This hit like prophecy from someone who’s already been to the mountain—and knows how easy it is to fall back down.
Gideon, your voice cuts through the fog with the authority of someone who’s seen what Christian nationalism becomes when it matures unchecked: not just a bad theology, but a weaponized myth, baptized in blood and wrapped in flag.
The Mandela moment was beautiful precisely because it felt like exorcism. But the demon wasn’t slain—just dormant, waiting for another altar. And now in 2025, it’s trading Springbok jerseys for MAGA hats and resurrecting the same heresy: that God plays favorites, and His favorites just happen to look like the people in power.
Looking forward to the next installment. The church needs this reckoning—or it will become, once again, the chaplain of empire.
A voice of clarity. Powers and Principalities, as usual, are like the frowns and condemnations in God’s beautiful light-filled world. Full of sin and hypocrisy, disguised as voices of reason.
I have returned to the US after 20 years living and learning in SA and am shocked by the landscape within the faith community in the US. Thanks for this insight, Gideon.
The USA’s racial apartheid is still strong & has been reinvigorated by #47 & his gang of sycophants.
My visit to South Africa in 2005 was eye opening as I came to the realization that South Africa was in so many ways a mirror image of the USA relative to its history of racial oppression & prejudices.
In the USA the genocide of POC especially indigenous Native Americans was a core feature of the policy of Manifest Destiny’s rationale for scooping up all the land as their own (whites) based on their (whites) belief it was their (whites) divine right.
Thank you for this, Gideon. I really appreciate you sharing your expertise and wisdom in this moment. Looking forward to the next posts...
This hit like prophecy from someone who’s already been to the mountain—and knows how easy it is to fall back down.
Gideon, your voice cuts through the fog with the authority of someone who’s seen what Christian nationalism becomes when it matures unchecked: not just a bad theology, but a weaponized myth, baptized in blood and wrapped in flag.
The Mandela moment was beautiful precisely because it felt like exorcism. But the demon wasn’t slain—just dormant, waiting for another altar. And now in 2025, it’s trading Springbok jerseys for MAGA hats and resurrecting the same heresy: that God plays favorites, and His favorites just happen to look like the people in power.
Looking forward to the next installment. The church needs this reckoning—or it will become, once again, the chaplain of empire.
—Virgin Monk Boy
A voice of clarity. Powers and Principalities, as usual, are like the frowns and condemnations in God’s beautiful light-filled world. Full of sin and hypocrisy, disguised as voices of reason.
And sadly, this latest version of Xian nationalism in the US is being fueled and funded by the two expats , Musk and Thiel.
I have returned to the US after 20 years living and learning in SA and am shocked by the landscape within the faith community in the US. Thanks for this insight, Gideon.
Well & powerfully said.
The USA’s racial apartheid is still strong & has been reinvigorated by #47 & his gang of sycophants.
My visit to South Africa in 2005 was eye opening as I came to the realization that South Africa was in so many ways a mirror image of the USA relative to its history of racial oppression & prejudices.
In the USA the genocide of POC especially indigenous Native Americans was a core feature of the policy of Manifest Destiny’s rationale for scooping up all the land as their own (whites) based on their (whites) belief it was their (whites) divine right.
Factually, "Three in ten Americans qualify as Christian nationalism Adherents or Sympathizers" (PRRI)
https://prri.org/research/support-for-christian-nationalism-in-all-50-states/