Jesus is not a prop. He's not an accessory. He's not your puppet.
But that's exactly what the left wants him to be. I've seen so many instances of "churches" and "men of God" spouting abject nonsense into the ether in an attempt to lead people astray, not as a mistake or a misreading, but with the intention of driving them to a political conclusion that God had no intention of people ever reaching.
You've likely most recently seen this from Texas senatorial candidate James Talarico, a Presbyterian pastor turned Democrat politician who is the manifestation of the wolf in sheep's clothing.
A recap of what James Talarico believes:
— Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) March 5, 2026
- Jesus Christ was a "radical feminist"
- White men are the "greatest" terror threat
- There are "six" biological sexes
- The border should be a "front porch"
- Atheists are "more Christ-like" than Christians
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Talarico is hardly the only person doing this. It's happening all over the United States.
Not long ago, I wrote on the growing issue of LGBTQ+ churches that weren't just pushing agendas on their parishioners; they were doing it to children right there in the church.
Read: The 'LGBT Church' Issue Seems to Be Getting Worse
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— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) October 10, 2022
This kind of "Christianity" isn't at all Christianity. It is, underneath, an issue that humans have been grappling with since Eve bit the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and that's attempting to replace God with the individual.
It boils down to becoming the way, the truth, and the life, thereby replacing Christ while, ironically, using Christ as the authority by which your beliefs are legitimized.
It's "Me Christianity." It's the latter person C.S. Lewis described in "The Great Divorce“ when he wrote, "There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'"
And if you were to ask me, I think these people pose more of a threat to Christians than other religions, including Islam.
Islam is a defined enemy, and those who follow it declare themselves proudly. They make their intentions of conquest and death known to you and aren't shy to tell you they're coming for you.
Anti-theists, likewise, can't often hold their resentment back when discussing God or Christianity. They make it clear they're not on your side at all when it comes to the worship of God, and will often take action directly against Christian interests, usually on a legal level.
But these people who bastardize the word of God are attempting to deceive Christians directly. Their hope isn't just to mislead themselves; they want to bring everyone they can along. They want to slap Jesus's face on their lies in hopes that you won't just agree with their politics, but that you'll hold them up as some moral authority that is ultimately above Christ.
For seasoned Christians, this obviously isn't a problem, but for the youth who are mostly ignorant of the Bible's teachings and rely on guidance from more learned people, this can be particularly disastrous. Even if they aren't fully misled, they can still get the wrong idea about parts of the Bible and develop expectations that will be destroyed at some point and may cause their walk with God to become wobbly.
I think there's a reason warnings against false prophets are mentioned over 100 times in the Bible. The damage they do is ultimately far worse than anything anyone can do with a blade or a pen.
People like Talarico cannot be given power, not just because he's a lunatic of a Democrat who has all the values of a San Francisco hippie while he wears the skinsuit of a southern preacher, but because he will turn his office into a pulpit for a "god" whose real name is James Talarico. Christians of every variety should be coming down on this false teacher like a hammer, not just because of his politics, but because of his heresy.
I don't expect every Christian in the world to know everything there is to know about God, the ins and outs of the Bible, and every context there is to know. The Bible is widely debated even among Christians, and ultimately, we can't know the mind of God.
But I think we can all agree that there are hard lines in the sand, and these "Me Christians" are crossing every one of them and declaring "Jesus said it was cool."
We have to make it clear that they're wrong for the sake of Christians everywhere, including the young ones.
