Bombs of Divine Will

When a pastor and spiritual adviser to the Secretary of Defense is on a podcast that calls a U.S. Senate candidate a demon who needs to be "stopped by any means necessary," and that same Secretary of Defense boasts about destroying enemies "as viciously as possible" while holding Pentagon worship services and praising the Crusades — it's worth asking a question Jesus himself gave us the tools to answer.

Not who's a "real" Christian. That's not my chair to sit in.

But what are the fruits?

This week on CrossRhoades, we look at the collision between Brooks Potteiger, Joshua Haymes, Pete Hegseth, and James Talarico — and what it reveals about a theology that has found its way from a podcast studio to the highest levels of American military power.

You'll know them by their fruits. Jesus said so.