An award-winning investigative journalist for Politico claimed during an MSNBC panel on that believing rights come from God is a marker of “Christian nationalism.” Heidi Przybyla also claimed on “All In with Chris Hayes” that former President Donald Trump is surrounding himself with an “extremist element of conservative Christians” who are misusing “so-called natural law” in their attempt to roll back abortion and LBGT rights.

Przybyla went on to make a distinction between Christians and “Christian nationalists,” which she said are “very different.” What unites all Christian nationalists, she said, “is that they believe that our rights as Americans, as all human beings, don’t come from any earthly authority. They don’t come from Congress, they don’t come from the Supreme Court, they come from God,” she added. “The problem with that is that they are determining — man, men, and it is men — are determining what God is telling them.”

Przybyla’s comments echoed assertions in her recent article for Politico titled “Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration,” which argued that Christian nationalism is likely to play a major role in public policy if Trump takes back the White House. The article, co-written by Alexander Ward, defined natural law as “the belief that there are universal rules derived from God that can’t be superseded by government or judges,” and likewise called it “a pillar of Catholicism” that has “been used to oppose abortion, LGBTQ+ rights and contraception” in recent decades.

The main target of the article was Russell Vought, Trump’s former director of the Office of Management and Budget, who was among many on X (Twitter) who excoriated Przybyla for comments they claimed showed ignorance of basic American political thought as found in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence. “Mike Johnson should put a resolution on the floor reaffirming that we are one nation, under God. Make the Dems vote against it or be called Christian Nationalists,” Vought posted.

The Politico article also hit at former Trump administration official William Wolfe, labeling him a Christian nationalist because he “advocated for overturning same-sex marriage, ending abortion and reducing access to contraceptives.” ... [Wolfe] called for ending sex education in schools, surrogacy and no-fault divorce throughout the country, as well as forcing men ‘to provide for their children as soon as it’s determined the child is theirs’ — a clear incursion by the government into Americans’ private lives,” the article said.

Wolfe also responded to Przybyla on X, “Apparently believing in the ideas set forth in our Founding documents now makes you a — you guessed it — ‘Christian Nationalist’. Yes, Heidi, our rights do come from God. Again, the ignorance of these regime journalists is astounding. They know nothing about the American founding or Christian political thought.”

“Politico has twice now, in print and with its reporter on MSNBC, raised flags about an idea central to the founding of the American Republic,” journalist Erick Erickson posted on X. “This is troubling because it suggests a lack of education and understanding by its reporters.”

“Believing rights come from God is now Christian Nationalism,” wrote Andrew T. Walker, an ethics and public theology professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. “This is a civics failure, a talent failure, an intelligence failure, a historical failure, an ethics failure ... shall I keep going?”

Biblical Connection: The founding fathers of America believed the Biblical concept that our rights come from God, not man. This has been the Christian understanding for 2,000 years. That it is under attack shows how far some in America have fallen away from the founding ideas of the nation, many which came directly from the pages of the Bible.

PRAY: Pray those seeking to drive America away from the Christian values it was founded upon will be stopped and fundamental Biblical principles will again reign.