09/04/2026
If your Christianity doesn’t sound like Jesus, eventually we have to ask whether it’s Christianity at all.
Jesus opens His most famous sermon with:
Blessed are the poor in spirit.
The meek. The merciful.
The peacemakers.
MAGA Christianity starts somewhere very different:
Strength. Dominance.
Enemies. Winning.
Jesus says, “Blessed are the meek.”
MAGA Christianity says never apologize, never back down, never show weakness.
Jesus says, “Love your enemies.”
MAGA Christianity needs enemies—people to fear, defeat, humiliate, and blame.
Jesus says, “Blessed are the merciful.”
MAGA Christianity regularly treats mercy as weakness and revenge as righteousness.
Jesus says, “Turn the other cheek.”
MAGA Christianity celebrates aggression, threats, intimidation, and fantasies of righteous violence.
Jesus warns against building our lives around money, status, and power.
MAGA Christianity wraps political power in a flag and calls it faith.
Jesus repeatedly moves toward the poor, the marginalized, and the overlooked.
MAGA Christianity is fueled by grievance, nostalgia, and fear of losing control.
Jesus says His kingdom is not of this world.
MAGA Christianity seems remarkably determined to conquer this one.
At some point, this stops being a disagreement over politics. It becomes a question of whether we are actually following Jesus.
Because when a movement consistently teaches and celebrates the opposite of what Jesus taught, we don’t need better deflections and "whataboutisms" to point the finger outward rather than inward.
We need enough honesty to admit what we’re looking at.
You can put “Christian” in the name.
But if the Sermon on the Mount sounds like the opposition platform, Jesus isn’t leading the movement.
Call it conservative.
Call it patriotic.
Call it MAGA.
Just don’t call it Christlike.
