MAGA Theology's Darkest Prayer Against Talarico: 'Stop Him By Any Means Necessary'

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Pete Hegseth didn't just bring his politics to the Pentagon. He brought his pastor.

In this video, I analyze a recent clip featuring Brooks Potteiger — Pete Hegseth's personal pastor from a CREC (Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches) congregation — and Joshua Haymes, calling for divine action against Texas State Representative James Talarico. As a pastor myself, I'm naming this for what it is: not prayer, not Christianity, and not faith. This is MAGA theology operating as a political weapon.

This is the theological framework behind Christian nationalism — and it is now inside the U.S. Department of Defense.

In this analysis:

— Who is Brooks Potteiger, and why is he at the Pentagon?

— What does the CREC network actually believe about political opponents?

— How does Doug Wilson's theology justify this kind of rhetoric?

— Why James Talarico was targeted — and what it tells us about where this movement is heading

— What the Bible actually says about praying against your enemies

This is not a partisan attack. This is a theological autopsy.

I was an evangelical pastor for 20 years. I planted a church in the inner city of St. Paul. I know this world from the inside — and what I'm seeing from Pete Hegseth, Brooks Potteiger, and the Christian nationalist movement is a corruption of the Gospel that demands a response.

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