“A “doctrine of demons” is invading Christian churches across America, twisting the Bible to advance leftist ideologies that divide people, warns a pastor and author of the book Woke Jesus: The False Messiah Destroying Christianity.
“I think it is a doctrine of demons,” Lucas Miles, pastor of Nfluence Church in Granger, Indiana, told The Daily Signal Podcast at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Orlando on Monday. “I mean, its intention is to divide people.”
He warns that “woke Christianity” or “progressive Christianity” or “the Christian Left” boils down to a false version of the faith, tracing back to a Marxist substructure” that reframes the faith in terms of oppressors and oppressed.
“But wokeism, it’s antithetical to Christianity,” Miles said.
He recalls seeing the website for the Black Lives Matter movement, which promoted transgender activism and the abolition of the nuclear family.
“I don’t know how any Christian could be on the side when you look at a gay parade or a trans parade that’s happening and ever look at that and say, ‘That looks like an event that’s promoting righteousness or holiness,’” Miles said.
Not only does the leftist perspective often advocate for the erosion of the nuclear family and the promotion of LGBT lifestyles that conflict with the moral teachings of Scripture, but it robs Christianity of proper discipleship.
Miles argues that wokeism removes the ability to suffer for Christ. Since Christians will spend eternity in heaven, where there is no suffering, “I only have my lifetime to offer obedience to Him and faithfulness in the face of persecution.” But woke Christianity “removes persecution for the sake of Christ because persecution, according to wokeism, is always based upon my socioeconomic status, my skin color, my country of origin, my sexual preference, my gender, immigration status, all of these things.”
Woke Christianity also “robs us of the ability to offer forgiveness,” he adds. “There is no such thing as redemption or forgiveness, because the other group is always classified as the oppressor.”
“When you look at Scripture, it talks about not punishing people based upon the acts of their parents or the acts of their ancestors,” Miles noted, referencing verses such as Ezekiel 18:20.
He laments that “we have such an increase in biblical illiteracy in the church that most people can’t recognize” that these ideas are actually rejections of what Scripture teaches.
Miles encourages the church to truly study woke ideology, critical theory, and critical race theory, in order to “wrap our minds around it and untangle these doctrinal fishing lines,” so Christians can “clearly stand on knowing confidently we’re on biblical grounds to be able to say, ‘This is unbiblical, and here is why.’”
The author pastors a church based near South Bend, Indiana. He recalls the impact of then-South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who went on to become a presidential candidate and secretary of transportation under President Joe Biden.
“It wasn’t the national conversation that inspired this [book],” Miles says. “It was really what was happening locally.” He says people “laughed at” him when he predicted that Buttigieg would run for president.
“Pete did something that I believe that no other presidential candidate has fully done before,” the pastor noted. “We’ve seen presidential candidates talk about their faith. We’ve seen them thank God for things. We’ve seen them even pray. Pete would exegete passages on the campaign trail.” (“Exegesis” refers to the careful reading of Scripture, focusing on specific words to tease out a deeper meaning.)
“He’s breaking down passages, using them, really, as, in many ways, sort of propaganda for his various views,” Miles says. “And so, I believe that there was actually a turning point with him. I’m not going to say that Pete was single-handedly responsible for giving life to the Christian Left, but I think he was a major inspiration for a lot of people on that side for that reason, because he would build these arguments about why Jesus was a refugee, so, therefore, we need open borders and illegal immigration.”
Miles recalls briefly interviewing Buttigieg years ago, and he cites Buttigieg’s father’s past in translating the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci. He noted that Buttigieg “did a lot of things to clean up the immediate downtown” in South Bend, “but you go outside of the area at all, and the city’s probably the worst it’s ever been.””
For the record, James Comey knew from the beginning that there was no Trump-Russia collusion and the entire thing was disinformation from the Clinton campaign.
Dozens of mistakes that all slant in the same direction is a conspiracy. The FBI isn't incompetent, they're partisan and willing to lie & cheat for their team. https://t.co/DzqFtCDdQL
Disney has a man in a dress working in the dress store for little girls at Disneyland. This is who Disney wants girls to see when they first walk in to pick out a dress. pic.twitter.com/Ta2dwyAaSa
Extreme politics, both the left and right secular varieties, are a threat to the true faith which must be always guarded against the spirit of the age.
Christ speaks to every age and all circumstances — just not in the way or spirit (or sometimes even with the answers) we often presume.
“Woke” Christianity is just a relabel to sell a book. Modernism and liberation theology have been around for decades. The pastors reference to Gramsci is confirms this – Gramsci is a hero to many cultural marxists and helped shape liberation theology.
“But woke Christianity “removes persecution for the sake of Christ because persecution, ” a bizarre reason to criticize wokism; I won’t be persecuted for Christ. And it’s even more bizarre since many Christians in the US constantly complain they are persecuted for Christ. And the liberation theologican priests of Latin America would easily confirm that woke Christians can be persecuted for Christ but right wing death squads killed many of them
“When you look at Scripture, it talks about not punishing people based upon the acts of their parents or the acts of their ancestors,” Miles noted, referencing verses such as Ezekiel 18:20.
Wow even I can remember “a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.”
HRW – Other verses say that God does not punish the children for the sin of the father if the children turn to Him and do good.
From what I have read, the verse you mentioned implies that those “third and fourth” generations also hate God. One person explained that in those times, people married and had children young, so it was common for one man to have an effect on the faith of three or four generations.
When Dems and the media anoint her as their next up and coming star, and they will, remember this.
Here in its entirety is the vitriolic, evil, antisemitic @CUNYLaw commencement address from Jew hater Fatima Mohammed. Unimaginably, it is even worse than last year's hate spewed by Nerdeen Kiswani. No wonder CUNY Law, under state investigation, tried to hide this video. pic.twitter.com/nKCe1Kx2sc
“Staff and customers at several Target locations were evacuated on Friday after bomb threats were made at select stores across the country as controversy continues to grow over the company’s LGBTQ+ merchandise.
CBS News affiliate WOIO in Cleveland, Ohio, received an email at 12:26 p.m. Friday warning of bombs that had been placed in five different Target locations near the city. According to a screenshot of the email, which was published by the outlet, the threat was made in response to Target’s decision to remove its LGBTQ+ pride collection from its shelves earlier this week.
“Target is full of…cowards who turned their back on the LGBT community and decided to cater to the homophobic right wing redneck bigots who protested and vandalized their store,” read the email. “We won’t stand idly by as the far right continues to hunt us down.”
WOIO’s staff contacted local police departments as well as the Cleveland FBI regarding the threatening letter. According to a release from the Jackson Township Police Department, police dispatch received calls around 12:40 p.m. from both WOIO and WEWS, an ABC News affiliate based in Cleveland, regarding a potential bomb threat at a Target in their county.
Jackson Township officers evacuated and searched the store along with a bomb-sniffing dog from the Stark Country Sheriff’s office, read the release. According to a report from The Repository in Canton, Ohio, no bombs were found at the location and store operations resumed around 3:15 p.m.”
“Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney had a chilly reception at her alma mater this past weekend when she gave the commencement speech for Colorado College’s class of 2023.
Many students turned their backs to Cheney during her speech and others booed, while she also received some signs of support from the audience. According to the Cowboy State Daily, roughly half of the graduates turned their backs to Cheney during her speech.”
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“One student complained to the Cowboy State Daily that Cheney was too conservative. “She stood up to Trump, and that was commendable,” one student said. “But that doesn’t change her voting record or her stance on what I consider to be basic human rights.”
During her speech, Cheney also took shots at men, saying that more women should be in politics.”
“Adults who engage in sexualized animal role-play and men who dress up as exaggerated caricatures of women are outraged that Republican-backed laws may prevent them from performing in front of children.
The Protection of Children Act, which recently took effect in Florida, bans children from being admitted to “any show, exhibition, or other presentation in front of a live audience which, in whole or in part, depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, [or] specific sexual activities.” Tennessee legislators recently passed a similar law, which is held up in the courts.
The laws have led to pushback from “furries” and drag queens, with the Orlando “furry” convention Megaplex describing the Florida law as “heartbreaking.” To comply, Megaplex has made its event adult-only, Fox News reported. The move likely indicates that convention organizers thought minors attending the event could have been exposed to sexual activities.
The term “furries” refers to people who wear animal costumes and role-play as anthropomorphized animals. While many “furries” deny their interest is sexual, the majority of them report being sexually attracted to animals, and a site linked by convention organizers says that the “acceptance of bestialitists is a hotly contested topic” among “furries.””
If we get the order, we “will conquer Iran within 24 hours,” says Taliban commander Abdul Hamid. “Iran is flirting with the West. In reality, Iran has teamed up with the West. Iran should know that if they cross our red lines, we will erase them from the map of the Earth.” pic.twitter.com/LQhy8TQWiw
Nothing preventing you from doing that but air and opportunity, congressman. But this is just posing and positioning until you actually do it https://t.co/L98i6ddghB
…None of the findings implicating Comey were deemed relevant to an interview on allegations of misconduct at the FBI. It was akin to interviewing Joseph Hazelwood on good maritime practices without mentioning the Exxon Valdez.
EXCLUSIVE/THREAD: LAPD arrested a man for stabbing the neck of a construction worker, nearly killing him. Despite a prison recommendation from Probation Dept., LA DA @GeorgeGascon's admin agreed to give him diversion instead. He is now charged w/ murdering his neighbor last week. pic.twitter.com/Y61vnUmY4l
This is the second diversion gone wrong in LA story we’ve been tipped to recently. Last month, we reported on a woman w/ violent history of using knives in assaults who received multiple diversions – no prison time, then was arrested for stabbing murder. https://t.co/c7O7ozT2AX
Liz Liz Liz ….she wouldn’t recognize the truth even if it smacked her upside the head!!
From the Gazette…
“After the 2020 election, and the attack of Jan. 6, my fellow Republicans wanted me to lie,” Cheney said. “They wanted me to say that the 2020 election was stolen, that the attack of Jan. 6 wasn’t a big deal, and that Donald Trump wasn’t dangerous. I had to choose between lying and losing my position in House leadership.”
The words inscribed above the entrance to Palmer Hall — “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free” — have stuck with Cheney in the decades following her graduation, she said.
Graduates who turned their backs to Cheney said they did so because of her conservative positions on abortion, LGBTQ+ issues and voting rights.
I’m excited to share the good news that just as I promised the J6 tapes are being released!@SpeakerMcCarthy has given @jsolomonReports, @Julie_kelly2, and a third outlet unfettered access to the J6 tapes, and their reporting on it starts tomorrow.
This is the transparency the…
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) May 31, 2023
Wandering Views 
Thoughts?
“‘Woke Jesus’: How a ‘Doctrine of Demons’ is Infiltrating Christianity”
https://stream.org/woke-jesus-how-a-doctrine-of-demons-is-infiltrating-christianity/
“A “doctrine of demons” is invading Christian churches across America, twisting the Bible to advance leftist ideologies that divide people, warns a pastor and author of the book Woke Jesus: The False Messiah Destroying Christianity.
“I think it is a doctrine of demons,” Lucas Miles, pastor of Nfluence Church in Granger, Indiana, told The Daily Signal Podcast at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Orlando on Monday. “I mean, its intention is to divide people.”
He warns that “woke Christianity” or “progressive Christianity” or “the Christian Left” boils down to a false version of the faith, tracing back to a Marxist substructure” that reframes the faith in terms of oppressors and oppressed.
“But wokeism, it’s antithetical to Christianity,” Miles said.
He recalls seeing the website for the Black Lives Matter movement, which promoted transgender activism and the abolition of the nuclear family.
“I don’t know how any Christian could be on the side when you look at a gay parade or a trans parade that’s happening and ever look at that and say, ‘That looks like an event that’s promoting righteousness or holiness,’” Miles said.
Not only does the leftist perspective often advocate for the erosion of the nuclear family and the promotion of LGBT lifestyles that conflict with the moral teachings of Scripture, but it robs Christianity of proper discipleship.
Miles argues that wokeism removes the ability to suffer for Christ. Since Christians will spend eternity in heaven, where there is no suffering, “I only have my lifetime to offer obedience to Him and faithfulness in the face of persecution.” But woke Christianity “removes persecution for the sake of Christ because persecution, according to wokeism, is always based upon my socioeconomic status, my skin color, my country of origin, my sexual preference, my gender, immigration status, all of these things.”
Woke Christianity also “robs us of the ability to offer forgiveness,” he adds. “There is no such thing as redemption or forgiveness, because the other group is always classified as the oppressor.”
“When you look at Scripture, it talks about not punishing people based upon the acts of their parents or the acts of their ancestors,” Miles noted, referencing verses such as Ezekiel 18:20.
He laments that “we have such an increase in biblical illiteracy in the church that most people can’t recognize” that these ideas are actually rejections of what Scripture teaches.
Miles encourages the church to truly study woke ideology, critical theory, and critical race theory, in order to “wrap our minds around it and untangle these doctrinal fishing lines,” so Christians can “clearly stand on knowing confidently we’re on biblical grounds to be able to say, ‘This is unbiblical, and here is why.’”
The author pastors a church based near South Bend, Indiana. He recalls the impact of then-South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who went on to become a presidential candidate and secretary of transportation under President Joe Biden.
“It wasn’t the national conversation that inspired this [book],” Miles says. “It was really what was happening locally.” He says people “laughed at” him when he predicted that Buttigieg would run for president.
“Pete did something that I believe that no other presidential candidate has fully done before,” the pastor noted. “We’ve seen presidential candidates talk about their faith. We’ve seen them thank God for things. We’ve seen them even pray. Pete would exegete passages on the campaign trail.” (“Exegesis” refers to the careful reading of Scripture, focusing on specific words to tease out a deeper meaning.)
“He’s breaking down passages, using them, really, as, in many ways, sort of propaganda for his various views,” Miles says. “And so, I believe that there was actually a turning point with him. I’m not going to say that Pete was single-handedly responsible for giving life to the Christian Left, but I think he was a major inspiration for a lot of people on that side for that reason, because he would build these arguments about why Jesus was a refugee, so, therefore, we need open borders and illegal immigration.”
Miles recalls briefly interviewing Buttigieg years ago, and he cites Buttigieg’s father’s past in translating the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci. He noted that Buttigieg “did a lot of things to clean up the immediate downtown” in South Bend, “but you go outside of the area at all, and the city’s probably the worst it’s ever been.””
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Comey is a liar.
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Out the groomers.
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Stand for what is right and they will break you if you let them. Sadly he is letting them.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ballplayer-caves-and-apologizes-for-sharing-video-on-bud-light-target-boycotts
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And this is a guy with a backbone standing firmly…
https://www.dailywire.com/news/catholic-mlb-pitcher-slams-dodgers-for-honoring-drag-nuns
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Extreme politics, both the left and right secular varieties, are a threat to the true faith which must be always guarded against the spirit of the age.
Christ speaks to every age and all circumstances — just not in the way or spirit (or sometimes even with the answers) we often presume.
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As believers we do know and not assume that truth is always spoken through Christ…no compromise
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“Woke” Christianity is just a relabel to sell a book. Modernism and liberation theology have been around for decades. The pastors reference to Gramsci is confirms this – Gramsci is a hero to many cultural marxists and helped shape liberation theology.
“But woke Christianity “removes persecution for the sake of Christ because persecution, ” a bizarre reason to criticize wokism; I won’t be persecuted for Christ. And it’s even more bizarre since many Christians in the US constantly complain they are persecuted for Christ. And the liberation theologican priests of Latin America would easily confirm that woke Christians can be persecuted for Christ but right wing death squads killed many of them
“When you look at Scripture, it talks about not punishing people based upon the acts of their parents or the acts of their ancestors,” Miles noted, referencing verses such as Ezekiel 18:20.
Wow even I can remember “a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.”
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HRW – Other verses say that God does not punish the children for the sin of the father if the children turn to Him and do good.
From what I have read, the verse you mentioned implies that those “third and fourth” generations also hate God. One person explained that in those times, people married and had children young, so it was common for one man to have an effect on the faith of three or four generations.
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When Dems and the media anoint her as their next up and coming star, and they will, remember this.
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Remember this when the media tries to blame the threats on “right wing” protesters.
“LGBT Group Threatens To Bomb Target Stores…”
https://www.newsweek.com/target-faces-bomb-threats-amid-lgbtq-controversy-1802991
“Staff and customers at several Target locations were evacuated on Friday after bomb threats were made at select stores across the country as controversy continues to grow over the company’s LGBTQ+ merchandise.
CBS News affiliate WOIO in Cleveland, Ohio, received an email at 12:26 p.m. Friday warning of bombs that had been placed in five different Target locations near the city. According to a screenshot of the email, which was published by the outlet, the threat was made in response to Target’s decision to remove its LGBTQ+ pride collection from its shelves earlier this week.
“Target is full of…cowards who turned their back on the LGBT community and decided to cater to the homophobic right wing redneck bigots who protested and vandalized their store,” read the email. “We won’t stand idly by as the far right continues to hunt us down.”
WOIO’s staff contacted local police departments as well as the Cleveland FBI regarding the threatening letter. According to a release from the Jackson Township Police Department, police dispatch received calls around 12:40 p.m. from both WOIO and WEWS, an ABC News affiliate based in Cleveland, regarding a potential bomb threat at a Target in their county.
Jackson Township officers evacuated and searched the store along with a bomb-sniffing dog from the Stark Country Sheriff’s office, read the release. According to a report from The Repository in Canton, Ohio, no bombs were found at the location and store operations resumed around 3:15 p.m.”
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Haha.
Good. That should disabuse her of the notion that her disloyalty to R’s made her new friends. She was used.
“Students Turn Back On, Boo Liz Cheney During Commencement Speech”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/students-turn-back-on-boo-liz-cheney-during-commencement-speech
“Former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney had a chilly reception at her alma mater this past weekend when she gave the commencement speech for Colorado College’s class of 2023.
Many students turned their backs to Cheney during her speech and others booed, while she also received some signs of support from the audience. According to the Cowboy State Daily, roughly half of the graduates turned their backs to Cheney during her speech.”
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“One student complained to the Cowboy State Daily that Cheney was too conservative. “She stood up to Trump, and that was commendable,” one student said. “But that doesn’t change her voting record or her stance on what I consider to be basic human rights.”
During her speech, Cheney also took shots at men, saying that more women should be in politics.”
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Awww….
Poor degenerate groomers. Some mean adults are keeping them away from their prey.
“‘Heartbreaking’: Furries and Drag Queens Upset After GOP Laws Force Them To Exclude Minors”
https://freebeacon.com/culture/heartbreaking-furries-and-drag-queens-upset-after-gop-laws-force-them-to-exclude-minors/
“Adults who engage in sexualized animal role-play and men who dress up as exaggerated caricatures of women are outraged that Republican-backed laws may prevent them from performing in front of children.
The Protection of Children Act, which recently took effect in Florida, bans children from being admitted to “any show, exhibition, or other presentation in front of a live audience which, in whole or in part, depicts or simulates nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, [or] specific sexual activities.” Tennessee legislators recently passed a similar law, which is held up in the courts.
The laws have led to pushback from “furries” and drag queens, with the Orlando “furry” convention Megaplex describing the Florida law as “heartbreaking.” To comply, Megaplex has made its event adult-only, Fox News reported. The move likely indicates that convention organizers thought minors attending the event could have been exposed to sexual activities.
The term “furries” refers to people who wear animal costumes and role-play as anthropomorphized animals. While many “furries” deny their interest is sexual, the majority of them report being sexually attracted to animals, and a site linked by convention organizers says that the “acceptance of bestialitists is a hotly contested topic” among “furries.””
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The stupid…..
It hurts…..
“Kamala Harris Tells West Point Graduates: “You See What Can Be Unburdened By What Has Been”…”
Word salad, it’s what’s for dinner.
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I say….
Prove it.
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Gotta hide those visitor logs, huh Joe?
Lest they reveal who you’re in bed with.
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Yep.
#USELESS GOP
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Because the media is useless too.
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No one cares…..
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Can’t have the truth getting out…..
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The Soros prostitute prosecutor was not pleased.
https://twitter.com/Segovax7/status/1663753483558981640
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Liz Liz Liz ….she wouldn’t recognize the truth even if it smacked her upside the head!!
From the Gazette…
“After the 2020 election, and the attack of Jan. 6, my fellow Republicans wanted me to lie,” Cheney said. “They wanted me to say that the 2020 election was stolen, that the attack of Jan. 6 wasn’t a big deal, and that Donald Trump wasn’t dangerous. I had to choose between lying and losing my position in House leadership.”
The words inscribed above the entrance to Palmer Hall — “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free” — have stuck with Cheney in the decades following her graduation, she said.
Graduates who turned their backs to Cheney said they did so because of her conservative positions on abortion, LGBTQ+ issues and voting rights.
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Finally.
Now turn Julie Kelly lose on it. 🙂
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