“Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God’s wrath but never a source of God’s mercy, generosity, or compassion.”
—Rev. Benjamin R. Cremer
Rev. Benjamin Cremer is one of the most trusted voices challenging the political manipulation of Christianity. His message resonates with hundreds of thousands of people online who are hungry for truth. Cremer brings theological clarity to a movement that has used religion to push a narrow and dangerous political agenda.
Christian Nationalism is not a grassroots movement. It is a coordinated campaign for political dominion, backed by national organizations, wealthy donors, and religious influencers. In Idaho, this movement is not hypothetical. It is active and growing.
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In this episode of the Political Potatoes podcast, Cremer explains how Christian Nationalism distorts scripture, hijacks churches, and turns theology into a tool of political control.
Cremer rejects the theology used to justify this movement. In the episode, he explains, “Christian Nationalism is trying to seize the throne of Caesar, and that’s not the mission of Jesus. The church is not called to dominate culture or government. The church is called to be a witness of Christ’s love, justice, and mercy, not a vehicle of political power.”
He draws a clear line between authentic faith and political manipulation. “Christian Nationalism preaches a gospel of domination. It tells Christians they must win elections to win for God. But that is not Christianity. That is idolatry. When you mix political power with religious authority, you get empire, not the kingdom of God.”
Idaho Christian Nationalist legislators and legislative candidates are not conservative. They do not believe in limited government or constitutional freedoms. They are loyal to an authoritarian political machine that uses religion to justify laws that strip away liberty. They seek to codify their theology into public law and punish any dissent through intimidation and smear campaigns.
This movement is a threat to the First Amendment and to the structure of American democracy. They want government to impose their version of morality while ignoring protections for individual freedom, conscience, and belief. They are building a connected network of churches and political organizations to impose religious purity tests that would prevent anyone from running for office who is not a member of one of their approved Christian Nationalist churches.
Christian Nationalism violates the Constitution and undermines the religious freedom this nation was built to protect. It replaces personal conviction with forced conformity and transforms a deeply personal faith into a tool for political compliance. As Rev. Cremer notes in the podcast, “Christian Nationalism attempts to merge state and church, not in a way that reflects the compassion of Jesus, but in a way that uses the state to punish and dominate others.”
But there is an even darker layer to this movement.
Christian Nationalism is not just a political distortion of theology. It is a pipeline to Christian Identity, an explicitly racist and white nationalist ideology that claims white Europeans are God’s chosen people. Christian Identity promotes anti-Semitism, white supremacy, and the belief that non-white people are subhuman. The movement weaponizes scripture to justify hate and relies heavily on fear to motivate its followers. This fear-based messaging paints an endless stream of cultural and political enemies—enemies who happen to align with whatever hot-button issue is dominating the news cycle.
Christian Nationalist pastors and leaders feed this outrage machine by picking new targets: LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, teachers, doctors—anyone who can be cast as a threat to the values system they’ve re-defined. They use inflammatory sermons and social media outrage campaigns to provoke fear and anger, then redirect that emotional energy into political engagement and financial support. The formula is simple and effective. Select a timely fear, attach it to a religious narrative, and tell followers they must act before it’s too late. This is the culture war in action.
Christian Identity is what happens when Christian Nationalism is allowed to grow unchecked. It transforms manipulated theology into a rigid system of exclusion and hierarchy, promoting state-backed religious dominance. This ideology gives ambitious political actors the religious cover they need to turn bigotry into legislation and hate into law.
Idaho’s long history with Christian Identity—connecting Ruby Ridge, the Aryan Nations, and now social media propagandists like the Aryan Bros, the Dorr Brothers, and Nick Fuentes—reveals how the same recruitment tactics are being recycled to activate and mobilize a hateful political base. The shift from “conservative” to “woke right” is concerning.
In Idaho, we have seen how this pipeline works. Groups like the Idaho Freedom Caucus, Citizens Alliance of Idaho, the Idaho Family Policy Center, and the Idaho Freedom Foundation have openly aligned with propagandists who promote or sympathize with Christian Identity talking points. They share platforms, amplify content, and elevate voices that peddle white nationalist conspiracies and anti-Semitic rhetoric.
This is not a theoretical concern. These networks are already helping get loyal candidates elected—candidates who vote in lockstep with their donor agendas and seek to reshape Idaho policy to feed the hateful demands of their base. They are building their “Christian state” run by their hand-picked minions.
Idaho voters need to understand what this movement is and how it is being used. Christian Nationalist groups are not promoting Christian values. They are building political power through religious networks. They are funding candidates who are loyal to their political objectives, not to their constituents or their communities.
These organizations have developed a slate of loyal legislators whose votes they control through manipulated scorecards and indexes. They are passing legislation that benefits their donors. And they are doing it by claiming moral authority and dominion they do not deserve.
No one who supports this movement can claim to defend the Constitution. No one who advances this ideology can claim to support freedom. They are actively working to take away individual liberty, restrict your God-given rights, and dismantle the protections that allow diverse beliefs to exist in a free society.
This is not some theoretical threat. It is already happening.
Christian Nationalism is incompatible with democracy. It is incompatible with the teachings of Christ. And it is incompatible with the values that built Idaho.
Listen to this important episode. Share it with people who need to hear this message. Expose the lies. Push back against the false narratives. Vote for leaders who actually represent you and seek to protect your personal liberty and freedom.
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