Pete Hegseth
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Watching Christians Celebrate Killing April 01, 2025
Five hundred years ago, Desiderius Erasmus hoped that someday Christian leaders would help create a more peaceful world by thoughtfully applying their faith to questions of war. It’s safe to say he would not be encouraged by the leaked group chat fea...
Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth’s Doctrine of Christian Warfighting January 15, 2025
Donald trump has nominated Army Major Pete Hegseth to be the next Secretary of Defense. The Princeton-educated Fox News TV personality and former soldier served in Iraq and Afghanistan before resigning his commission in protest over the army’s suppos...
Advent 2024 December 20, 2024
Many years ago, my wife bought a painted wooden Advent calendar, a bit of folk art. The colors are warm and inviting; the calendar itself is square, about the size of a Monopoly board. Each of the twenty-five miniature doors is decorated with a paint...
Pete Hegseth and His ‘Battle Cry’ for a New Christian Crusade December 06, 2024
Before Donald J. Trump picked him to lead the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth spoke often about a medieval military campaign that he saw as a model for today: the Crusades, in which Christian warriors from Western Europe embarked on ruthless miss...
What is the Jerusalem Cross? November 18, 2024
The Associated Press recently claimed that President-elect Trump’s nominee to be Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, had tattoos supposedly connected with Christian Nationalism and even White Supremacy. It focused especially on the tattoo of a Jerusa...
