Christ is King, Should Women be Punished for Abortion?, & Haiti Falls Apart

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We have a lot of videos to get to and I don't even know exactly in what direction all of this is gonna go, we'll see. But just from a personal angle here, I had a good weekend. I smoked some meat on Saturday.

It was raining here. It was actually, it's funny, like if you went like 200 feet up from where I live, it was actually snowy. Sleet and snow. But we were on that like one degree difference where it was just really cold rain where I was.

And so I smoked some meat and there was a woman's thing at church. The women know how to do this, right? They get together and they, I just, I mean, I'm not there. I just assume they share their emotions and they cry, right?

That's what, and they have a good cry and they come home and they're just really happy. And so, I mean, that's what they want us to think at least. Who knows what's really going on there. But the women had their woman's thing at church.

And so I just said, you know what? I'll have some guys over tonight, some of the husbands. Why don't we just smoke some meat? So I got a nice brisket. I got some ribs. I smoked some meat. And then the Lord's day, of course, was the next day.

And it wasn't just any Lord's day. It was Palm Sunday. And I led the music in church and listened to a good sermon and ate some more smoked meat with my parents. And it had, you know, kind of a good relaxing, I guess, for the most part afternoon.

That was my weekend. But I was surprised on Sunday afternoon to see this raging debate that was happening on Palm Sunday, on the Lord's day over the phrase, Christ is King. That's controversial apparently.

And no, it wasn't secular atheistic people that were driving this as much. It wasn't the left. It was politically conservative Christians debating the topic. Now that's even more confusing. It kind of like, it did something for me.

I'm not sure exactly what. I'm still putting words to it, I guess. But Sunday evening, I was just like, I don't know what to say about this.

I'm done.

Like, this is crazy. This is, I think there was like two facets to it. One was the fact that this isn't like an external, like leftist kind of like pagan agenda coming in to try to disrupt Christians.

This was like, it seemed at least, this was something of our own creation, this whole debate. And I guess the other thing was it's on Palm Sunday. Like, what are people thinking about? And it's one of the reasons I really didn't decide, I didn't get into the fray.

And I don't, maybe some people think I did because I reposted one tweet from one person who had been saying basically Christ is King is affiliated with antisemitism, quote unquote, and Joel Berry. And I went back to, actually, it wasn't even that long ago.

It was, I'll show you the tweet later. It was last fall. And he actually said Christ is King on his own Twitter or ex account. And I retweeted that and just said, amen, because it's true. I didn't have something to say on the Lord's day.

You say Christ is King, you say, happy Lord's day. And so I thought I could do that, but I don't normally engage on the Lord's day. I just don't. I don't do social media posts unless they're specifically related to, it's the Lord's day, it's Sunday.

That's just my, and I'm not legalistic about it, but that's my general, my thought on that. That's one of the ways that I try to honor that day. And to see people in the mire fighting with one another, like, what are you thinking about on the Lord's day?

Where has the Sabbath gone? I know, I'm gonna get all these comments saying, Sabbath is seven, John, it's Saturday. Yeah, I got it, I got it. So anyway, that's just me personally. It's kind of discouraging, I guess.

And I just said, forget it. I'm not even gonna look at any of this till Monday. And that's what I did. I looked at it on Monday a bit, still digested it a bit, thought about some things and now it's Tuesday and I'm ready to share some thoughts and really inform you.

I'm gonna take you through from like sequentially what I think are the most significant points in this discussion, what's actually being debated so we can clarify that. The water's pretty muddy. I'll show you some videos.

And then after we're done with that, we'll talk a little bit about Al Mohler's new position on abortion and punishing women and whether that should happen or not. And then just to wrap up a few thoughts on Haiti.

I'm not an expert on Haiti's history, but I do wanna make a point. And it is actually somewhat connected to, believe it or not, the Christ is King controversy. And hopefully I'll remember to explain that once we get there.

So lots of folks in the chat, it is lunchtime. And so I specifically wanted to make it for the lunch break. And Trudle says, I almost wish I had been surprised more, but as it happened, I was just thinking, yeah, this makes sense based on how other discourse has gone down.

Yeah, I guess that's how I felt. Like I gathered myself and I thought, okay, people are at each other. This makes sense. By the way, though, I don't have the screenshots lined up. I just wanna say this though, before I get started with all this, kudos to the G3 guys.

From what I've heard, some of the guys at G3 who, and I wanna, this is my olive branch. There's always an olive branch I have for them because in my opinion, many of them have been rude. They've been silly.

They, you know, with the whole Christian Nationals, quote unquote, controversy, but they were apparently out there saying Christ is King. So I wanna just say kudos, credit where credit's due. I was saying Christ is King.

In fact, this controversy, I guess, started a little bit on Sunday evening. And so I didn't see that. And I had a post ready for Sunday morning, Christ is King, not knowing that was gonna be a big controversy on the Lord's day.

But anyway, I do digress and we're going to start with just sequentially going through this thing. So I have a slideshow. Of course I have a slideshow, right? Why wouldn't I have a slideshow prepared?

And let's see if I can go back to the beginning here. And yes, this is my title. This is what I'll be giving to the patrons on patreon .com. If you wanna subscribe actually and help me out, do what I do.

You can go to patreon .com forward slash worldview conversation, but I give the slideshows to the patrons and it started really with this video. So this was on, he must've recorded it on Friday, but on Saturday, I guess is when it was released.

And it's Andrew Claven from the Daily Wire, who is a Christian, but he's also Jewish. And when I say a Christian, I don't know to what extent, I don't know how orthodox he actually is in his theology.

I know there's some questions, like he supports same-sex marriage. I know there's things like that. He claims to be a Christian though, okay? So that's what he says. And this is what he, a clip that was going around of something that he said on his show, I'm assuming on Friday after Candace Owens was fired from the Daily Wire, essentially for what it looks like.

And it seems like it's obvious now, both sides are pretty much saying the same thing, that it had to do with her views, her quote unquote anti-Semitic views. Maybe we'll get into that a little, but Andrew Claven decided to comment on that.

And here's one of the things that he said.

You know, when I did this, by the way, the priest who baptized me said, Christians won't accept you, you'll still be a Jew. And I said, well, I am that, that's my race. I'm a Jew, I'm proud of my race.

It's a great race, it's done many, many great things, including write the Bible. And you know, I am a Jew, but that hasn't happened at all. Christians have welcomed me with open arms, except this Christ the King, anti-Semitic crowd.

Christ is the King, and one day every knee will bow and recognize it, because he's not just my King, he's King of the universe.

Okay, just real quick, is anything he said there not true? Like, so he's blending this with this anti-Semitic crowd, the Christ the King. But if you say the Christ the King crowd, that should be every Christian.

Every Christian believes Christ the King, and he's Lord, and people will bow down to him. That's a serious thing, not something to dismiss or anything, that's a very serious thing that's going to happen.

And so he's talking about this, but he's saying that he's attaching it to anti-Semites, the people that would, in this case, be against Jewish people in some way. And they believe Christ is King, because I guess they think it's against Jewish people.

So it's sloppy already, because he's got to really be careful. He should probably be saying there's these people, I don't even like the term anti-Semitic for a variety of reasons, but there's these people that dislike Jewish people, and they think that Christianity is also against Jewish people, and so that's why they like to use the phrase.

That would even be clearer than what he's saying here. He just kind of says this Christ the King crowd. Okay, all right.

But when you use that phrase to mean that God has abandoned his chosen people, the Jews, through whom he came into this world incarnate, and that he's broken his promises, his covenant with the Jews, you are quoting scripture like Satan does in the Bible.

You are quoting scripture to your purposes, and that to me is specifically wicked.

Now, it's interesting to see, this is what something Andrew Klavan feels is very wicked. Larger discussion, don't have time for it now, but also interesting at the beginning, he's very, you know, he's proud of his ethnic heritage.

I don't think you could do that if you're white. The rules are written that way. If you have European heritage, you can't say that, but if you're Jewish, interesting there. But anyway, it's wicked to use this for some kind of, I don't know if anyone uses it this way, by the way.

I'm not saying there aren't anyone, but there isn't anyone, but this is just, I don't know who he's talking about specifically. Some people think it's Nick Fuentes. I don't know, because I just don't, I've never heard this that, like this is a representation of like, like this isn't even hyper covenant theology, I wouldn't think, maybe, but it's like, it's way out there.

And so someone takes a phrase that's been in general Christian parlance for centuries, Christ is King, and then wants to appropriate that for, and this means, the secret meaning of this is that God has rejected all his promises to Israel, and there's no place for Jewish people, I guess, ethnically.

Then, you know, this is just, this is evil. This is horrible. So that's what he says. That's what he thinks, that's what he thinks is bad.

Spit that phrase at Ben Shapiro, my friend, Ben Shapiro. And, you know, I understand this. All of you who love Ben, and I love Ben, and Jordan Peterson, you all want to see them find Jesus, because you know what joy and freedom that gives you, and you certainly feel that it alters your relationship with God.

But when I think about this, to be honest with you, you know, and I know some people will disagree with this, but life is not a game show where you guess the name of God, and you get to go to heaven, honk, you know, they ask, the name is Jesus.

I look at Ben's life, and I think if Ben were to embrace Jesus Christ, it would cause devastation to his family, to the people who love him, to the people who listen to him, to his position in the world.

I just have this feeling that God has put this guy where he wants him to do what he wants him to do. And as you know, I feel that, you know, the Jews were not abandoned by God.

Okay, all right. So, and there's more to the clip. I actually listened to more of the context that some people said, well, this clip is, it's not taken out of context, but you're only showing one side, because before this, Andrew Klavan says that he made Jesus Lord of his life, which is kind of like saying Christ is King.

So he's not against saying Christ is King, and I didn't think he was totally against it, but he's saying that, you know, you gotta be careful. There's this Christ is King crowd. I guess they have a special ownership or attachment to that term, and they really don't like Jewish people.

And so they don't like him. And so that's evil. But then he turns around and he talks about his friend, Ben Shapiro, who God has him in a special place, and it would just do, there'd be so much family disruption if he turned to Christianity.

Now, the words of our Lord in Matthew 10 was, were whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me. And whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. This is what our faith teaches, our Christian faith, that yes, family attachment is important, but there's something more important, and that is attachment to our Lord and Savior, who is the King, Jesus Christ.

And so this is a contradiction, that Andrew Klavan is basically contradicting the Christian faith. He just said, previous to this, that it meant so much to him. This is the words of the King. These are the words of Jesus.

That's actually, that's evil. You know, and he's accusing people of twisting the Bible the way Satan does by using Christ as King, which is a true statement. But then he comes around and he says something blatantly not true, blatantly contradicting scripture.

So of course, this got some people upset, as you can imagine. And Andrew Klavan, he reacted to this. He said, to be clear, I don't believe you can be saved without Jesus Christ, okay? But in Matthew 7, many who call Christ Lord cannot enter the kingdom, while in Matthew 25, many who do not enter the kingdom don't even know they served Christ.

So redemption isn't a guest in a game show, though the mass singer is also great. I don't even quite know what that means. Is he saying that there's people who are Jewish in their religion who have rejected Christ, but are going to heaven?

I hope that's not what he's saying. I don't really know what he's saying, because they serve Christ, but they didn't know they were serving Christ. I mean, there's some serious theological problems with this, obviously.

And so I don't know enough about Andrew Klavan. I will say, I used to listen to his show, like for a very brief period of time. When the Daily Wire first was a thing, I had hopes. I had hopes that it was gonna be somewhat different, and kind of pushing the Overton window in a more conservative direction, maybe even paleo-conservative with people like Michael Knowles there.

And so I think he came a little later, but I listened to Ben Shapiro for a little bit. I listened to Andrew Klavan, and I realized over time, like I appreciate some things about those guys, but it's definitely not the perspective that I'm coming from, and it's not the kind of thing I wanted to subject my mind to anymore, because they operate on a lot of liberal tendencies, and they're not, like Klavan's thing, I think the thing with him was like, his support for same-sex marriage, I was just like, I can't do this anymore.

I can't do this. So it's nothing personal, but I don't know him well, but I'm assuming that he, at least on a basic level, he has, as far as he understands, repented and put his trust in Christ. There's obviously some issues there, and I don't know what church he goes to or any of that.

That's for, I guess, his pastor, but this is what was said. And so this created a whole big controversy online, and it started there, and then it went to this. And sorry, this got a little out of whack just because when I upload the PowerPoint, for some reason, the formatting changes, but you can still see what it says.

Jeremy Boring, who is the CEO of The Daily Wire, who Andrew Klavan works for, who Candace Owen did work for last week, and now she doesn't, said, tried to answer this question. How is saying Christ is King anti-Semitic?

Because Jason Whitlock from The Blaze asked the question. He said, I'm asking this sincerely. I'm a student of life. I'm not that smart. There are many things I do not know. This is a sincere question about, without snark or sarcasm or trolling, how is saying Christ is King anti-Semitic?

How did this become true? Is it true? Jeremy Boring says, the same way anything becomes anti-Semitic. This is a wall of words. When it's used for the purpose of expressing anti-Semitism, it's like asking, how does a shovel become a murder weapon when it's used to murder someone?

This isn't hard. A shovel is not innately a murder weapon. Saying Christ is King is not innately anti-Semitic. It's all about how a thing is used. Saying, eat some cornbread is not racist. I say it to my three-year-old when she is refusing to her dinner.

If I start saying it as a response to X-posts by black commentators I don't like, it has taken on meaning beyond what is innate. In other words, so he goes on and on and says that saying Christ is King for an evil purpose, like using it as a weapon to express your hatred or disdain for the Jews is a grave sin.

It plainly violates the third commandment, thou shall not carry forth the name of the Lord, your God in vain. Surely if I rape and murder someone like Hamas did, and all the while I shout at them, Christ is King or God is great, we would agree that I have committed three grievous crimes, not two, rape, yes, murder, yes, but also the great crime of implicating God in the first two crimes.

So he's trying to weave this argument that it's the way that the phrase is used, that there are these people out there who are using this phrase, this phrase that's been in Christian parlance for centuries, Christ is King, to tell Jews that they're somehow inferior or outside the circle, on the margins, we oppose them, something along those lines.

Now this is where I think the antisemitic kind of broad category has a problem. It's deployed so often, it's like the racist category, you just deploy it so often on things you don't like, it starts to lose meaning, because the only way I can conceive of Christ is King being quote unquote antisemitic is in a religious sense.

Now I'm waiting, I did some research to try to find out where this controversy was, who was on what side, I even have a clip from Nick Fuentes, maybe we'll play it later. But so far as I can tell, this is a religious sentiment that is being deployed in opposition to the enemies of Christ, however they're conceived.

Some people might not even know fully who Christ is, but they know enough to know that Christianity is different than Judaism, is different than Islam, is different than Buddhism, is different than secular humanism and paganism and all the rest.

And so when they say Christ is King, they're saying a very exclusive particular thing. Christ is particularly clean, he is the exclusive King. And we want to live under his kingship, we want his rules, we want the things that come with honoring Christ.

And some people have very incomplete views of what that might be, but they know it's different than something like Judaism, and it is. I don't know everything about the Candace Owens drama that led to her leaving, but I do know one of the things was this guy named Rabbi Shmuley.

And Rabbi Shmuley, I've heard of him for decades. I don't even know what he is exactly. I thought he was an apologist for Judaism at one time. I guess he kind of was, but his daughter owns in, I think it's Tel Aviv, an adult store, quote unquote.

And he's avid, he's written books on sexual things and he doesn't even video of him doing just inappropriate things that are just like, how does he get away with it? I don't even wanna talk about it to be quite honest with you.

I think the guy's, he's perverted. That's all there is to say, but he's a rabbi, right? And so there was a gentleman, I think it was another rabbi defending Rabbi Shmuley, kind of being this, I'm gonna be the peacemaker between Rabbi Shmuley and Candace Owens, went on her show.

And Candace Owens basically goes off on him and says, I'm a Christian, this is not okay. In my religion, this is not okay. And I know some Christians out there are thinking, well, it's not okay in Judaism either.

Well, if you're going by the Old Testament, but you gotta understand something about modern Judaism. They're, and this is an oversimplification. I realize that because there's different sects of Judaism and there's different traditions and rabbis they emphasize in this kind of thing.

But broadly speaking, there's traditions that they operate by that supersede the Old Testament or they would say, interpret the Old Testament. I'm saying supersede in some ways, cause it contradicts it.

And so the Talmud is the collection of these writings. And there are things in the Talmud that are frankly terrible, morally speaking, that blatantly contradict Christianity and the Judaism of the Old Testament.

This really isn't controversial. What I'm saying is just true. Maybe it's controversial, but it shouldn't be. And so Candace Owens is saying, I'm a Christian. I'm against pornography. I'm against sexual degeneracy.

No, we wouldn't be, Christians shouldn't be opening up shops for sex toys and these kinds. That's not what we do. We're Christians. So there's a difference there. That's just one difference on a moral level.

And that gets into your social policies and those kinds of things. And so this is the only way I can conceive of Christ as King being quote unquote anti-Semitic is that it's against the religion. It's against the modern Jewish religion, whether that's on the more conservative side, which is confusing because conservative Jews are not conservative.

They're the liberal ones, or whether it's all the way to the more Hasidic side, the Orthodox side, whatever. Christianity is different than that, even on a social level. Obviously the biggest difference though is that they reject Christ as the Messiah.

That's the biggest main blaring thing. That's what you see throughout the New Testament. That's the big stumbling block. And so a claim of Christ as King being quote unquote anti-Semitic means whether I say it or someone else says it who doesn't know Christ, but who just knows Christianity as a cultural thing is different.

We're both saying something generally true that Christianity is different than Judaism and the rules of Christ and his morality are different than the rules of modern Judaism. This shouldn't be controversial, but it is somehow.

So anyway, this is how Jeremy Boring explains it. But I just want to note that he's not getting into the nitty gritty of how exactly is this anti-Semitic? What are the specifics here? Because all we're seeing so far, the only conclusion I would reach is that it's against the religion of Judaism and somehow now that's anti-Semitic.

So what are we, the ADL now? Are we the Anti-Defamation League and just basic statements of Christian theology that have been Christian for centuries are now quote unquote anti-Semitic? Because if that's true, then we're reliving BLM all over again.

Where just fairly innocuous things, things that were not against black people are all of a sudden make you a racist. And this seems to be what's happening here because we would all be kind of colored with that same brush.

I don't see how it's escapable. Really what you have to say, I guess for Jeremy Boring's interpretation here is that it's what's in your heart. If you have malice in your heart and you're saying it to Jewish people because you just really don't like them and there's this, I mean, I guess you could take any phrase and use it that way.

You could speak to your spouse in a harsh manner. You could say something like, go do the dishes, and order and command it and be a jerk. But like doing the dishes obviously is it, the problem isn't that the dishes need to be done.

The problem is the harshness of your tone and you're saying it against some, you're saying it against someone because you wanna kind of like goad them into fighting with you or something. So, okay, so someone could say Christ is King in that way.

That's a difference between Jews and Christians. You can say to Jews, Christ is King and that's gonna offend them. But it's always been an offense, right? So like you can say that if you have a good motive, you can say that if you have bad motive.

I think the only thing that would distinguish the two is what's in your heart. Maybe that'll come out in your tone, but the lines are very hard on this. And so here are the options. You have some people on the quote unquote right saying that Christ is King is the new Black Lives Matter.

You have some people saying it's right-wing identity politics and you have some people saying it's replacement theology. So that's how, these are the three ways that it's anti-Semitic. Like the three rational ways that conservatives can get behind and say, that's why this phrase can be anti-Semitic.

So let's start with the first one. Christ is King is the new Black Lives Matter. Jenna Ellis. Jenna Ellis, the Trump's previous lawyer, that's like asking how the phrase Black Lives Matter doesn't really mean that Black Lives Matter.

Of course, Christ is King. But the phrase Christ is King is used to describe an anti-Israel sentiment. Now it's not even just anti-Jewish, it's anti-Israel. And false theology that God abandoned the Jews and Christians are the new chosen people.

Joel Berry from the Babylon Bee. Are you saying Christ isn't King? Are you saying Black Lives don't matter? Same devilish tactic. Wow, these are pretty, these smears, man. Andrew Clayton brought up the devil, Joel Berry's bringing up the devil.

So people, okay, so it's a devilish tactic used by the godless revolutionaries on the far left and the far right. Take a truth, turn it into a mantra, use it as a cloak for evil. Important note, most Christians are unaware of what Fuentes, Gropers, are doing, are innocently saying Christ is King with total sincerity.

Show grace, give people the benefit of the doubt. Yeah, a lot of benefit of the doubt going around here, Joel. A devilish tactic to say Christ is King. And then you have James Lindsay. If you're a good Christian, the way you feel when confronted with the Christ is King psychological direct action is the way your good-hearted left-leaning friends felt when confronted with Black Lives Matter.

And to a lesser degree, trans women are women. It's tough, it's tough. No, there's really not much tough about this, James Lindsay. Trans women are women. What was that, like five seconds ago? Black Lives Matter, I think 2014.

These phrases emerge and they emerge in a context where they're deployed against the, really your average, ordinary, decent American. Black Lives Matter was deployed in order to give the impression that there are a whole bunch of people in this country, in police departments, in education, in all these structurally racist places that they don't believe Black Lives Matter.

So that was the whole point of the phrase was to scream Black Lives Matter is you're assuming, you're opposing, you're shadow boxing, really. You're opposing all these people, this racist country that doesn't think Black Lives Matter.

That was the whole point. That was the whole context. That was the whole organization. The people who came up with the term were the ones who ran the organization. It's got a very short history. We know when it started.

Trans women are women. That's got an even shorter history in the popular consciousness. And it's blatantly untrue. Christ is King. And I'll show you some Bible verses pretty soon on this. But Christ is King.

King of kings, Lord of lords has been since the inception of Christianity. Christians have been using this for thousands of years. For centuries, this has been in Christian vocabulary. This is nothing new.

It's got a meaning. And for the vast majority, even if you wanna say there's these people using it in the wrong way. Okay, so like for 99 of the people who are using it, they mean something particular by it.

They mean, their intended meaning is the way it's been meant for centuries. And so it's different. Someone comes in, they hijack Christ is King. What are they implying? I guess that other people don't think Christ is King.

Well, that's true.

It's not like Black Lives Matter. It's also a true statement, unlike trans women are women. And it doesn't have the, it's not a political hammer. It wasn't developed as a political hammer, even if maybe some people supposedly wanna use it that way.

Now, it's got political implications, no doubt. But it's not, it's not nowhere close to BLM. And it's just, it's insulting to our intelligence that we have people who are supposedly smart saying these kinds of things.

And Christ is King. By the way, that's the Christian theology. Not just to us, but to the Jews, to everyone, every religion. Now it's interesting, Joel Berry, you know, I put, this is what I reposted on Sunday.

It was my only way that I felt I could sort of enter the fray without entering the fray. But his last tweet here, he has this tweet thread. He says, Christians respect the natural order as created by God.

And then he says, this isn't a call to be a lame moderate. Following Christ is the most radical thing anyone can do. Storm the gates of hell no matter how you tick. He says something else. Take people off.

Christ is King. Joel Berry, Christ is King. What's the date? It is from last year. From actually, I was gonna say the later part of next year, but it's actually, it is, kind of is. I guess it would be early fall, September of last year.

So that's when, that wasn't that long ago. I can remember that. That's when he said Christ is King. Compare that to what he's saying now. He just, you know, he says it without stuttering, without, you know, full stop, Christ is King.

And now it's like, wow, we gotta nuance this whole thing to death. So I just pointed that out. Now, here's the other thing that people are saying, that it's right-wing identity politics to say Christ is King.

That's right, it's right-wing identity politics. You have Allie Beth Stuckey, and she has this whole thing I'm not gonna read, but since Christ is King is trending, I want to take the opportunity to explain what this truth really means, not the politically charged rallying cry, but as a central Christian doctrine.

All right, so then she says, just to make sure this is perfectly clear, using Christ is King for any other reason than to share the gospel is evil. Now, really, really? Any other reason than to share the gospel?

So I will submit to you that saying Christ is King itself is not actually the gospel, like in totality. Like the savior element of Christ, the fact that he came, and the good news, the gospel, is that he came to seek and save the lost, and he gave his life as a ransom for many, for people who sinned, which is all of us, against God, broke his commandments.

Jesus Christ came, and we're gonna be celebrating that this week, and he gave his life and then rose from the dead to satisfy the wrath of God. That's the gospel, okay? Saying Christ is King, he's King whether you receive that gospel or not.

Every knee is going to bow before Christ in the end. This is basic Christian theology, not saying anything that hasn't been said in the Bible. And so I can say that to someone who does not believe in Christ.

I can say that without sharing the news of Christ even being a savior. Just, he's King, these are his rules. This is his law, you must abide by it. Christ is King. I'm not sharing any gospel in that. I'm sharing the law, actually.

But Christ is still King. So I just, maybe some people think I'm quibbling, but this is ridiculous, to share that the only reason that you can ever say, so you're restricting it to only if you're sharing the gospel.

This, I don't know if this is the winsome thing or this is our, we gotta maintain our witness and that's, I don't know what this is, but you can say Christ is King as a rallying cry. You should say it as a rallying cry at times.

This is something to, he's the one that we follow. He's a person, and he is the King, that's his place. So she goes on, she says, it's not a catchy saying or a motivational mantra. Actually, I would say it is pretty catchy.

It is, just say Christ is King. And it should motivate us. I'm not impugning anyone's motives. Sure you are, since I don't know them. Just don't want there to be any confusion over that. Then you have Andrew T. Walker.

Losing a job that made you wealthy and a celebrity because you said a dumb and indefensible stuff doesn't mean you were persecuted for your Christian faith. And he's got a picture here, an article link of Candace Owens, that she's hateful.

And making Christ as King, a right-wing identity politics symbol is reprehensible. So it's right-wing identity politics. Right-wing identity politics. A lot more could be said on this, but I'm reading a book right now.

I'm trying to remember the name of it here. I'm almost done with it. It's actually, it's by a, it's not by a conservative at all. If I can pull it up in my Kindle app here. It's called, Conservatism in a Divided America, The Right and Identity Politics by George Hawley.

And he's a university professor of political science, I think in Alabama, University of Alabama. And the point of the book is that identity politics are inescapable. And he makes a compelling case. The right actually does engage in identity politics, whether they realize or not.

They do this on the abortion issue. They do this, actually, they even do this when they're trying to hit back against feminism. They'll use feminine identity. They use this, they have a broad kind of American identity they defend.

For all the commitments to a liberal order that's universal in some way, like identity always comes out somewhere. So there's things in the book I definitely disagree with. He's a leftist, I think he's a leftist.

He's definitely a liberal and he's in favor of the liberal order. But he's basically saying, I'm observing reality. You can't get rid of identity politics completely. So when something's called right-wing identity politics, I don't think that's necessarily, that could be a bad thing, but it doesn't have to be a bad thing.