{"id":7505,"date":"2023-08-11T10:36:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=7505"},"modified":"2023-08-11T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:51:23","slug":"god-wins-christian-worship-leader-reacts-to-idaho-newspaper-claiming-his-gatherings-are-dangerous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2023\/08\/god-wins-christian-worship-leader-reacts-to-idaho-newspaper-claiming-his-gatherings-are-dangerous.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGod wins.\u201d Christian Worship Leader Reacts to Newspaper Claiming His Gatherings are Dangerous"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sean Feucht, a Christian worship leader, has responded to criticism by an Idaho newspaper that his upcoming concert in Boise, ID, was \u201cdangerous.\u201d Feucht, along with his group Hold the Line and Turning Point USA (TPUSA), are leading a 50-state worship tour at all state capitols. In an op-ed of the <\/span>Idaho Statesmen<\/span><\/em>, the editorial board\u00a0<\/span>lamented<\/span><\/a>\u00a0that Feucht and TPUSA were trying to \u201cinject their brand of Christianity into government.\u201d The editorial board wrote that \u201cFeucht and his group are playing on the same, tired, worn-out, BS, far-right \u2018fears\u2019 that evildoers on the Left are coming for your children, through the schools, through the libraries, at Pride festivals and drag shows,\u201d and that group claims \u201cAnyone who opposes their dangerous Christian nationalism are Satanists and evildoers.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The op-ed referenced letters by area faith leaders who were concerned by Feucht\u2019s \u201canti-LGBTQ+ sentiments\u201d and identification as a \u201cChristian nationalist.\u201d \u201cIt is unbiblical and un-American to tell Christians that our faith disqualifies us from participating in this great democracy,\u201d Feucht, a former worship leader from Bethel Church, told\u00a0<\/span>The Christian Post<\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/span><\/em>\u00a0\u201cHow can Christians complain and whine about how dark, corrupt and crooked the political realm is if we aren\u2019t bringing the light and hope of Jesus to it? What laws are there outside of the biblical moral law? What other standard is there to base the laws of a nation upon?\u201d Although the op-ed did affirm Feucht\u2019s right to free speech, it insisted he ought to keep his religious beliefs to himself. \u201cThe danger comes when these groups impose their religious views on others and inject church into the state through the power of government, as we\u2019ve already seen in Idaho through the most restrictive abortion ban in the country, attempts to put a bounty on libraries and bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth. No one is telling these groups to abandon their religious beliefs. We\u2019re just telling them to keep their religion in their church and out of our government.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Feucht responded with a\u00a0<\/span>tweet<\/span><\/a>\u00a0saying, \u201cBeware! Christian kids singing with flags! Hurry up and ban flag-waving DANGEROUS Christian kids from the capitol before someone gets hurt!\u201d Twelve thousand people ended up attending the Boise event, with\u00a0<\/span>reports<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of a counter-protest being arranged by Satan Idaho and Idaho Abortion Rights. Responding to the counter-protesters, Feucht\u00a0<\/span>wrote<\/span><\/a>, \u201cWhen you\u2019re doing something BIG for the kingdom of God, the opposition is LITERALLY Satan. The good news is that GOD WINS.\u201d Writing on his\u00a0<\/span>Substack<\/span><\/a>, Feucht also acknowledged the\u00a0<\/span>Statesmen\u2019s<\/span><\/em>\u00a0Constitutional right to its critique. \u201cWhat they wrote is not so much a critique of the Let Us Worship Movement as it was a shameless plug for the LGBTQ agenda,\u201d he added. \u201cTo stand on the Bible is dangerous in the year 2023, especially when that truth conflicts with the LGTBQ agenda.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Feucht shared on his Substack that the Let Us Worship movement, of which this rally was a part, began in 2020 when California locked down all places of worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. \u201cAmerica needs revival because the status quo isn\u2019t working,\u201d he wrote. \u201cKids are gripped by anxiety, marriages are failing at record rates, drug addiction claims lives in all areas of society, and it\u2019s only getting worse. In America, there is no shortage of hurt and not enough evidence of healing. We see people healed and restored ALL THE TIME, and we want to point people to the ONLY ONE who heals and restores.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sean Feucht, a Christian worship leader, has responded to criticism by an Idaho newspaper that his upcoming concert in Boise, ID, was \u201cdangerous.\u201d Feucht, along with his group Hold the Line and Turning Point USA (TPUSA), are leading a 50-state worship tour at all state capitols. 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