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This past week marked President Donald Trump’s first 100 days of his second term.
A lot has changed since Trump 1.0 – not the least of which is a country that has shifted culturally toward conservative values: Traditional families; traditional gender roles; traditional definitions of manliness and femininity; and smaller government that allows for individual liberties and free markets.
A big win for me: an openness toward Christian values – something I’ve not seen in the 20 years I’ve lived in California. I’ll give my report card. And later - my interview with a pastor on religion and AI and politics.
Welcome to the show.
President Donald Trump marked his first 100 days of his second term. His presidency is in stark contrast to the last four years for many reasons, not the least of which is - he’s alive. Trump won because of the economy and immigration. Here’s what I give him:
Immigration - A++
Economy - B
Foreign policy - B
Culture - A+++
A+ on transparency - creates a culture of openness and accessibility.
A+ on authenticity – which creates a culture of integrity .
A+ on protecting Christian values.
Let me start there.
Christian values have been castigated; reviled - always seen as unworthy of intellectual exploration. As long as I’ve lived in northern California, it’s always been seen as the ugly stepchild. I moved to San Francisco in 1999 (already a very non-Christian city) and at that time the New Atheist movement was rising in prominence. It was very much in vogue and the movement emboldened more people to be condescending toward Christianity, if not vitriolic.
But something happened around 2010 – this insidious rise of the woke religion: which I define as viewing the world through an oppressor and oppressed lens to subvert traditional values and truths. It’s a religion that wants to elevate all minority groups – criticizing anyone who doesn’t like these groups as racist, homophobic, xenophobic, etc.
This religion started to rise during the Obama years (2010) and then kicked into overdrive during the Biden years. That’s not a coincidence – this new religion was embraced and enforced by the Left as a political position as they catered to these minority groups - including Muslims. Recall, Obama refused to say Islamic terrorists back in 2016. Last year, Kamala Harris said “we must reject offensive comments like “Radical Islamic Terrorism”
But no one hated this woke religion and Democratic political position more than the New Atheists who viewed the Islamic faith as intolerant and militant. And in the last 15 years, certainly the last four years, the Left pushed this religion through censorship and top-down policies and laws. The result - we saw it - we’re seeing it – a big backlash that drew the most unlikely of bedfellows together: Atheists and Christians.
Some former atheists even acknowledged that the only way to fight this religious war was with religion itself.
Well-known thinker Ayaan Hirsi Ali shifted to the right - denouncing atheism and embracing Christianity. She went public with an essay titled: “Why I am now a Christian; Atheism can’t equip us for civilizational war.”
Here’s what Ayaan said in her post:
Richard Dawkins also had kind words to say about Christianity, saying he preferred to live in a culturally Christian world than an Islamic one. Joe Rogan, who spent years denigrating Christians had his “Jesus” moment as well in 2024. He famously said “We need Jesus.”
While we saw this shift toward spirituality, we also saw the same people shift right politically. Both Ayaan and Joe Rogan endorsed Donald Trump. Was it because they were voting for Christianity? Of course not. But it was their vote against wokeism.
Richard Dawkins said as much. Commenting on the elections, Dawkins said this on X: Voters voted for Trump because they were “fed up with being told they must be racist just because they’re white. And patronised if they deny women can have penises.” .
If a vote for Trump and the Republicans was a vote against wokeism - then Christianity won.
Now some Christians may say, wait - I’m a Christian and I didn’t vote for Trump. I don’t feel like Christianity won.
This is not surprising. There’s always been division in the church. In 1 Corinthians 1:10 - Paul writes “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you…”
So how do we find commonality? Firstly, we have to find where we disagree.
For those Christians upset about Trump in the office (and I’ve heard or I’ve read many arguments that Christians like myself are not compassionate enough and supportive of the poor and minorities).
This christianity is a form of “Liberation theology” - an approach to Christianity that focuses on the plight of the oppressed.
It focuses more on social transformation in the world. It’s a very “materialistic” view of the world (this is not surprising because it has its roots in Marxism). To be honest, I’m not a fan of this theology. It’s a departure from the traditional Christian ethos of being saved by grace and having a personal interaction with God, that drives us to glorify God in whatever way we’re called. It’s a very personalized interaction.
I look back at the story of Mary pouring expensive perfume on Jesus’ feet because this was her way of glorifying Him. Judas criticizes her and says that money could be used for the poor. In the Bible, it specifically says - Judas didn’t care for the poor, he just occasionally stole from the moneybag. This tells me - Jesus wants us to be wary of the Judas’ of this world who say we need to always stand up for the poor, above anything else. No. What this passage reminds us of is that we should glorify God in our personalized way.
And if that means not supporting government policies to help the poor - so be it. We can be Mary in our own way and Jesus will bless that.
Watch the show for the rest of my Trump 100-day analysis. I also speak to Pastor Jay Cooper of Violet Crown City Church in Austin. We talk about his AI experiment as well as why speaking about politics inside church is very important.
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