===Tucker Carlson======
Tucker Carlson is a self-identified Christian who has recently described a significant deepening of his faith. Raised in the Episcopal Church, he has become a vocal critic of the denomination, lately referring to it as "not Christian at all" and an "angry, hateful organization". Since early 2023, Carlson has been systematically reading the Bible, a practice he describes as "the most interesting thing" he has ever done. He attributes his increased devotion to observing what he perceives as a tangible "spiritual battle" between good and evil in modern social. His current focus is on understanding Jesus and the practice of prayer, though he maintains that he lacks deep formal theological training. Carlson's views have sparked debate within American Christianity, particularly regarding: He has recently criticized Christian Zionism, calling it "heresy" and a "brain virus". He argues that some American evangelicals prioritize political support for Israel over the well-being of Middle Eastern Christians. He has interviewed prominent figures like Douglas Wilson on the topic of Christian Nationalism, exploring the intersection of faith and American governance. He has used his platform to highlight the plight of Palestinian Christians, which has drawn both support and sharp criticism from various pro-Israel Christian organizations
How Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson Are Using Replacement Theology to Drive Modern Antisemitism
Christian influencers like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson are rallying their followers against Israel — and Jews. And to do so, they’re also weaponizing a centuries-old concept that underlies many strains of Christianity.It’s called supersessionism, and it’s the idea that Jesus’ existence supersedes all commands, laws and beliefs that came before it. Christians often say that Jesus’ death “fulfilled” God’s commandments, meaning that everything God said to Jews in the Hebrew Bible, all of the covenantal promises and laws, are obsolete. These views on Israel, and their theological interpretation, collide with a Christian Zionist movement that deeply supports Israel for its own scriptural reasons, believing that Jews must return to Israel to fulfill a prophecy and herald Jesus’ own return. (Faithfully 3.28.26) READMORE>>>>>
Christian influencers like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson are rallying their followers against Israel — and Jews. And to do so, they’re also weaponizing a centuries-old concept that underlies many strains of Christianity.It’s called supersessionism, and it’s the idea that Jesus’ existence supersedes all commands, laws and beliefs that came before it. Christians often say that Jesus’ death “fulfilled” God’s commandments, meaning that everything God said to Jews in the Hebrew Bible, all of the covenantal promises and laws, are obsolete. These views on Israel, and their theological interpretation, collide with a Christian Zionist movement that deeply supports Israel for its own scriptural reasons, believing that Jews must return to Israel to fulfill a prophecy and herald Jesus’ own return. (Faithfully 3.28.26) READMORE>>>>>
Do Evangelicals Still Care to Make a Moral Case for War?
Other evangelicals wielded news of the conflict abroad as a weapon in the culture wars raging at home. Radio host Todd Starnes, doubtless with Tucker Carlson or pro-Palestinian movements on university campuses in mind, used the death of Khamenei to mock “Jew-haters” in the United States. MAGA worship leader Sean Feucht called out the “woke Right and woke Left” who criticized the bombing. Christian Zionist Joel Rosenberg used a clip of former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris reacting to news of the operation as an occasion to celebrate Trump’s 2024 election victory over her: “Thank God this woman did not win.”
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Other evangelicals wielded news of the conflict abroad as a weapon in the culture wars raging at home. Radio host Todd Starnes, doubtless with Tucker Carlson or pro-Palestinian movements on university campuses in mind, used the death of Khamenei to mock “Jew-haters” in the United States. MAGA worship leader Sean Feucht called out the “woke Right and woke Left” who criticized the bombing. Christian Zionist Joel Rosenberg used a clip of former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris reacting to news of the operation as an occasion to celebrate Trump’s 2024 election victory over her: “Thank God this woman did not win.”
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How the Rapture Explains the Rupture Over Israel on the Right
It’s no secret that Israel is losing ground in American public opinion on both the left and the right, even as many American Jews feel newly besieged by rising antisemitism. On much of the left, activists and intellectuals increasingly interpret Israel and Zionism through anti-colonial and anti-racist frameworks, casting the conflict in the moral language of oppressor and oppressed. On the right, a different but equally consequential shift is underway. Influential conservatives like Tucker Carlson have come to view Israel as a drain on American resources, setting up debates with Israel supporters like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee, a Baptist preacher and ambassador to Israel. But the criticisms go beyond the MAGA movement’s “America First” isolationism. The turn on the right isn’t just about geopolitics — it’s about theology. (Politico; 3.8.26)READMORE>>>>>>
It’s no secret that Israel is losing ground in American public opinion on both the left and the right, even as many American Jews feel newly besieged by rising antisemitism. On much of the left, activists and intellectuals increasingly interpret Israel and Zionism through anti-colonial and anti-racist frameworks, casting the conflict in the moral language of oppressor and oppressed. On the right, a different but equally consequential shift is underway. Influential conservatives like Tucker Carlson have come to view Israel as a drain on American resources, setting up debates with Israel supporters like Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee, a Baptist preacher and ambassador to Israel. But the criticisms go beyond the MAGA movement’s “America First” isolationism. The turn on the right isn’t just about geopolitics — it’s about theology. (Politico; 3.8.26)READMORE>>>>>>
Tucker Carlson has ‘no moral compass,’ evangelical leader tells pastors in Shiloh
The American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is “a guided missile with no moral compass” who is fracturing the Republican Party and endangering its victory in next year’s midterm elections, an American evangelical leader said Friday during a visit to Israel. The remarks by Mike Evans, founder of Jerusalem’s Friends of Zion Museum, in an address to hundreds of American pastors touring the biblical heartland highlighted the pushback Carlson is receiving among bible-believing evangelicals for his criticism of U.S. support for the Jewish state and his rhetoric that has been widely condemned as antisemitic. (JNS 12/7/25) READMORE>>>>
The American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson is “a guided missile with no moral compass” who is fracturing the Republican Party and endangering its victory in next year’s midterm elections, an American evangelical leader said Friday during a visit to Israel. The remarks by Mike Evans, founder of Jerusalem’s Friends of Zion Museum, in an address to hundreds of American pastors touring the biblical heartland highlighted the pushback Carlson is receiving among bible-believing evangelicals for his criticism of U.S. support for the Jewish state and his rhetoric that has been widely condemned as antisemitic. (JNS 12/7/25) READMORE>>>>
Prominent evangelical calls Tucker Carlson’s anti-Israel comments ‘worse than Nazi Party’
A prominent U.S. evangelical leader has warned that parts of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement are turning against Israel and suggested that some of the rhetoric is worse than the Nazi Party platform of 1920. “Right now we are having a movement within the MAGA movement that is anti-Israel,” Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion (FOZ) Heritage Center and Museum, told the Jerusalem Post. In October, Carlson interviewed Nick Fuentes on his podcast. Fuentes is known for his deeply antisemitic, racist, and misogynistic worldviews. Both men decried conservatives who support Israel. According to The Guardian, Carlson called out Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), former president George W. Bush, and Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, calling them "Christian Zionists."
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A prominent U.S. evangelical leader has warned that parts of the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement are turning against Israel and suggested that some of the rhetoric is worse than the Nazi Party platform of 1920. “Right now we are having a movement within the MAGA movement that is anti-Israel,” Dr. Mike Evans, founder of the Friends of Zion (FOZ) Heritage Center and Museum, told the Jerusalem Post. In October, Carlson interviewed Nick Fuentes on his podcast. Fuentes is known for his deeply antisemitic, racist, and misogynistic worldviews. Both men decried conservatives who support Israel. According to The Guardian, Carlson called out Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), former president George W. Bush, and Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, calling them "Christian Zionists."
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Tucker Carlson 'begged' evangelical leader to apologize for calling him an antisemite - exclusive
American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson “begged” evangelical Christian Zionist leader Laurie Cardoza-Moore to apologize for calling him an antisemite, she told The Jerusalem Post. Carlson’s request centered on a February statement penned by Cardoza-Moore, in which she commented on a picture of Carlson with US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the White House by saying, “Tucker Carlson’s antisemitism does not reflect the values of the Trump administration.” She then asked Trump to ban Carlson from the White House over his “blatant antisemitism.” On Wednesday, Cardoza-Moore revealed that, following the publication of a Post story about it, she received a surprise call from the man himself.
(Jerusalem Post 6/18/25) READ MORE>>>>>
American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson “begged” evangelical Christian Zionist leader Laurie Cardoza-Moore to apologize for calling him an antisemite, she told The Jerusalem Post. Carlson’s request centered on a February statement penned by Cardoza-Moore, in which she commented on a picture of Carlson with US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk at the White House by saying, “Tucker Carlson’s antisemitism does not reflect the values of the Trump administration.” She then asked Trump to ban Carlson from the White House over his “blatant antisemitism.” On Wednesday, Cardoza-Moore revealed that, following the publication of a Post story about it, she received a surprise call from the man himself.
(Jerusalem Post 6/18/25) READ MORE>>>>>
Tucker Carlson is Wrong: Putin Practices Religious Persecution, Not Zelensky
Tucker Carlson recently claimed that Zelensky has “banned the Christian faith in his country and arrested nuns and priests.” Though purporting to speak on behalf of religious liberty, in reality Carlson is playing fast and loose with the truth and endangering the lives of Ukrainian believers. The Moscow-backed clergy being arrested in Ukraine are not neutral, but actively working for the Kremlin, some contributing directly to the deaths of hundreds of Ukrainian women and children. These arrests are not merely a whim of President Zelensky either: Eighty-five percent of Ukrainians polled favor the government taking action against these representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church who are causing mayhem in Ukraine—66 percent of Ukrainians want the Russian Orthodox Church banned completely in Ukraine. (Steven Moore/Tim Chapman/Providence 10/20/23) Read More>>>>>
Tucker Carlson recently claimed that Zelensky has “banned the Christian faith in his country and arrested nuns and priests.” Though purporting to speak on behalf of religious liberty, in reality Carlson is playing fast and loose with the truth and endangering the lives of Ukrainian believers. The Moscow-backed clergy being arrested in Ukraine are not neutral, but actively working for the Kremlin, some contributing directly to the deaths of hundreds of Ukrainian women and children. These arrests are not merely a whim of President Zelensky either: Eighty-five percent of Ukrainians polled favor the government taking action against these representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church who are causing mayhem in Ukraine—66 percent of Ukrainians want the Russian Orthodox Church banned completely in Ukraine. (Steven Moore/Tim Chapman/Providence 10/20/23) Read More>>>>>
Increasingly religious, Carlson holds that politics and work should be far in the back seat compared to faith and family, even declaring that “your work actually doesn’t mean very much, in the end.” Having grown up in such an atypical home, he always craved creating a close family and by all accounts has. For such a leading news media figure, it is remarkable that he not only lacks a social media account but does not even own a TV. Being anchored to family and close friends has surely been a godsend to Carlson in light of what Moore paints as the mercilessly intolerant, cut throat world of News, Inc. In fact, within two days of making his first appearance on Carlson’s FOX program, the biographer was fired from his editor-at-large jobs at The Advocate and Out, perhaps America’s top gay publications. How revealing when Carlson points out that he continues to have “one friend who’s a personality at CNN,” yet “I can’t say this person’s name because it’ll wreck this person’s career.”-Dr Douglas Young: PORTRAIT OF A MAJOR MEDIA REBEL: A REVIEW OF TUCKER BY CHADWICK MOORE 9.11.23