The American church has been infiltrated.
If you've attended an American evangelical church any time over the last 10 years, you may have noticed a few strange things.
Maybe the pastor stopped his sermon for a few moments to guilt trip anyone in his congregation who wasn't vaccinated.
Maybe the church closed down for months and got weirdly legalistic about masking.
Perhaps the pastor preached a sermon lamenting his "white privilege," chided Trump supporters as "QAnon idolaters," or encouraged his flock to support open border policies as a way to "love your neighbor" and "welcome the stranger."
You're not crazy. There has been a very real leftist infiltration of the church over the past few decades.
Some of that can be chalked up to stupidity. There's a reason we Christians are called "sheep" in the Bible.
But there is also a more insidious force driving this infiltration: Money.
Megan Basham's new book Shepherds for Sale follows the money trail of interests that have sought to influence American Christendom. She brings receipts and names names.
Here she is talking with Ben Shapiro about what she discovered:
The book is out this week, and all the right people are having a complete meltdown over it.
Take Samuel James:
James wrote a negative review only to be quickly fact-checked online by Megan herself:
Take Gavin Ortlund, a global warming hysteric and Covid-vax enthusiast who spent the last several years railing against conservative Trump voters in the church:
It appears he then directed his fans to review-bomb the book even though none of them are verified purchasers who even read it:
Take Danny Slavich, a church planter who publishes a Substack called "God•ology":
Take The Gospel Coalition and Christianity Today writer O. Alan Noble:
It wasn't all negative though. Many who actually purchased the book gave glowing recommendations. Here are just a few reviews and responses to the backlash:
