As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and unadvisedly did my own research, I aver. This is no time to acquiesce. This recent history cries out for critically engaged citizens who will question and hold their leaders accountable. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against the citizen, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what conspiracies would remain until publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposedly tin-foil conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly “not happening”, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into children’s entertainment at every opportunity, just as media watchdogs had noticed. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs, secret changing rooms, and internal documents. The “lab leak theory” of sars-cov-2 origins had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats was public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. The #Twitterfiles had been been published exposing a vast government and NGO directed censorship apparatus and validating suspicions about shadow banning. The dismissal of Hunter Biden’s scandalous laptop as Russian disinformation was known to be a government op facilitated by the Aspen Institute. And the whole Russian Conspiracy Hoax launched against Donald Trump was emerging as conspiracy between the Hilary Clinton campaign, the Obama administration, and government actors. Satirists at the Babylon Bee had a bit where they regularly paired their farcical headlines with real headlines: “another prophecy fulfilled”.

As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and unadvisedly did my own research, I aver. This is no time to acquiesce. This recent history cries out for critically engaged citizens who will question and hold their leaders accountable. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against the citizen, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what conspiracies would remain until publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposedly tin-foil conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly “not happening”, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into children’s entertainment at every opportunity, just as media watchdogs had noticed. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs, secret changing rooms, and internal documents. The “lab leak theory” of sars-cov-2 origins had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats became public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. The #Twitterfiles had been been published exposing a vast government and NGO directed censorship apparatus and validating suspicions about shadow banning. The dismissal of Hunter Biden’s scandalous laptop as Russian disinformation was known to be a government op facilitated by the Aspen Institute. And the whole Russian Conspiracy Hoax launched against Donald Trump was emerging as conspiracy between the Hilary Clinton campaign, the Obama administration, and government actors. Satirists at the Babylon Bee had a bit where they regularly paired their farcical headlines with real headlines: “another prophecy fulfilled”.

As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and unadvisedly did my own research, I aver. This is no time to acquiesce. This recent history cries out for critically engaged citizens who will question and hold their leaders accountable. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against the citizen, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what unfounded conspiracies would survive in limbo till publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposedly tin-foil conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly “not happening”, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into entertainment at every opportunity, just as media watchdogs had noticed. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs, secret changing rooms, and internal documents. The “lab leak theory” of sars-cov-2 origins had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats became public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. The #Twitterfiles had been been published exposing a vast government and NGO directed censorship apparatus and validating suspicions about shadow banning. The dismissal of Hunter Biden’s scandalous laptop as Russian disinformation was known to be a government op facilitated by the Aspen Institute. Satirists at the Babylon Bee had a bit where they regularly paired their supposedly headlines with real headlines: “another prophecy fulfilled”.

As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and unadvisedly did my own research, I aver. This is no time to acquiesce. This recent history cries out for critically engaged citizens who will question and hold their leaders accountable. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against the citizen, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what unfounded conspiracies would survive in limbo till publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposedly tin-foil conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly “not happening”, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into entertainment at every opportunity, just as media watchdogs had noticed. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs, secret changing rooms, and internal documents. The “lab leak theory” of sars-cov-2 origins had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats became public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. The #Twitterfiles had been been published exposing a vast government and NGO directed censorship apparatus and validating suspicions about shadow banning. The dismissal of Hunter Biden’s scandalous laptop as Russian disinformation was known to be a government op facilitated by the Aspen Institute. Satirists at the Babylon Bee regularly

As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and unadvisedly did my own research, I aver. This is no time to acquiesce. This recent history cries out for critically engaged citizens who will question and hold their leaders accountable. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against the citizen, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what unfounded conspiracies would survive till publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposed conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly not happening, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into entertainment at every opportunity. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs and documents hidden from parents. The “lab leak theory” had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats became public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. Satirists at the Babylon Bee regularly

As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and unadvisedly did my own research, I aver. This is no time to acquiesce. These years cry out for critically engaged citizens who will question and hold their leaders accountable. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against the citizen, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what unfounded conspiracies would survive till publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposed conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly not happening, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into entertainment at every opportunity. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs and documents hidden from parents. The “lab leak theory” had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats became public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. Satirists at the Babylon Bee regularly

As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and unadvisedly did my own research, this is no time to acquiesce. These years cry out for critically engaged citizens who will question and hold their leaders accountable. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against the citizen, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what unfounded conspiracies would survive till publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposed conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly not happening, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into entertainment at every opportunity. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs and documents hidden from parents. The “lab leak theory” had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats became public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. Satirists at the Babylon Bee regularly

As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and did my own research, this is no time to acquiesce. These years cry out for critically engaged and confident citizenship. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against the citizen, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what unfounded conspiracies would survive till publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposed conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly not happening, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into entertainment at every opportunity. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs and documents hidden from parents. The “lab leak theory” had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats became public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. Satirists at the Babylon Bee regularly

As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and unadvisedly did my own research, this is no time to acquiesce. These years cry out for critically engaged citizens who hold their leaders accountable. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against their fellow citizens, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what supposed conspiracies would remain unfounded till publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposed conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly not happening, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into entertainment at every opportunity. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs and documents hidden from parents. The “lab leak theory” had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats became public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. Satirists at the Babylon Bee regularly

As evangelicals, we’re still trying to assess and find our footing after the cultural upheaval, COVID lockdowns, widespread political violence, and contested elections that took place starting with the polarizing election of Donald Trump in 2016. In one 2023 response, editors Michael W. Austin and Gregory L. Bock commandeered a couple dozen evangelical academics to exhort people in the pews to steer clear of conspiracy theories and dissenting opinions. Apart from a lot of unobjectionable epistemological advice, Qanon, Chaos, and the Cross (QCC) somehow manages to learn all the wrong lessons from these tumultuous years. Captive to a technocratic, institutional, and partisan mindset, the book discourages average Christians from “doing their own research” and questioning government sanctioned experts. How these authors came away with this lesson, we’ll explore. As one who witnessed these events and did my own research, this is no time to acquiesce. These years cry out for critically engaged and confident citizenship. They should embolden average Christians to question authority and disarm the powers and principalities set against the citizen, and against the cross.

In early 2023 when QCC was advertised as forthcoming, I wondered what unfounded conspiracies would survive till publication. At the time, dissenters from government proclamations and policies were gloating on social media about all the supposed conspiracy theories that had been validated by subsequent events. Examples of critical race theory being taught in schools, which was supposedly not happening, had been instantiated by countless videos and screenshots of classroom instruction and curriculum. Disney creators were leaked boasting about how they freely inserted their “secret gay agenda” into entertainment at every opportunity. Schools had been caught secretly facilitating transgender transitions in school clubs and documents hidden from parents. The “lab leak theory” had achieved mainstream plausibility in government inquiries and the “paper of record”. Jeffrey Epstein’s sex ring for mostly powerful and influential democrats became public knowledge, though most of his secrets went with him to the grave in a strange death in jail. Satirists at the Babylon Bee regularly