Jonathan Walton

Pat Robertson’s Not Woke, He’s the Reason You Should Be

April 21, 2021

So a moment where someone is able to condemn murder and distinguish a Glock from a Taser might be retweeted or shared thousands of times, but it is not confession, repentance, and rebuke of the racist, misogynistic, homophobic, and nationalist ideas that he has preached and platformed for the last 60 years.

The Ministers of Insurrection

Jonathan Walton

January 29, 2021

Global, Politics, Theology

The Gospel of Matthew ends with the Great Commission; and no matter how much you twist those scriptures there is no amount of theological gymnastics that can get you to a Cross and a “Jesus Saves” sign at the Capitol on January 6. Jesus said to go and make disciples, yet many churches are churning out terrorists called “patriots” instead.

A Practical View of White American Folk Religion Contrasted with Real Christianity

Jonathan Walton

October 31, 2020

Politics, Race, Theology

81% of White Evangelicals voted for Donald Trump to Make America Great Again. But it was not Christianity that got him elected. White American Folk Religion (WAFR) did. This ideology, not Christianity, is the oxygen burned in the spiritual fire of the United States.