The Sentinel Report with Alex Newman
Oct 5, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 21 segments
On this week's episode of The Sentinel Report: Maine’s courts have ruled that a church's teaching on heaven, hell, Christ’s return, and angels is “psychologically harmful” and grounds for reassigning…
Uh, speaking of getting involved, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the biggest Protestant denomination in the United States, is now officially calling on Christian leaders to step up ahead of the midterms and get involved.
He says things like marriage, abortion, gender, immigration, these aren't just, quote-unquote, political issues, they're theological issues.
And, uh, you know, the left-wing so-called Christians have been involved for a very long time, and yet for some reason conservative Christians are told to sit on the sidelines and do nothing.
But to answer your question, should pastors engage in the political process? They absolutely should, because there are many political issues that are at their heart theological issues and moral issues that strike at the very center of what we believe to be true and what we believe people need to know in order to flourish, uh, personally and as a culture.
I think the pastors need to step up.
I think throughout American history, um, pastors have had a strong voice at key moments in American political history, even in the revolutionary times, maybe especially i- in the founding of our country.
[laughs] Pretty obvious, right? You, you wouldn't have United States of America were it not for faithful Christians applying the Bible to government and to every other area of society.
But, uh, Andrew, what do you think? I mean, are, are, are Christians getting more involved? Should Christians be more involved in the political process?
Uh, we haven't seen necessarily the fruits of that in our political process yet, but I do think there is a growing interest as things get darker.
And as a Southern Baptist myself, that was the denomination I was born and raised, I have not heard such pointed language, uh, from a president of the Southern Baptist Convention in my lifetime, so I'm very encouraged to hear that.
Uh, we really haven't had a leader in the convention that spoke in that sort of passionate, uh, way about politics since Adrian Rogers in the 1980s.
When they sit out, uh, there, it creates a vacuum, and that vacuum's filled by those who share an opposite worldview of us.
Uh, but more than just the midterms, they need to be taking local elections seriously, uh, for the rest of their lives, because it's really easy to get sucked into the midterms or the presidential election, um, and get involved in one and then sit the rest out.
It has to be long-lasting vigilance in all local politics and federal politics over elongated period of time if we're gonna see real substantive change.
And, uh, folks, the Bible applies to everything, right? If Jesus is not the Lord over every area of your life, you've got work to do.
He should be the Lord of your politics and your government as well as your life and your education and your family and everything else.
Uh, speaking of getting involved, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the biggest Protestant denomination in the United States, is now officially calling on Christian leaders to step up ahead of the midterms and get involved.
He says things like marriage, abortion, gender, immigration, these aren't just, quote-unquote, political issues, they're theological issues.
And, uh, you know, the left-wing so-called Christians have been involved for a very long time, and yet for some reason conservative Christians are told to sit on the sidelines and do nothing.
But to answer your question, should pastors engage in the political process? They absolutely should, because there are many political issues that are at their heart theological issues and moral issues that strike at the very center of what we believe to be true and what we believe people need to know in order to flourish, uh, personally and as a culture.
I think the pastors need to step up.
I think throughout American history, um, pastors have had a strong voice at key moments in American political history, even in the revolutionary times, maybe especially i- in the founding of our country.
[laughs] Pretty obvious, right? You, you wouldn't have United States of America were it not for faithful Christians applying the Bible to government and to every other area of society.
But, uh, Andrew, what do you think? I mean, are, are, are Christians getting more involved? Should Christians be more involved in the political process?
Uh, we haven't seen necessarily the fruits of that in our political process yet, but I do think there is a growing interest as things get darker.
And as a Southern Baptist myself, that was the denomination I was born and raised, I have not heard such pointed language, uh, from a president of the Southern Baptist Convention in my lifetime, so I'm very encouraged to hear that.
Uh, we really haven't had a leader in the convention that spoke in that sort of passionate, uh, way about politics since Adrian Rogers in the 1980s.
When they sit out, uh, there, it creates a vacuum, and that vacuum's filled by those who share an opposite worldview of us.
Uh, but more than just the midterms, they need to be taking local elections seriously, uh, for the rest of their lives, because it's really easy to get sucked into the midterms or the presidential election, um, and get involved in one and then sit the rest out.
It has to be long-lasting vigilance in all local politics and federal politics over elongated period of time if we're gonna see real substantive change.
And, uh, folks, the Bible applies to everything, right? If Jesus is not the Lord over every area of your life, you've got work to do.
He should be the Lord of your politics and your government as well as your life and your education and your family and everything else.
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