{"id":29424,"date":"2026-06-06T16:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=29424"},"modified":"2026-06-06T16:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:14:11","slug":"the-lefts-new-scheme-to-grab-the-evangelical-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=29424","title":{"rendered":"The Left\u2019s New Scheme to Grab the Evangelical Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Reading Time:<\/span> 11<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a simple fact. Evangelicals in America overwhelmingly vote Republican. According to Pew Research, 85% of white evangelicals vote Republican, as do 57% of Hispanic evangelicals. The exception is black evangelicals who vote up to 15% for Republicans.\n<\/p>\n

Who is praying on the wall?<\/h4>\n

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That\u2019s a sizeable chunk of the electorate and enough to impact an election, especially the upcoming mid-terms. It may be why the Left is repackaging an old devilish attack to attract the conservative Christian vote, and it\u2019s straight out of the Devil\u2019s Counterfeit Playbook.\n<\/p>\n

As Bible-believing Christians, we know Satan is a liar\u2026 he does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own\u00a0resources,\u00a0for he is a liar and the father of it [lies]. <\/em>(John 8:44)\n<\/p>\n

Since the Garden of Eden, the devil has been a master counterfeiter. He\u2019s especially skilled at taking God\u2019s truth and twisting it just enough to deceive, confuse, and ultimately lead people astray. He knows Scripture better than most Christians. He unleashes false teachers to hijack biblical language, quote Scripture (often out of context), and redefine God\u2019s doctrine to be more \u201cappealing\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

A Page Out of Satan\u2019s Playbook<\/h2>\n

Today, the Left is taking a page out of Satan\u2019s playbook to deceive evangelicals into voting for the Left\u2019s candidates. These candidates claim to be people of Christian faith, and yet they twist Scripture to support abortion, the LGBTQ+ agenda, gay marriage, woke theology, and most diabolically, they dismiss Christ Alone as the only way to salvation.\n<\/p>\n

The Left then boastfully claims \u2018God believes as I do\u2019!\n<\/p>\n

But Scripture tells us that, like the Devil, they are liars too. Who is a liar, but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? <\/em>(I John 2:22.)\n<\/p>\n

Sadly, instead of standing firm in the truth of God\u2019s Word, many prominent and self-described Christian evangelicals are not speaking out against the heresies of these new self-identifying Christian politicians, but are promoting these leftist candidates as\u2026\n<\/p>\n

The Real Christians and Better than You!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

For years now, we\u2019ve seen churches with Rainbow flags preaching a woke theology masquerading as Leftist politics. This woke theology seeks to replace God\u2019s everlasting Truth with their own political and cultural \u201ctruth\u201d of the moment, and ignore John 17:17, Your word is truth\u201d<\/em>?\n<\/p>\n

Most Evangelicals clearly recognize the outright woke crazy and are not falling for the outrageous heresies. For instance, the Lutheran pastor who wed two Satanists (now running for Congress), as well as\u2026 Jesus transgendered himself when he washed the disciples\u2019 feet\u2026 sin does not exist\u2026 the great commission is racist\u2026 God would announce the birth of Christ today to drag queens in queer nativity scenes\u2026 ICE agents are like the hated evil tax collectors in the Bible\u2026 and so on.\n<\/p>\n

The Left pretty much has the crazy woke apostate vote locked up. But they fear it\u2019s not enough to win elections, especially elections in the red states they desperately need in the midterms to gain Senate and House majorities. It\u2019s why they need the evangelicals who come out to vote in greater numbers than almost any other demographic.\n<\/p>\n

So, the Left is making a subtle shift in how they approach Christians, and especially the evangelicals, or as the Left truly thinks of us \u2013 the bigoted, hateful, white supremacist, Christian Nationalist vote.\n<\/p>\n

They are changing their tune, at least in public. Instead of hostility, remember Obama\u2019s \u2018bitter religious clingers\u2019, they\u2019re now claiming that evangelicals have been sold a \u2018fake\u2019 Christianity, and asking Satan\u2019s question to Eve, \u201cDid God really say that?\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Did God Really Mean That?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Left\u2019s religious progressive response to Satan\u2019s question goes something like this:\n<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, of course He didn\u2019t really say that, and if He did, it doesn\u2019t mean what you unlovingly and unkindly think it means. We love our neighbors more. We\u2019re kinder, more loving, and more just than you could ever hope to be following that mean God of yours. Our God loves us best. We are the real Christians, and we\u2019re better than you.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Or, as Hillary \u2018the basket of deplorables\u2019 Clinton recently stated, \u201cI believe that Christians like me\u2014and people of faith more generally\u2014have a responsibility to stand up to the extremists who use religion to divide our society and undermine our democracy.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

In case you were wondering, the extremist in her view is anyone who is submitted to the authority of Scripture\u2026 and yet was so misguided as to vote for Donald Trump. And dividing our society means \u2018being slat and light\u2019 in a fallen world.\n<\/p>\n

As an example of the Left\u2019s new approach, let\u2019s look at one Senate candidate in Texas pretending to be more Christian than you. He\u2019s out on the campaign trail teaching false doctrine and twisting the Scriptures to suit his own needs.\n<\/p>\n

Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep\u2019s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits.<\/em>\u00a0(Matthew 7:15-16)\n<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, his candidacy is being propped up by many who claim to be Christian conservatives, but in their anti-Trump religious fervor, they ignore Scripture and simply acknowledge how nice and pleasant this Christian candidate is \u2013 a vast improvement over who they call the \u2018MAGA Christian\u2019.\n<\/p>\n

The candidate and his supporters have a smiling disregard for God\u2019s Word and are imitating holiness wrapped up in social justice and loving their neighbor. His new supporters are trying to get their Christian audiences to ignore the heresies he speaks, because he\u2019s so \u2018Christ-like\u2019.\n<\/p>\n

They are willing to trade \u2018sound doctrine for what their itching ears want to hear\u2019 (2 Timothy 4:3-4) and are deliberately deceiving Christian voters.\n<\/p>\n

The Wolf in Sheep\u2019s Clothing<\/h2>\n

The Left thinks it has found its political savior to make inroads into the evangelical demographic in James Talarico, a Texas state representative from Austin who is running for the U.S. Senate. He\u2019s male, white, and preaches a faith that looks like Christianity but is really advocating far-left extremist positions as biblical truth. He is the Left\u2019s manifestation of a \u2018wolf in sheep\u2019s clothing.\u2019\n<\/p>\n

He says his faith is the basis for his political views. His faith recommits him \u201cto the unfinished project of a multi-racial, multi-cultural democracy.\u201d He describes Christian nationalism as \u201can attempt to dominate our neighbors instead of loving them as ourselves.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

When Talarico was asked what the greatest commandment is, he replied: \u201cto love our neighbors\u201d. When Jesus was asked what the first and greatest commandment was, he replied, \u2018You shall love the\u00a0Lord\u00a0your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.\u2019<\/em>\u00a0(Matthew 22:37)\n<\/p>\n

Is it loving God to misquote Him, dismiss Him, and redefine His Word to \u201csuit your own greed?\u201d (2 Peter 2:3 NASB)\n<\/p>\n

Talarico claims he wants to \u201creclaim Christianity for the Left.\u201d Colin Reamer of First Things First<\/em> describes Talarico as \u201cone of the most naturally talented communicators to emerge from the progressive Christian world in a generation. He is warm without being saccharine, pointed without appearing mean, and fluent in the language of Scripture.\u201d But Mr. Reamer goes on to say that Talarico\u2019s Christianity is stripped of \u201cdoctrinal substance and refilled with the priorities of the DNC or the Democratic Socialists of America.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Talarico holds all the far-Left positions \u2013 anti-capitalism, pro-socialism, white privilege, pro-LGBTQ+, anti-ICE, open borders, pro-abortion, and pro-trans (he doesn\u2019t even call women women, but my \u2018neighbor with a uterus.\u2019). He opposes having the Ten Commandments displayed in public schools, saying it is \u201cdeeply un-Christian\u201d and an \u201cact of violence\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

Tallarico\u2019s False Teachings<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Talarico describes himself on the campaign trail as a man of faith, a dedicated follower of Jesus, a Presbyterian, a seminary student studying to be a pastor with the authority to speak on spiritual matters\u2026 yet his teachings are not mere debatable interpretations of Scripture but are hard-line heresies that he says Jesus is okay with. It is a counterfeit faith.\n<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t take my word for it. Here are a few of his \u201cteachings\u201d in his own words:\n<\/p>\n

\u25ba \u201cGod is non-binary\u201d \u2013 there is neither male nor female. He points to Galatians 3:28 for his teaching and says, \u201cIf someone\u2019s got a problem with that statement, they should take it up with the Apostle Paul.\u201d Yet the Apostle Paul was talking about spiritual equality in Christ, not biology.\n<\/p>\n

\u25baMary gave her \u201creproductive consent\u201d for God to become flesh in her womb, so you can trust the women of Texas to make their reproductive decisions for themselves. That is proof that God sanctions abortion, even though Mary replied she was a servant of the Lord, Let it be to me according to Your Word. <\/em>(Luke 1:38)\n<\/p>\n

\u25ba\u201cJesus in Matthew 25 tells us exactly how you and I\u2026 are going to be saved. By feeding the hungry, by healing the sick\u2026 Nothing about going to church\u2026 nothing about even being a Christian.\u201d Talarico ignores Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace you have been saved through faith, not by works.<\/em> His \u201cteaching\u201d is nothing more than recycled \u2018Salvation by Works\u2019 refitted for the Left\u2019s social justice agenda.\n<\/p>\n

\u25ba\u201cOther religions of love point to the same truth of Christianity. I have learned more about Christianity by learning more about Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. These beautiful faith traditions are circling the same truth.\u201d He ignores the central tenet of the gospel, Jesus said, \u201cI am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.<\/em> (John 14:6)\n<\/p>\n

\u25ba \u201cGod is silent on abortion.\u201d No, no, he\u2019s not. See the Sixth Commandment, Psalm 139:13, Deuteronomy 30:19, Jeremiah 1:5. \u201cBeing Christian and being pro-choice are absolutely consistent because Christianity is a feminist religion. Jesus was a radical feminist and never mentioned abortion.\u201d So Jesus must have been pro-abortion, right?\n<\/p>\n

It appears that Talarico lumps together any Christian who believes in Bible-based morality as a dangerous Christian nationalist and accuses us of not loving our neighbor. What\u2019s more, he spews his heresies with a great big scary smile.\n<\/p>\n

\u00a0Marinated in a Progressive Church <\/strong><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s not surprising that Talarico is so deceived himself. Since childhood, he has attended St. Andrew\u2019s Presbyterian Church in Austin, where the LGBTQ flag is displayed over the cross. St. Andrews proudly proclaims abortion is a \u201cmoral and social good,\u201d and financially supports Planned Parenthood, the Lilith Fund, Out Youth Austen, and other far-leftist groups. They reject masculine terms for God because \u201cif we wanted to design a rape culture, sexist theology would be a good blueprint.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

His pastor and spiritual mentor, Rev. Jim Rigby, doesn\u2019t believe in the virgin birth or the resurrection of Jesus. He says we don\u2019t have to do a single thing Jesus commanded us to do. He ridicules the gospel that Jesus died for our sins, and believing in Christ crucified and resurrected is how we are saved. Plus, he hopes that God has a \u201chandle on that anger problem by now.\u201d Talarico says this man showed him what it means to act with \u201ccourage from the pulpit.\u201d Is courage then defined as ridiculing the gospel and denigrating God\u2019s Word?\n<\/p>\n

Having been marinated in such an apostate church, it is no wonder that Talarico subordinates the authority of Scripture to the modern morality of secular Leftist politics and calls his teachings \u201cthe gospel.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The \u201cTalarico\u201d Faith Movement?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, his message is fooling many self-described conservative Christians on the right. They applaud Talarico as a \u201crefreshingly decent and Christian witness.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Mike Cosper, author and recently director of media at Christianity Today<\/em>, said on a CT podcast earlier this year, \u201cAs evangelicals, there\u2019s something good about seeing certain aspects of Christianity represented in the public square in the way that I think Talarico is doing it. I\u2019m more encouraged by Talarico\u2019s expression of Christianity in the public square than by a lot of what we\u2019ve seen in MAGA world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Phil Vischer, author and creator of Veggie Tales, and host of the Holy Post podcast, isn\u2019t concerned with Talarico\u2019s false teachings. He writes, \u201cThe label \u2018heretic\u2019 gets thrown around way too easily these days. If you profess the Nicene Creed & the Apostles\u2019 Creed, you count as a legitimate Christian. Period. Christians will always disagree about important political & social issues and matters of doctrine. But at the end of the day, if someone affirms the essential truths outlined in the creeds, they are not heretics or apostates.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

As Megan Basham said in a recent interview with Eric Metaxas, even Satan \u201ccould affirm the Nicene Creed. That\u2019s not the issue. The issue is your obedience to Christ.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

David French is a self-proclaimed evangelical conservative commentator who writes for the New York Times. He is quite vocal in his disdain for President Trump and is impressed with Talarico\u2019s politeness and calls him \u201cthe most faith forward politician\u201d in politics today.\n<\/p>\n

French says he disagrees with Talarico on some issues. I would ask, like what? That Jesus is Savior and Lord? Or that God created male and female? Ordained marriage is to be one man and one wife? Or to choose life? French never says.\n<\/p>\n

Instead, French says that Talarico is giving people hope. Hope of what? Eternity in heaven and to live in the presence of the glory of God? Or hope for a Democratic pickup of a Senate seat in Texas? In his column, James Talarico is a Christian X-Ray, French wrote:\n<\/p>\n

\u201cTalarico is one of the few openly Christian politicians in the United States who acts like a Christian, and by acting like a Christian, he reveals a profound contrast with so many members of the MAGA Christian movement that\u2019s dominated American political life for 10 years.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

French is also impressed with his kindness and openness to his opponents, \u201cThat, to me, that\u2019s acting like a Christian.\u201d Unlike MAGA Christians who have turned cruel and unloving to their neighbors, he says. I guess it\u2019s unloving to stand for biblical truth regarding marriage, gender, life, and redemption in Christ alone.\n<\/p>\n

Talarico himself says that Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jews, Muslims, and atheists in the Texas legislature are more Christ-like than the Christians he knows. To Talarico and French, being nice, open, and affirming makes you a better Christian instead of following the truth of God\u2019s Word.\n<\/p>\n

Plus, French admires Talarico\u2019s intellect, saying he \u201cdoesn\u2019t just root his policies and ideology in his Christian beliefs\u201d but is a seminarian willing to dive deep into theology.\n<\/p>\n

In an interview with Christian podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey, French dismisses Talarico\u2019s unbiblical positions on abortion, transgender surgeries for children, the non-binary God, and his theology that claims all religions have the \u201csame truth\u201d as Christianity. Instead, he calls them policy positions, not heresies, and refuses to question Talarico\u2019s faith.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just really not willing to say that James Talarico is not a Christian. I\u2019m just not going to do it,\u201d French said. \u201cI\u2019m just not writing these people out of Christianity. His conduct elevates him as a good Christian example.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Can someone who denies the biblical truths of Christianity be held up as a Christlike example? Can we really say, like the French and others do, \u201chey, he\u2019s a Christian just like us, he just views the God of the Bible differently than we do.\u201d Instead, are we not compelled to say there is nothing about his political doctrine that is Christian? Are we not to call out his heresy, no matter how politely he speaks of it? Let\u2019s turn to the Bible for the answer.\n<\/p>\n

Warnings against False Teachers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Over 50 New Testament passages speak of false teachers and prophets. Jesus and the Apostles Paul, Peter, and John repeatedly warn of the dangers of listening to them.\n<\/p>\n

Jesus warned of the wolf in sheep\u2019s clothing. Paul in 2 Corinthians 11 warns of false apostles, deceitful workman masquerading as servants of righteousness <\/em>and compares them to Satan who masquerades as an angel of life<\/em>. John in 1 John 4 also warns against false teachers, saying they are from the world and the world listens to them<\/em>. Jude warns against godless men, who change the grace of God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus<\/em>.\n<\/p>\n

In 2 Peter 2, Peter warns that there will be false teachers among you who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute\u2026 these men are springs without water.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n

The Left is desperately seeking a white Christian guy who can convince evangelicals, with his smooth, friendly, Scripture-quoting lies, that the Left\u2019s radical positions are as American as apple pie and Jesus-approved.\n<\/p>\n

Talarico, in his heresies, claims to love his neighbors better than we do, holding his moral authority higher than the truth of God\u2019s Word, and falling for Satan\u2019s lie to Eve\u2026 \u201cyou will become like God\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.<\/em> (Jeremiah 23:16 NIV)\n<\/p>\n

For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness?<\/em> (2 Cor. 6:14 KJV)\n<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Pray <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lord, we pray for James Talarico that he, along with all political candidates and elected officials, will humble himself, repent of his heretical positions, and put his full trust in Christ. We pray that all deceivers who speak wrongly of Your Word will be silenced and You will set them free from being manipulated and used by the devil. Grant them repentance, and may they stand firmly upon Your Holy Word.\n<\/p>\n

Lord, we ask that Jesus Christ be declared the Son of God, the one who Saves, the Living Word, and the Way, the Truth, and the Life in every church that claims to follow Him. Protect the true Church from the lies of the false teachers. Help us to be wise and discerning about false teachers. Give us holy boldness to expose the lies of these false teachers and warn others about them.\n<\/p>\n

And may we be obedient to Your Word and not be quarrelsome but be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. May we gently instruct opponents, in the hope that God will grant them repentance, leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will <\/em>(2 Timothy 2:24-26 NIV). In Jesus Name, Amen\n<\/p>\n

How are you praying about the left\u2019s corruption of Christianity? Share your prayers and scriptures below.<\/h4>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Belinda Brewster analyzes cultural, political, and world events from a biblical worldview. Belinda\u2019s passion is to equip, support, and encourage parents and grandparents who are courageously battling against the spiritual and cultural forces impacting children and grandchildren. Photo Credit: Alexi Rosenfeld\/Getty Images.<\/em>
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