Professing evangelical David French made heads spin recently when his New York Times opinion article claimed that the way to save conservatism was to elect Kamala Harris, the most radical pro-abortion candidate for president in U.S. history.
French is not alone. A stream of faith leaders have lined up behind leftist issues, such as climate change, ongoing vaccinations, and immigration, giving them the weight of gospel imperatives good Christians should support.
“What gives?” asks the rank-and-file church member in the pew. How have we come to a place where Christians are too intimidated to talk about topics where Christianity has much to say — such as sexuality and the sexes — and instead push the same narrative heard on any major network? To put it simply, why are Christians carrying water for the left?
Since the 2020 summer of “peaceful” riots, many people of faith have felt the leftward drift in Christian institutions. When journalist Megan Basham exposed how a group like The After Party funded its existence through grants from secular foundations unsympathetic to the faith itself, warning bells went off. But when her book Shepherds For Sale was published in July, an even bigger picture emerged.
So-called progressives see evangelicals and the churches and organizations they represent as the country’s largest religious voting bloc. For the left, the church is a cultural holdout to be colonized and recruited, a fortress to be infiltrated and won over. Or as American Reformer Contributing Editor Mike Sabo explains, “the leading concerns
