Andrew Kolvet and Blake Neff Push Back Hard on CNN's Coverage of Christian Nationalism

[00:00] CNN is doing a special

[00:03] like documentary piece on the rise of

[00:06] Christian nationals.

[00:07] >> Oh boy, they're they're bitten that

[00:09] Bobby horse again.

[00:10] >> There have Yeah, there have been

[00:11] multiple story lines that feel like I'm

[00:12] I'm like in 2021 again like over and

[00:15] over and over.

[00:16] >> 23 I think was the peak where they were

[00:18] really they were really emphasizing that

[00:19] Christian nationalism was going to be

[00:21] the the the threat dour of 2024. But

[00:24] like for real,

[00:27] what is wrong with Christians loving

[00:30] their country, being involved in

[00:31] politics? Isn't that how America was

[00:33] founded?

[00:34] >> Yeah. I mean, it's that classic thing

[00:35] where an antifa will post, you know,

[00:38] these World War II like Antifa in World

[00:39] War II when they would have they all

[00:41] consider their great-grandfathers like

[00:42] the worst fascists imaginable every view

[00:45] they hold. Yeah. And so, same thing,

[00:46] you're a Christian nationalist if you

[00:48] believe anything that 90% of Americans

[00:50] believed from 1776 to 1970. Consider

[00:53] this. So CNN does a piece Pamela Brown

[00:56] who I know

[00:59] talking about the radicalization of

[01:01] people at Charlie's memorial because

[01:04] Charlie was assassinated

[01:07] by a radical

[01:09] by, as we talked about with Riley,

[01:11] somebody that was animated, at least in

[01:13] part, by

[01:15] his love affair with somebody that was

[01:16] trans.

[01:18] And instead of burning down the country

[01:21] like the real radicals did, we held

[01:23] vigils and memorials and people bought

[01:25] Bibles and they got baptized. How is

[01:27] that a bad thing? What are we even

[01:30] talking about here? So, let me play the

[01:33] clip. 384. And if you don't get as

[01:35] ticked off as I do watching this, I

[01:38] don't know. This is just really

[01:40] infuriating stuff. 384

[01:42] >> memorial service was one of the most um

[01:46] potent examples of this shift in our

[01:50] culture that we're experiencing right

[01:51] now where a large segment of American

[01:55] Christians are being activated by these

[01:57] ideas, radicalized by these ideas that

[02:00] say that they are the persecuted ones

[02:02] and that they need to stand up for

[02:04] Christians rights.

[02:07] Well, you know, Charlie did get

[02:09] assassinated. You do realize that?

[02:12] Whoever this guy is, what's his name? He

[02:15] deserves to be made a little bit famous

[02:17] for being an idiot.

[02:18] >> I refuse to know the names of CNN

[02:19] personnel.

[02:20] >> So, we have a a nation that was founded

[02:25] by Christians

[02:28] inspired

[02:29] >> quite

[02:30] Christians, if anything.

[02:31] >> Yes.

[02:32] >> By the way, the only true form of

[02:34] Christianity is a radical Christianity.

[02:36] There is Bible verses talking about if

[02:38] you're a lukewarm Christian, you will be

[02:40] spit out.

[02:41] >> And it's it's one of those books Charlie

[02:44] liked, um Tom Holland's Dominion, that

[02:46] we because we swim in the ocean of

[02:49] Christianity, even if you're not

[02:50] religious, actually, we don't recognize

[02:52] how fundamentally radical Christianity

[02:54] was from its very beginnings. That it

[02:57] totally remade the moral order of the

[03:00] Roman Empire, of the other Europeans

[03:02] that converted to it, of the Middle

[03:03] Easterners who converted to it. that

[03:05] everyone who ran into Christianity in

[03:07] the first century, the second century,

[03:09] the third century, for the first time,

[03:11] they're thinking, "What in the world is

[03:13] this? It has to be a radical faith. It

[03:15] is not a faith that is just going with

[03:18] your completely innate passive impulses

[03:22] that prevailed everywhere around the

[03:24] world before it came along."

[03:25] >> I'm Pastor Alan Jackson. We've had the

[03:27] privilege of partnering with Charlie

[03:28] Kirk and Turning Point USA. It was an

[03:30] honor to stand with them. All of us are

[03:32] grieving Charlie's absence. But here's

[03:35] the reality. We have an assignment.

[03:37] We're not stopping. We're going to

[03:38] continue forward with what Charlie

[03:40] invested his life in. Now, it's our turn

[03:43] to lead with faith. We're going to make

[03:45] an impact in this generation for the

[03:47] kingdom of God. We have some resources

[03:49] for you. You can go to

[03:50] allenjackson.com/charlie.

[03:53] Together, we're going to make a

[03:54] difference in this generation.

[03:56] >> Well, and this is the point. I mean, you

[03:58] look at what we talked about with the

[03:59] rise of Gen Z men going to church.

[04:01] They're going to the ancient churches

[04:04] that have not bent the knee to the

[04:06] zeitgeist of the cultural culture of the

[04:09] day. They they are going with things

[04:11] that are proudly and unapologetically

[04:13] preaching the full gospel, the full

[04:15] weight of it. You know, they don't want

[04:17] a weak, watered down preaching style.

[04:19] They don't want that. That's exactly

[04:21] what the world offers. They don't want

[04:22] pseudosocial sciences with a pew. That's

[04:25] what the world offers. They want radical

[04:29] Christianity that's boldly standing up

[04:31] for the principles of Jesus Christ and

[04:33] his death on the cross, risen from the

[04:37] dead on the third day, appearing before

[04:39] the the apostles, and then 500, then

[04:42] 5,000. That's what they want. They want

[04:43] the full thing. And they want people

[04:47] inspired by that faith to march into the

[04:49] public square and to build a world that

[04:52] looks more like the kingdom of God. That

[04:54] is the Christian faith. Let's go to the

[04:56] clip. Charlie 395.

[04:59] >> John Adams seamlessly said the

[05:00] Constitution was only written for a

[05:02] moral and religious people. It was

[05:03] wholly inadequate for the people of any

[05:05] other. The body politic of America was

[05:07] so Christian and was so Protestant that

[05:09] our form and structure of government was

[05:11] built for the people that believed in

[05:13] Christ our Lord. One of the reasons

[05:14] we're living through a constitutional

[05:16] crisis is that we no longer have a

[05:18] Christian nation, but we have a

[05:19] Christian form of government and they're

[05:21] incompatible. So, you cannot have

[05:22] liberty if you do not have a Christian

[05:24] population.

[05:27] By the way, it looks like uh we have uh

[05:30] I wonder if it's loaded. Is 394 loaded?

[05:33] Yep. Loaded. Uh our little uh thing that

[05:36] we were discussing has made its way to

[05:37] Fox News. 394.

[05:39] >> Young men report feeling culturally

[05:41] dislocated or villainized by progressive

[05:43] secular discourse regarding masculinity.

[05:46] Traditional forms of Christianity,

[05:47] particularly Catholicism and Orthodoxy,

[05:49] offer a narrative of responsibility,

[05:51] sacrifice, and hierarchy that appeals to

[05:54] men seeking a defined role in a fluid

[05:56] world. Now, the report also breaks down

[05:58] weekly religious attendance by education

[06:00] level, and those with post-graduate

[06:02] degrees are at 30%, people with

[06:05] bachelor's degrees, 28%. Emily, to add

[06:07] to this a little bit, okay, it's a

[06:09] worldwide phenomenon. 45% increase in

[06:12] the number of people baptized in France.

[06:14] In the UK, they have seen 18 to 24 year

[06:16] olds jump from 4% believers and

[06:19] attending church in 2018 to 16%. But I

[06:21] love this. Most of this growth is

[06:23] concentrated among Catholics and

[06:25] Pentecostals. A shout out to my

[06:26] evangelical crowd there.

[06:29] >> 4% is what it bottomed out in the UK.

[06:31] That

[06:32] >> Well, but what's crazy is is that they,

[06:34] you know, they're talking about how

[06:36] young men specifically feel alienated by

[06:38] a progressive discourse. If you show

[06:40] that Yahoo again, just give me this

[06:41] picture of this guy with his glasses.

[06:44] saying they're being radicalized to

[06:45] stand up for their Christian faith.

[06:47] Well, what do you think's going to

[06:48] happen when you target prolifers that

[06:51] are praying outside of abortion clinic?

[06:53] What do you think's going to happen when

[06:54] you spy on Catholics and this is this is

[06:58] what young men feel alienated by? That's

[07:00] a Karen with a beard right there talking

[07:03] about the rise of Christian nationalism.

[07:05] The rise of Christian Christian

[07:06] nationalism is why we didn't burn down

[07:09] cities when Charlie was killed.

[07:13] What are they complaining about? What

[07:16] would you want in its place? A bunch of

[07:18] Antifa thugs marching in the streets

[07:20] throwing Molotov cocktails. What would

[07:22] you want in its place?

[07:25] More targets looted? More buildings

[07:28] burned?

[07:29] Manion is going around shooting the the

[07:31] head of United Healthcare. Is that what

[07:33] you really want?

[07:36] I just don't understand what they're so

[07:38] upset about. This country is a Christian

[07:40] nation. Was founded by Christians. as

[07:42] Charlie said. And guess what? Western

[07:44] civilization is defined by one through

[07:46] line, Christianity. You are blessed by

[07:48] Christianity. CNN,

[07:51] you are blessed by the fact that

[07:53] Christians are still driven to lead

[07:56] purposeful lives and get into politics,

[07:58] to get into business, to have families.

[08:00] If they don't like Christian

[08:01] nationalism, they are not going to like

[08:04] whatever comes after

[08:05] >> Islamic nationalism. Is that what you

[08:07] want? I don't think you want that.

[08:11] >> [groaning and snorts]

[08:13] >> Thank you for bearing with me. All

[08:14] right, so we actually have a clip of

[08:17] Charlie being called a Christian

[08:20] nationalist by a student during a prove

[08:22] me wrong debate. Let's go ahead and play

[08:24] cut. Do we have the number 404?

[08:27] Christian nationalism I do not agree

[08:29] with at all. Um, I think it's

[08:31] antithetical to the values of the early

[08:33] church. And I think how do you reconcile

[08:37] the espec especially white Christians in

[08:40] this America marrying politics and power

[08:42] with their faith in this country?

[08:45] >> Well, there's a lot there. I've never

[08:46] described myself as a Christian

[08:47] nationalist. So, I'm a Christian and a

[08:50] nationalist. So, I never used those two.

[08:51] >> And then right there that and

[08:52] nationalist. Where in the scriptures

[08:54] does a Christian

[08:55] >> Thank you. Jeremiah 29:7, demand the

[08:57] welfare of the nation that you are in

[08:58] because your welfare is tied to your

[09:00] nation's welfare.

[09:03] >> Beautiful answer. It's true. We are

[09:05] called to support the nation state. It

[09:07] was God that defined the boundary lines

[09:09] of the nations. And you know, render

[09:12] unto Caesar what is Caesars. Render

[09:13] under God what is God. I mean, there's

[09:15] God loves order. And this is, you know,

[09:17] a lot of these people that don't believe

[09:19] in, you know, being proudly

[09:22] nationalistic or patriotic, I see them

[09:24] as basically bleeding into the same

[09:26] concept. What the left wants to do is

[09:28] create a boogeyman that never existed

[09:31] until they sort of invented the term and

[09:33] then they use it as a as a cudgel to try

[09:36] and and scare you and and make you

[09:37] distance yourself from it. Well, listen,

[09:39] we're Christians and we love our nation.

[09:41] It's not much more to it than