Who would have ever thought that 30+ million Americans would consume 5 hours of a memorial/political Extravaganza that was all about wrapping up the Republican party in the Christian flag with a Charlie Kirk bow on top?
Here are some of my off the cuff observations;
1.) There is no doubt that there was in that whole imbroglio Christian/Gospel truth spoken and for that we are thankful and rejoice. In Philippians 1 St. Paul could write from prison;
15 Some indeed preach Christ even from envy and strife, and some also from goodwill: 16 The former preach Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my chains; 17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel. 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.
So where Christianity/Gospel was proclaimed I join St. Paul in rejoicing.
2.) However, I also join St. Paul in understanding that, as it was in his time so it is in our time that people preach Christ from selfish ambition and not sincerely. Look, Politicians at this level are Lizard People. They do nothing that will not advance their agenda. They will say anything, do anything, feign anything to convince the citizenry that they belong to a noble race and only want to do what the citizenry wants them to do. Politicians, as Lizard People have zero compassion, zero genuineness, zero transparency, and zero sympathy. As Lizard People they are not like your average moral American citizen. They just are not.
Last night I saw a whole gaggle of Lizard people saying things that they would never say if it were not politically convenient for them to be saying such things. I would bet the farm that most of them had no idea what they were saying after they were done saying what they said. They had excellent speech writers who put the words in their mouths they needed to say. I mean … please … does anyone really buy the idea of Marco Rubio or Tulsi Gabbard as Christian Evangelist?
3.) I am old enough to remember all the faux religiosity (Christianity) following 9-11. Last night was a case of;
Second verse
Same as the first
A little bit louder
And a little bit worse
How many times does Lucy have to promise that “this time I am really really really going to hold that football so you can kick it through the goal post, Charlie Brown,” before we realize that Lucy is never going to hold that damn football so Charlie Brown can kick it?
4.) There are many Evangelicals and even Reformed who are insisting, “God is sending us Revival.” Maybe …. but I’d wait on publishing that until we begin to see;
a.) More and more Christians taking their children out of public schools
b.) Les and less aid being given to Israel – an enemy of Christ
c.) Fewer and Fewer Democrats and RINO’s being elected
d.) A significant drop in the violent crime rate
e.) The visible church doing a boatload of repenting and people leaving all kinds of churches because their former churches won’t repent
f.) Abortion being outlawed in all 50 states
g.) People embracing the time honored tradition of Christian Nationalism and the Ordo Amoris (as combined called Kinism).
h.) People raising the issue of returning to a time of blue laws on Sundays
i.) A Nation wide advocacy for the end of the Federal Reserve
j.) A Nation wide advocacy for the end of the Great Society programs
k.) A Nation wide advocacy for the reversal of the civil rights legislation
l.) A return to labeling LGBTQ etc. people as suffering from insanity
m.) An end to both legal and illegal immigration from 3rd world countries
n.) The forced expatriation of all illegal immigrants in these united States
o.) A return to a value backed currency
When these things begin to happen then you can talk to me about how Americans are going through revival/reformation. Until then it is just so much charismania emotionalism.
5.) You want me to believe that RFK Jr. after his life long whoremongering is now a virtuous man? You must be kidding … right?
6.) Honestly, at the end of the day all last night was, was one part Billy Graham crusade, one part Tim Keller-ism, one part Bill Hybel’s Church Growth program, one part Pentecostal “can’t you just feel the Spirit moving” Sunday morning church, and one part Jesus was a populist Republican.
7.) I am all for the left being destroyed. Having said that, I think Edward Bernays (one of the most famous Propagandists of the 20th century) would have been proud of the propaganda feast that was put on last night. For example, you don’t really think the Bagel Stephen Miller is a Christian convert do you?
8.) Just imagine how shattered and destroyed R2K fanboys are this morning. They had to endure 5 hours of Politicians getting out of their lanes and talking about Jesus Christ. Even if those politicians were not being sincere (and I don’t think they were) that event last night finds the R2K crowd suffering major migraines this morning. On the other hand, once last night is finally exposed for being the con it was, R2K is going to be able to point at that extravaganza and say, “I told you so.” Now, as usual R2K will be in error when they eventually say that because of the fact that they do not have the ability to realize that all because a nation’s leader’s wrap up a false Jesus in the American flag doesn’t mean we shouldn’t wrap up the true Jesus in the American flag.
9.) A clerg acquaintance of mine called my observations about last night as evidence of me being “a purist.” It wasn’t intended as a compliment.
Well, I think the only alternative to being a purist is being a impurist, or being a compromiser. So, I’ll go with being a purist along with the likes of the Apostle Paul, Athanasius, Chrysostom, Augustine, Gottschalk of Orbais, Hus, Luther, Calvin, Cromwell, Paisley, Knox, Goodman, Dabney, Machen, etc. There could be worse company to keep.
10.) The Influencer Jon Harris said of last night;
“Jesus doesn’t seem to be letting this country go.”
My response was to say that;
Just amazing because I look at what happened last night and conclude just exactly the opposite.
11.) What was that line from that “Revenge of the Sith” Star Wars movie?
They were deliriously applauding the Sith Emperor’s speech in the meeting of their legislature and Padme says;
"So this is how liberty dies; with thunderous applause."
12.) In Orwell’s novel, “1984,” the screens, or telescreens, (such as was seen last night at the Stadium and such as what people at home were viewing on) are a constant presence in the lives of Oceania’s citizens, blurring the line between public spectacle and private observation. People are not simply watching the screens; the screens are watching them. Honestly, I view last night as a case of public hypnotism. It was an event intended to provide a vast Republican narrative. If I were a Democrat this morning I’d be very fearful. Of course, I loathe Democrats and couldn’t care less if they’re fearful and if they are eventually totally diminished.
13.) I have to be honest… as I was sitting viewing this extravaganza I was thinking;
OK… Since Charlie Kirk is as esteemed as he is let it be known that not many clergy can make the claim I am about to make.
Both Bret L. McAtee and Charlie Kirk were together on the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) “hate” list.
If you want to hear Charlie Kirk’s social order beliefs preached then you’ll have to attend one of the very few Protestant Reformed Churches in the Nation that has as it’s Pastor a man who earned the same disgust as Charlie Kirk did as coming from the SPLC.
TPUSA and Charlotte Christ the King Reformed Church …. fighting the same battle and hated by the same demonic enemies.
If you loved Charlie you should love Bret.
14.) Not to belabor a previously made point but where were all these Christian magistrates 5 minutes ago? Last night was the first time I have ever heard of all this Christian faith being held by all these Christian speakers.
Man, these Dudes got themselves some religion and that almost instantly.
15.) Apparently most people aren’t aware when they are being manipulated.
16.) There are some who would insist that last night was an example of “Cultural Christianity.” Cultural Christianity is defined as that Christianity that impacts the culture from the residue of genuine Christianity but not so much that it is more than an inch deep in sincerity and reality.
I believe in Cultural Christianity. I believe it is far superior to Cultural non-Christianity. However, I see cultural Christianity as the cheap by product that arises when a genuine Christian foundation has been set. If there is no genuine Christian foundation than the resultant “Cultural Christianity” is going to be just as bad or worse than Cultural non-Christianity.
17.) Republicans also embrace the truth of “never let a crisis go to waste.”
18.) No Reformed person who understands their Confessions could ever find themselves getting excited about the kind of Christianity that is being pushed at the Kirk extravaganza. One has to ask which God… which Jesus Christ …which Christianity was being advocated?
Although Bishop Laud would be very excited about this Christianity from last night. Remember Bishop Laud? He was the Christian Bishop who supported persecuting the Puritans.
19.) “We want religion back in America.”
Kirk Extravaganza
Pray tell ….. which religion or just religion in general?
Trump’s statement reminds me of an old Eisenhower quote from when he was President;
“Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don’t care what it is.”
20.) The Republican party is now the “Christian” party and the DEMS will have to run against “Christianity” in order to get elected.
“In the present ubiquity of ignorance, one cannot but suspect that many who call themselves Christians do not understand what the word means, and that some who would vigorously repudiate Christianity are more Christian than many who maintain it. p. 14. Towards the end of 1938 we experienced a wave of revivalism which should teach us that folly is not the prerogative of any one political party or any one religious communion, and that hysteria is not the privilege of the uneducated. … The religious fervor has been a fervor for democracy. It may engender nothing better than a disguised and peculiarly sanctimonious nationalism, accelerating our progress towards the paganism which we say we abhor. To justify Christianity because it provides a foundation of morality, instead of showing the necessity of Christian morality from the truth of Christianity, is a very dangerous inversion.” pp. 18-19.
T.S. Eliot, ‘The Idea of a Christian Society’