November 20: Trump Is Threatening to Kill People Again — And What Real Christianity Actually Looks Like

Tonight I talk about something we all wish we didn’t have to say out loud:

Donald Trump is again threatening to kill U.S. lawmakers, veterans, and anyone else who refuses to follow unlawful orders.

He’s back to the language of hanging, executing, punishing—because a few Americans, including members of our own military, had the courage to say one simple truth:

You do not have to obey an unlawful order.

Not even from a president.

Especially not from a president.

He knows his numbers are collapsing.

He knows the fear isn’t working.

And now he’s panicking, lashing out in the only language he understands—violence and revenge.

But here’s the thing I talk about in this episode:

There are still people of faith in this country who know the difference between power and goodness.

Pope Leo is preaching goodness, dignity, and conscience at a time when the world was drowning in greed and political cruelty. Trump, meanwhile, preaches hate, vengeance, and violence. One calls people upward. The other drags them down.

And those people—the ones who stand up, who refuse to bend the knee to a tyrant—are the best example of what patriotism is supposed to look like.

Not the performative stuff.

Not the culture-war cosplay.

But the real thing:

Courage.

Conscience.

Sacrifice.

Standing with the vulnerable.

Refusing to follow evil for the sake of comfort or belonging.

There’s a famous line in the New Testament:

“You will know them by their fruits.”

Well, look at the fruits.

One man is screaming threats of execution at his fellow Americans.

The other Americans—veterans, lawmakers, ordinary citizens—are simply saying: “I will not betray my conscience, my oath, or my God to serve your rage.”

That’s the message.

That’s the episode.

And honestly?

It’s the first hope I’ve felt in awhile.

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