Let’s examine whether President Donald Trump’s re-election in November 2024 represents God’s judgment on American Christians in general—and, more specifically, on a wicked and racially divided church.
No matter how you look at it, Trump remains a deeply divisive figure. Some Republicans, often labeled RINOs (Republicans in Name Only), despise him with a vengeance. Figures like Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, former President George W. Bush, and Trump’s former Vice President Mike Pence actively oppose him.
Their animosity stems largely from Trump’s hostile—and successful—takeover of their beloved Republican party, leaving them sidelined, gazing at the levers of power from the outside. Put simply, those who once stood at the pinnacle of global influence have been relegated to irrelevant opposition.
Then there are the MAGA-Republicans who form the core of Trump’s support—individuals best described as white Christian nationalists. Unlike many black church leaders, I aim to provide a precise definition of this movement.
Regular readers know I’ve long criticized black church leadership for speaking in vague terms, failing to harness the power of specific language to educate God’s people.
White Christian nationalism rests on three unshakable principles. First is a fanatical belief that God favors them exclusively and that America is the greatest nation in history (Act 10:34-35, Jam. 2:1).
Second is the conviction that the conservative platform, divinely endorsed above all others, is the best political philosophy to guide the nation (John 18:36, 2 Cor. 10:4). Third is the notion that “military might makes their worldview right" (Psa. 146:3-5).
On the opposite end of the religious-political spectrum—though the terms religious and political often clash—are liberal Democrats, a racially broader group than their Republican counterparts. Among them are black church Democrats who believe God is with them because Democratics are more socially just and aligned with their cause (Duet. 10:17, Col. 3:11).
I won’t belabor the folly and biblical ignorance of black church leaders who think Democrats are any more their allies than Republicans. The only difference is that Republicans don’t pretend to care, while Democrats do (Psa. 55:21, Prov. 26:24-25).
For any white person reading this who desires a partnership granting access to a significant segment of the black community, it’s simple: make the black preacher feel needed, flatter their ego, and pat them on the head when they deliver (Prov. 13:20, Prov. 14:12, Prov. 22:3).
Do these things, in order and consistently, and you have a useful idiot for life! These sorts do not discern the dangerous difference between a need the need.
While many refer to black Republican mouth pieces as slaves, they are unknowingly the same. On a national level, these leaders’ interests couldn’t possibly align with the plight of the masses—the very people Jesus cared about (Matt. 9:36, Matt. 14:14).
When Jesus arrived, people were healed while these sorts show-up and things remain stagnant and most often get worse.
What should be clear to any student of Scripture is the lack of cohesive purpose within the church (John 17:21, Eph. 4:3-14). While white Christian nationalism is often tied to Trump, this ideology has existed since Europeans first set foot on these shores.
Roughly 300 years ago, and continuing until about 60 years ago, it went by another name: “Manifest Destiny" (Eccles. 1:9).
As for black church Democrats, national figures like Dr. Jamal Bryant have labeled black Republicans with the pejorative “coon,” as if the Democratic stance is inherently superior to that of RINOs or MAGA Republicans (John 8:44, 2 Cor. 6:14).
Anyone with even a hint of prophetic insight—or who heeds Paul’s call for the church to “speak the same thing”—cannot ignore the evidence of God’s judgment on America (Rom. 15:5-6, 1 Pet. 4:17, Philipp. 2:2).
When three groups of believers, totaling over 120 million people, split into factions as is evident—each convinced God is with them and the others serve Satan—what results is nothing short of demonic confusion (John 6:63, Rom. 8:5, Gal. 5:17).
None offer biblical proof that God favors them over the others, because doing so would make God a liar (1 Tim. 1:7, Titus 1:11). Scripture declares He does not show partiality, play favorites, or love one group more than another (Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11).
Moreover, politics is a war of sinful flesh, incapable of edifying the whole body of Christ—a biblical imperative (Zech 4:6, Eph. 6:12).
Shortly after the 2024 election, I made a surprising statement while guest-speaking at a church: “God does not need a godly person in national political leadership to manifest Kingdom outcomes.” I backed this up with five or six examples from Scripture—both Old and New Testaments.
Whether it’s Pharaoh in Abraham’s or Joseph’s time, Artaxerxes in Nehemiah’s story, Ahasuerus in Esther’s, Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel’s, or Caesar in Jesus’ day, God’s will prevailed even through wicked rulers (Gen. 12:17, Gen. 41:39-40, Neh. 2:8, Esth. 6, Dan. 4:34-35, Luke 2).
In most cases, God’s people came under such leaders due to their own disobedience Put plainly, the Lord used corrupt political power brokers to discipline His people (2 Kings 24:1-2, Jer. 25:9, Isa. 10:5-6).
Whether it’s Barack Obama, Joe Biden, or Donald Trump, all are flawed and do not serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Among them, Trump at least acknowledges the biblical truth of two sexes, while the others opposed this and redefined marriage to include same-sex unions, calling it honorable (Gen. 1:27, Gen. 2:24).
If I, like most pastors, preach that God never changes, why do two groups of professed believers resist a wicked king—who was visibly protected from assassination—only to prop up their own wicked alternatives?
Trump is not the first as Andrew Jackson (1853), Theodore Roosevelt (1912), Harry Truman (1950), Gerald Ford (1975), and Ronald Reagan (1981) were all divinely protected from being murdered as president.
To forego any accusations of personal partisanship, that equals four Republicans and
two Democrats. These are just the ones we know about!
Joe Biden was obviously suffering from severe dementia during his presidency, Kamala Harris is a complete idiot (and radical abortionist) who can't string a cogent pair of sentences together, and Donald Trump is a power-hungry, arrogant loud mouth.
How is any one better than the other and if so, by what objective biblical measure?
Rather than seeking God’s face and repenting of their role in this national chaos, church leaders have sown confusion in the body, throwing demonic tantrums like children denied their way (Zech. 10:2, Mic. 3:11).
During Joe Biden’s presidency, RINO Christians grumbled about his leadership but rejoiced that Trump was gone. Black pastors and sheep, certain God was with them, celebrated Trump’s exit—whom they openly loathed—and cheered the nation’s first black female vice president (Kamala Harris).
Meanwhile, MAGA Republicans seethed, plotted, and prayed for their Bible-wielding avenger, Donald Trump, to return (Isa. 44:17, Jer. 10:14-15, Habak. 2:18-19).
In fairness, what Biden’s administration and the U.S. intelligence apparatus did to Trump during his time out of office was unholy and evil—not because Trump is a saint, but because no president escapes the moral corruption the role demands.
Which of the three groups showed Holy Ghost discernment in calling for the arrest of all presidential level crooks (Isa. 5:23, John 10:12-13).
The wolf is in the midst of all three groups of backslidden Christians and they cannot recognize it!
Presidents are, in a literal sense, serial killers. Though Scripture calls such leaders “ministers of justice”, their wielding of that sword isn’t always just (Rom. 13:4). If Trump faced prosecution, every living president should be arrested and tried as well.
Yet truth, righteousness, and justice aren’t the goals of these three groups of professed Christians—power and its perks are. Depending on who’s in office, each group cries tyranny, claiming they’re under an oppressive ruler like those in Scripture.
So why don’t they follow God’s command to His people in exile?
“Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace” (Jeremiah 29:7). This command came in a letter from Jeremiah to the Israelites exiled by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon.
Many hoped for a swift return to Jerusalem, but God had other plans:
Settle down in Babylon—build houses, plant gardens, and start families (Jeremiah 29:5-6).
Seek the welfare of the city—work for Babylon’s good, not against it.
Pray for its peace—their own well-being depended on the city’s stability.
As with those captives, God’s sovereignty rules all things. He has allowed His church—all three groups—to be held captive by wicked leaders. Yet none acknowledge this. Instead, professed Christians blaspheme the Lord by calling “good evil and evil good” (Isa. 5:20).
Truly, having worked with white Christian Nationalists at the Denver Rescue Mission, I get it. The political and social lines were drawn, the good old boy club intact and none of the black employee were welcome.
However, I never got caught up in the false belief that politics caused the issue nor could resolve it.
I won’t conclude by detailing what the church should do in such times—God’s Word means little to national church leaders, regardless of politics. But I must warn those who mock God’s name among the nations: repent, for Hell and the Lake of Fire are real!
Church leaders have deceived God’s people for personal gain and will answer to Him directly. Whether in secular or church politics, God’s people cannot catch a break for righteousness’ sake.
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