{"id":12749,"date":"2025-03-18T12:25:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=12749"},"modified":"2025-03-18T12:25:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T16:25:51","slug":"johnnie-moore-wants-christians-to-reclaim-christ-is-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2025\/03\/johnnie-moore-wants-christians-to-reclaim-christ-is-king.html","title":{"rendered":"Johnnie Moore Wants Christians to Reclaim \u201cChrist is King\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Reverend Johnnie Moore, president of the Congress of Christian Leaders, alongside the Daily Wire\u2019s<\/em> Jordan Peterson, has released a report<\/a> warning that the phrase \u201cChrist is King\u201d is being co-opted by extremist groups with \u201cexclusionary\u201d purposes. \u201cTraditionally considered a normal declaration of devotion, the phrase has been hijacked by Holocaust deniers and Islamists seeking to rejuvenate conspiracy theories and antisemitic tropes,\u201d the report warned<\/a>. According to the report, there has a been a \u201cfivefold increase in mentions of \u2018Christ is King\u2019 on X (formerly Twitter) between 2021 and 2024, with nearly 50 percent of the posts now driven by figures promoting hateful \u2014 and especially antisemitic \u2014 narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The increase surged around Easter 2024. During that time, an open debate on the phrase\u2019s use went viral on X after Candace Owens sparred with former colleagues over the term. Ownes had parted ways with The Daily Wire<\/em> after tensions over support of Israel between her and Daily Wire<\/em> co-founder, Ben Shapiro, who is Jewish. Owens has since come out calling Israel\u2019s control of Gaza an \u201coccupation\u201d and accusing Israel of genocide following retaliation after the October 7 attacks. The Daily Wire\u2019s <\/em>Andrew Klavan pushed back, claiming the term was being used for antisemitic purposes. \u201cChrist is the King. And one day every knee will bow to recognize that He\u2019s not just my King, but the King of the universe,\u201d Klavan declared<\/a>. \u201cBut when you use that phrase to mean God has abandoned His chosen people, the Jews, through whom He came into this world incarnate and that He’s broken His promises, His covenant with the Jews, you are quoting Scripture like Satan does in the Bible. You are quoting Scripture to your purposes, and that to me is specifically wicked.\u201d Owens, along with Nick Fuentes, is one of the figures identified in the report as using the phrase for antisemitic purposes.<\/p>\n

Moore stated that while he does not believe the term itself is antisemitic, he believes it is being misused. \u201cI certainly don\u2019t believe that it\u2019s antisemitic to say Christ is King or Jesus is Lord. It\u2019s a Christian phrase, but like all phrases, it can be used by people who hate others in a hateful way,\u201d he said<\/a>. He called on Christians to reclaim the phrase, especially in light of the upcoming Easter season, saying, \u201cas a religious Christian I can think of almost nothing more profane than stealing from us a phrase like \u2018Christ is King,\u2019 a phrase which embodies the Easter message of the love of Jesus for the entire world. I hope this Easter millions of Christians around the world will take the phrase back from extremists who seek to use our faith to advance their hate,\u201d he said. He warned against any attempt \u201cto renew age old antisemitic tropes\u201d and the Christians ought to respond with \u201cnot on our watch.\u201d \u201cChristianity and Judaism are different religions but we don\u2019t have one without the other.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Reverend Johnnie Moore, president of the Congress of Christian Leaders, alongside the Daily Wire\u2019s Jordan Peterson, has released a report warning that the phrase \u201cChrist is King\u201d is being co-opted by extremist groups with \u201cexclusionary\u201d purposes. \u201cTraditionally considered a normal declaration of devotion, the phrase has been hijacked by Holocaust deniers and Islamists seeking…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":12752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nJohnnie Moore Wants Christians to Reclaim \u201cChrist is King\u201d<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A report warns that extremists are co-opting "Christ is King" for antisemitic narratives. 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