Christianists

“I’m not trying to establish Christianity as the national religion or something, that is not what this is about. If you believe in the bible’s commands and seek to follow those, it is impossible to a hateful person. Because the greatest command in the bible is that you love God with everything you have and that you love your neighbor …

“The words kind, joyful, humble, don’t often characterize politicians that I’ve encountered. They do for Mike Johnson. There’s chaos on the Hill. A lot needs to be done. But he had such calm in his demeanor. I really believe he thinks God is leading the way. This will all get figured out. And he is, I believe, here for an …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: Washington is bursting with varied reactions to House Republicans electing U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as speaker — ranging from “hooray!” to “who?” — but the strangest might be allegations that Speaker Johnson will turn America into a theocracy. “Welcome to the Republican Era of not even pretending they aren’t forcing their religion …

The Christian Post reports: International House of Prayer Kansas City founder Mike Bickle has agreed to step away from public ministry as he is investigated for “serious allegations including sexual immorality” that have been made against him by multiple women. Leaders of the charismatic Evangelical Christian movement and missions organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, made the revelations of the …

The Huffington Post reports: House Speaker Mike Johnson’s wife took down the website for her company, Onward Christian Counseling Services, a day after HuffPost pointed to documents on the site that compared homosexuality to bestiality and incest. HuffPost reported Friday that Kelly Johnson, the wife of the Louisiana Republican and newly elected speaker, is owner and CEO of Onward Christian …

“Speaker Johnson is saying, well, look, we might have to do just one more, just one more continuing resolution, we just got to do one more all the way through January 15th? Why is that? It’s obvious he doesn’t want to make people work through Christmas because he says, well, we need some breathing room. “No. No breathing room. Work …

The Insider reports: Kelly Johnson’s website listed a specialty in Temperament counseling, a specialty that she received training for from an organization founded in the 1980s by a Christian couple. The temperament-based approach breaks people down into five types: Melancholy, Choleric, Sanguine, Supine, and Phlegmatic. Richard and Phyllis Arno, who established a test to identify people’s temperament, founded the National …

From the far-right Charisma News: The largest North American manufacturer of quality chocolate and sugar confection projects, as it touts itself as, Hershey’s has come up with a bag of candy for Halloween that it calls “Demon Treats,” with its regular assortment of chocolate to hand out to children on Halloween night. In its release, it says, “Trust us, after …

The Kansas City Star reports: The founder of the International House of Prayer of Kansas City, a 24/7 evangelical and missions organization, is facing serious allegations of misconduct, members of its leadership team told staff at a special meeting on Friday. Mike Bickle has led the organization since its founding in 1999. The leadership team did not provide details of …

Mother Jones reports: Rep. Mike Johnson, the newly elected Republican House speaker, used to conduct a seminar in churches premised on the idea that the United States is a “Christian nation.” This ministry, as he has referred to it, is yet more evidence that Johnson is committed to a hardcore Christian fundamentalism that shapes his views of politics and government. …

Jordan Campbell writes for Charisma News: We don’t celebrate Halloween is because satanic activity is real. As a second-generation deliverance minister, having worked with severe trauma survivors, it saddens me to see families opening doors to such darkness as they participate in Halloween. There is no light in it. The witchcraft, spells, incantations, curses, rituals, sacrifices—all of this is real, …

“The Ark Encounter is one way to bring people to this recognition of the truth, that what we read in the Bible are actual historical events. Kentucky officials are smart to enthusiastically embrace the Ark Encounter, and the millions of tourists the park will welcome to the area from every viewpoint, race, color, religion and creed. Answers In Genesis aims …

“He absolutely hates gay sex, especially when he’s having it. He wants to actually criminalize gay sex because it makes it hotter. Oh, this is a beaut, this guy. He has written in favor of reinstituting sodomy laws. Sodomy laws? That’s laws against anal and oral. I’ve never understood this about the Republicans. If you’re so against abortion, why would …

The Huffington Post reports: The wife of newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) runs a counseling business that advocates the belief that homosexuality is comparable to bestiality and incest, according to its operating documents. Johnson and his wife, Kelly, have long intertwined their political and business lives: They became a known entity in the late 1990s when they went …

“Halloween is coming up, which is All Saints Day, but let’s just be honest, Halloween is a dark, dark day. Not a fan of it. It’s what you do with it. Not a fan of all the kind of dressing up and all that nonsense. I don’t like it. “And if you are a Christian, you must be, and by …

The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports: During a 2016 Louisiana Senate hearing on an anti-marriage equality measure, the bill’s author, then state Rep. Mike Johnson, found himself in a bit of a political pickle. The bill’s blanket protections for clergy refusing to marry someone because of their religious beliefs had Black and brown lawmakers concerned it would open the door not …

The Daily Beast reports: In the past, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) has had a lot to say about the issue of LGBTQ+ rights. While working for the Alliance Defending Freedom, Johnson went on record as saying that “inherently unnatural” same-sex relationships mark “the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy” and could lead to people marrying their pets. Now, however, …

“We have this scumbag psychopath who said, oh, I heard voices, and he previously said he wanted to shoot up a national guard place. Should have been put in an insane asylum, period. Went for mental health treatment and now unnecessarily 16 to 17 people are dead. And this is evil that it’s just so hard to wrap our heads …

NBC News reports: Two years before going from a relatively unknown congressman to speaker of the House, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana spoke at a national gathering of Christian lawmakers in North Texas and shared his deep admiration for the man behind the conference: the evangelical activist and self-styled historian David Barton. Johnson told the audience at the December 2021 …

Atlanta’s Fox affiliate reports: An Acworth man who once had a leadership role at a popular Cobb County church has been arrested. Cobb Police have charged him with four counts of child molestation for his alleged encounters with a 15-year-old boy who attended the church. Cobb Police have arrested the 32-year-old former Worship in Wonders former director of operations Marcus …