do you recognize the preconditions for the emergence of jazz? it is precisely cultural pluralism, cultural change, cultural fluidity intermingling and innovation. if you're an american natio

a christian and what it is to be a christian nation. what we are seeing as this modern-day christian nationalist movement? kristin: you can find the idea that america is a christian nation stretching all the way back through american histo in different guises. you can go back to the american puritans in the 17th century, you can hear this kind of rhetoric throughout manifest destiny and so forth. what we are looking at today really is a modern manifestation in the postwar era, really linked with the rise of the christian right. the idea that americans have to preserve and actually restore a lost christian heritage, the idea that something had gone wrong, particularly in the 1970's, that secular impulses, feminism or secular humanism, even in some cases the civil rightsovement, the antiwar movement, were seen as disruptive forces. the idea is that conservative christians needed to unite and needed to restore christian america, and to do that through voting, through policy, and asserting influence ov the government. laura: have we seen a

the day of the intercession of the mother of god orthodox christians remember the miracle that happened in 910 year, according to church history , barbarian troops arrived in constantinople, the inhabitants of the byzantine capital were in turmoil, they expected that by morning they could say goodbye with life, the priests of the city, the people prayed for deliverance from enemies. and at four o'clock in the morning andrey's homeland to the constantinopolitan allakher temple. a vision appeared in heaven, he saw the mother of god walking through the air , illumined by heavenly light, surrounded by angels, and a dream, he of the saints, the mother of god took off herself, shone like a lightning cover, which she wore on her most pure head and holding it with great solemnity with her most pure hands, spread over everything standing people. this miracle became a sign of intercession and consolation for the suffering people. surprisingly , the story has developed, so today the protection of the most holy theotokos is celebrated only in the russian orthodox church. and even included in the nu

policies before christianity, you sound like a hypocrite. you are sounding like your listening to the republican party and saying people that are not christians are not supporting what's right in this country. and you are putting women in a position that they have no power over their own bodies. do you remember when jesus christ was met with these christian people and they brought this woman that was caught in adultery and they tried to use that against jesus tomb charge this woman with a crime but they left the man out and they said let he without sin cast the first stone. host: go ahead. guest: i would love to address that. certainly we believe that our faith is separate and apart from politics and i would just say to anyone listening i don't know who's listening today but god loves you, jesus died for your sins. we are all broken sinners in need of redemption and we have come to that with the integrity and honesty we also know what the bible says on key issues. genesis one tells us that god created them in his image and we will stand on t

the idea was that christians, conservative christians, needed to unite and needed to restore christiannd to do that through voting, through policy, and asserting their influence over the government. >> have we seen a greater rise of this sentiment since former president trump ran for office? where do you see it in his rhetoric? >> i think we see it certainly surfacing more. president trump was very clear that he wanted to privilege conservative white christians. he wanted to protect christianity and a particular type of christianity. he very much used this rhetoric of us versus them, that he was not the president of all americans. he was the president of his base, and he was going to promote them and privilege their ideas. with that rhetoric, i think it became normalized, and we started to hear that more in christian spaces as well, more of a boldness to say that we have a right here. this also goes hand-in-hand with the idea of him battlement, the idea of threat, and that was something that president trump really excelled at, giving the sense that his followers, his base, that they we

nationalism is that we need to take the country back for christian priorities, christian values. christian again. >> smith: samuel perry is professor of sociology at the university of oklahoma and one of the nation's leading experts on christian nationalism. ♪ ♪ >> my parents are evangelical. i went to a flagship evangelical seminary training to be a minister. i would, in many ways, describe myself as an evangelical. i'm very much speaking and writing to my people. mike flynn has emerged as a martyr and a mascot for the far-right contingent of the christian nationalist movement in the united states. christian nationalism as an ideology sees threats both without and within. and the primary enemy for christian nationalism is not different religions, it is leftism. >> this idea about christian nationalism... >> smith: in his video response to us, flynn took issue with the term "christian nationalism." >> they are projecting what they are on us. and so this idea of christian nationals, it's like we're a bunch of nazis from world... from the 1930s or something. that's not... that is s

he eliminated taking kids to christian schools. i would like to turn that around also and turn around the core curriculum thing. how do we do that? >> the school bus thing sounds like a great challenge for the supreme court these days. >>[laughter] >> i am serious. core curriculum is part of how they consolidate control, obviously. david, how do you navigate that curriculum in classical question -- christian schools? >> we don't. >> they don't. when you don't take the kings gold, not -- not that you are, homeschooling is not that. but when the testing requires the core curriculum aspect that is how they try to box most parents in and it takes a lot of extra effort to do that on your own. that is why the next step is also, the sat just recently stopped testing for reasoning because reasoning is racist. it is the same guy that took over the sats that wrote common core. that was a federalization of standards under the obama administration. so, what david is linked up with is a classical learning test, and s.a.t. for classical christia

it is to make the united states a mighty christian nation, and to christianize world. my earlier claim that there's nothing new about christian nationalism and christian nationalism isn't, the monopoly of the political or social right. there's wilson saying that this that this is the task facing. the united states in 1915 and what it means to christianize the world that would a lot of care a lot of thinking and research. this is what the social gospel had been saying it has a it has a more meaning. remember it's not about individual salvation has an earthly social meaning for. the economy and politics, society and education so to christianize the world would mean to transform relations, to get rid of balance of power. as we've been talking about. all right. now back to problem of rea abrams preachers arms. i and the obstacles we would face as historians if we wanted do a careful careful job here so much so many of our world war one sources when it comes the churches in america so much of that choosing has already been done for us and i don't mean by ray abrams in 1933

i'm a christian.eve in life. >> in the case of incest or rape or the mother's life is at stake, if she brings the pregnancy to full term? >> yes, the georgia heartbeat bill accounts for all that. that's what i said. it's the democratic process of the people. that's what i've said. i say, guys, i believe in life. i'm a christian. >> reporter: his oldest son, whose name is christian, says his dad is a liar. >> i've been silent lie after lie after lie -- >> reporter: a conservative influencer with a large presence on social media says every member of walker's family begged him not to run in the first place. christian says, though, that you're an absent father. do you disagree? >> i love christian. and that's what's so funny. i love christian. and -- and i always will love christian. >> but i don't think anybody's questioning your love for your son. >> well, they know i've been with my son through everything. and that's what i'm saying. you know, christian was someone that was in this same area where i wa

for classical christian schools. there's pipelines of curriculum for classical christian schools.e's accreditation, teachers colleges need to be created. it's an entire ecosystem that will have to the parallel to a progressive pipeline that controls everything aspect, to your point. >> michael i think as a question. >> i want to know -- [inaudible] i don't know if you're aware but when he ran for president of the united states the first time, one of the main things his campaign was to get rid of the department of education put forward by jimmy carter. and the one thing he was really upset with after eight years of being president of the united states he was never able to get rid of the department of education. i remember one of his great quote is when we sing one nation under god we're a nation under god. with all somewhat equipped to speak to young people. other than that where can people get a list of these schools for us people who have grandkids now? my parents semi-to a military academy military academy so -- >> i like that. >> i went to place we called st. i was taught by th

christian faith. and so, he becomes, is definitely one of america's best physiology as ever if you care about this sort of thing, definitely got to read edward. he matches indictment thought with traditional christianity. he says, we know, this from say, john locke. but this is how this works with traditional christianity. he's read everything, he's using it to show why even in an indictment inch traditional christianity still is the most compelling compelling theological system. it's absolutely brilliant. but what he gets known for is this one sermon. not saying it's a bad sermon, but there's a lot more to it than this. okay? edwards is not the most famous preacher in the time but. he's e time, for more famous today. the most famous preacher at the time, for sure, is george whitfield. i don't know the way is spelled it looks like it would be white field. but don't go to authority, i'm told, it's pronounced whitfield. he is, by far, the most famous creature of the 17 forties. and it's even more than t

christianity, but most of the advocates would say, well, of course we're christian. christianity is the best religion of all, and it accords with rationality and modern learning. so they wouldn't have seen a tech between those things -- tension between those things. one of the ways that this plays out is there's a growing tendency to explain things naturally. and for sure, when you compare the mentality of americans from, say, 1692 and the salem witchcraft trials happen to 1800 and years after the american revolution, something has definitely changed on a popular level. now, there's still people who believe in strong supernaturalism and even things like witchcraft. but if you go from 1692 to 1700 to 1750 to 1800, there's a declining tendency to see things in exclusively supernatural terms. so say your cow dies unexpectedly. [laughter] your cow's fine one day, and the next day the cow is frothing at the mouth and keels over and dies. what do you think can has happened? right? in 1692 you might think, especially if you had a recent argument with sort of a spooky neighb

in north carolina that they sent their kids to, i had known about classical christian schools but my interest had peaked around that point i want to learn more the school system is broken, what we do, you they said you have to meet this guy david goodwin he loves the association of classical christian school so i shot him an e-mail and i said i wanted to learn more, whatdo u guys do and he shot me tons of information he had already done a lot of writing and research on thisan topic and i kept reading and reading i'm calling them too much i think, on a regular basis avid question about this, can this really be true, is this true and at one point i looked at my wife and i was sitting in my office and i said babe, runs a lot of the live stuff on fox nation and i said we have to make a movie outno of this, peoe need to know what is going on from john dewey to the original pledge of allegiance we can get into that to the ability salute and the progressives, the whole story and what david had done in the research he had done is a no-brainer so we got to work on the film and that eventually

that is why think classical christian is so different.the data, old, kind how people looked at homeschooling. homeschooling means weird or not socialized which is not the case for lookouts done today and done so well it is amazing what they're doing and homeschooling. including pods and co-ops and unlined curriculum and classical homeschooling. there are more options today than they have ever been or a great education for kids and grandkids. which is one of the good news stories out of this. david has almost 500 brick-and-mortar classical schools across the country in 46 states. we argue for parents and grandparents think a radical reorientation of your life next to your family and next to your faith the next thing you can take the spend 16000 hours between the age of kindergarten 16000 hours. i was original 16000 hour war. that is what it is. do you really want to send your kid to 16000 hours of democrat camp? that is basically what we are doing now when we send our kids to 90% of the schools that exist in america today. i would argue yo

that's why i think classical christian is so different. what we have tried to do is break down the preconceived notions that classical means outdated how people have looked at homeschooling which means weird or not socialized which is not the case. if you look at how it is done today and done so well it is amazing that they are doing with homeschooling. including pods, co-ops come online curriculumum and classical christian homeschooling this more options today than there have ever been. great education for your kids and grandkids which is one of the good news stories out of this. david has almost 500 brick-and-mortar classical christian schools in 46 states there is a bunch here in california. there's a bunch across the country. now for appearance and grandparents to say next to your family and next year faithth the next step you can take is where you educate your kids where they spend 16000 age between kindergarten and 12h grade. 16000 hours that was the original working title of the book the 60000 our war. do you really want to send you

you know, in certain situations, do you feel that from stood up for christianity that christianity is under siege in america right now? i do been under seas for years that that is really exploded. maybe in the last 5 to 10 years. well unfortunately we're in an area where there's still some close mindedness and i believe that there's a good amount of people that are okay with racial slurs and bigotry. and i honestly just think that it's all a mess and everyone just wants it their way. and their way is the old way. let's just, you know, have people of color sitting in the back of the bus. it is. we're going backwards. we found that the more white american subscribed to christian national study out the more they believe that they will be targeted in that black americans will not be targeted. in fact, black americans will be protected. do you think, ohio, senate candidate, j. d. vance is trying to win votes by playing to the fears and policy preferences of white christian nationalists. so judy vance has actually unleashed the rhetoric of, of white christian nationalism and, and populist a

if you days after this incident, metacom was dead too shut -- shot down by a christian indian that the english called alderman. captain benjamin church had the sachem dismembered and his head sent to plymouth. there, on the very site where the samoset -- sachem's father had allied and feasted with the pilgrims they mounted the head at the town gate and allowed it to rot. it is likely one of the very last things that metacom's wife saw when plymouth shipped her from her homeland into slavery. later that week plymouth held a day of thanksgiving in praise of god for saving the colony from its enemies. though history rarely plays attention to the wampanoags after king philip's war, my book emphasizes that this conflict was just the first stage in a centuries long battle to defend their land and sovereignty. it to come as no surprise that the english seized nearly all of the wampanoags' territory in the decades after the war leaving only a handful of town-sized reservations for mostly christian indians. less well-known is that the english also seized the wampanoags' as bound laborers. from

thee promise is to deconstruct effectively western christian civilization. it is criticize all things that lead to the patriarchy if we are to advance marxism. they knew the class warfare wasn't going to fly. instead the terrible racial injustice was more fertile ground and the way they could and died from the very beginning. we call the first chapter of the book the covid 1619 moment. in 1619 at the founding because they have rejected 1776 and the principles thereof and they are in indicting america from the beginning as being a terrible country so that type of logic at the academic level that's made its way through the k-12 of course leads the institutions to say the declaration and the constitution need warnings and therefore they must be canceled and we need to find a new founding date and all the wisdom they had despite their flaws have to be rejected. that is the premise from the beginning. now all the teachers that have been through the colleges and handle the accreditation and i see rebecca u is here who is a great friend of ours and wrote standing u

christianity and fake christianity . downtown positive christianity of hatred but then there's the christianity of the abolitionist saying no brother, love and forgiveness. forbearance, freedom. that christianity still exists and now we have to activate and say look, we're doing the job going into africa or south america, going into china and going into korea but what would jesus say western mark the gospel and spread starting here in jerusalem and samaria, then to the uttermost parts of the world. we as christians have to start rebuilding our efforts to get our own here. we have to go back into the communities of that are suffering. challenge the church to start doing its job again and bring about the great commission because the black church in is becoming apostate church, not all of them. you've got good preachers down there too many of them just made politics part of the church. sold to the poll, street money and they taken theblack community and maketheir money on the christianity and the democratic party . they are

you know christianity non-violence is a christian virtue.t is not non-aggression is a christian virtue. so what you say is what this is what happens? when government tries to replace god yes and just remove them for everything and even when you speak about god and you mentioned jesus. people think you're weak and they laugh at you. oh, man, they want to date, you know, and on that side, they put them out everything. you can't say it in school. you can't have in the public square. they don't even want to ten commandments up anywhere, but they will allow you to put anything else up no parent schools. oh, no, no parent school, but they but they'll bring in the drag queens and whatnot to read to the children. they'll they'll bring in all you can't have the bible in the library. they're bringing all kind of other nasty books for the children to read these people and you can't fail kids anymore. no, you got to make them all feel good. exactly until they get out and face reality. see we no longer have a policy disagreement with these people. it's n

it's a deaf culture, it's hostile to christian values.ow them all out in order to serve their political movement, you have to be pro-abortion, you have to believe in the matriarchy and the disruption of the nuclear family. if you are a person of faith black, white, whatever -- if you understand a biblical worldview -- family is at the heart of all of it and that's why kanye is so devastating because his family has been destroyed. his wife is eating from the forbidden fruit of feminism, the matriarchy, and the left's demonic culture. his family has been destroyed. any person with a layman's understanding of christian faith, family is at the heart of the structure, that is what god designed. this man's family has been ripped apart because his wife won't buy into his vision, she has been influenced by the clintons and the democratic left. these people have been bought and paid for. this man is paying a heck of a price, i'm proud of him. i go back and forth sometimes on kanye because he's struggling with fame and he will do some things that a

and in doing work with christian values is a good concept. got to see the notion that christianity is not only limited to a religious service or a pious exercise in church, and instead is connected to society. and life outside the church, which i believe the intuition. there is a good one warden and there were others before opus day. but eventually more elated notions, the pursuit of power and certain ecclesiastical goes, emerged. that's a clear thread throughout opus days. history does come on, and that's when christine is ation of society and the sanctification of work and daily life you take on a different meaning front door of mine. i'm not so much luck. former opus de members rarely recount christian values. many talk of bullying and insistence on obedience spoke with another former member who asked to remain anonymous, spoke to co wishlist then and and, and so i was, i was good. so i wanted to become a nurse salisbury long. i moved out of my whole life and during my training i tried out various things added. obviously, that's how i got

our civilization, which has the potential to be christian, we cannot also call it entirely christianbut it, uh, it grew out of christianity from there, and it has the potential to be it. that's why the opposite civilization, which is really more and more slipping into satanism frank return some kind of insanity. here, uh, and the proclamation of perversions and insanity. and here cannibalism is the norm. well, how if only the masks were dropped, it is the way it happened. we know many of these people , these are the ones who walked along our street. well, we could even communicate with them, yes, fundamentally different views, fundamentally different views on the development of the state, but now what they say is what they do, they are calling for a war to kill. they want the streets of our capital to blaze, to blaze the streets of our cities, to people and people who prefer peaceful and quiet work and a quiet life and the silence of the evening. they call here. eh, they want to destroy simply to break and you can see this rage in them. do you as an artist see this and what is it con