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Invoking Romans 13 to justify a war isn't a sermon — it's a brief

published · May 11, 5:44 PM · $0.00 total · published 48d ago
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Pastor Jeffress goes on Fox and says Trump has a better understanding of the Bible than the first American-born pope in history. Trump amplifies it on Truth Social the same day. Mike's angle: this isn't a theology debate. It's about the pattern — any institution that doesn't fall in line gets the treatment. The pope is calling for peace and gets called 'weak on crime' and 'radical left.' A Pentagon official reportedly told a Vatican rep: 'America has the military power to do whatever it wants — the Catholic Church had better take its side.' Mike goes to church most Sundays. He knows the difference between a pastor and a press operative. Button: Invoking Romans 13 to justify a war isn't a sermon. It's a brief.

Media and institutional callouts — named figures, specific quotes, documented hypocrisy. Mike is Catholic-adjacent (church most Sundays, Polish Catholic heritage) so this lands personally, not as abstract culture war. Gives Mike a rare moment of pushback within the MAGA frame — his own tradition being weaponized. Strong punch potential. No recent content near this lane.

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I go to church most Sundays. I know what a pastor sounds like. And I know what a press operative sounds like. Robert Jeffress went on Fox and told America that Donald Trump has a better understanding of the Bible than Pope Leo XIV. The first American-born pope in Catholic history. A man who studied theology in Rome and leads 1.4 billion Catholics. Jeffress — who has called Roman Catholicism a counterfeit religion and in 2017 used Romans 13 to tell Fox that the Bible permitted Trump to assassinate Kim Jong-un or start a war with North Korea — is apparently the guy we're trusting on scripture now. Trump amplified the clip on Truth Social the same day it aired.

The pope called for a peaceful resolution. Trump called him weak on crime and radical left. A Pentagon meeting with a Vatican representative reportedly produced this line: 'America has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side.' They invoked the Avignon Papacy. If you don't know what that means, look it up. It means they told the Vatican: we've owned the papacy before.

I'm not here to adjudicate theology. I'm here to point out a pattern. Any institution that won't fall in line gets worked over — the media, the courts, now the Church. Romans 13 is about submitting to governing authority. Using it to build a case for war is not a sermon. That's a brief. And the pastor delivering it is not a man of God doing his duty. He's a surrogate doing his job.

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When Romans 13 becomes a war brief, that's not a sermon. That's a press operation. #faith #politics #america #maga

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