A Sunday Read: Lawfare is Spiritual Warfare
It's time we realized that earthly battles are often more than earthly.
If you’re reading this post, you probably know something about our organization, We The Patriots USA. And if you’ve followed us for any length of time, you know that we are a nonprofit organization that relies exclusively on public donations to fuel our mission. Everything we do here, from litigating at the U.S. Supreme Court to creating innovative and award-winning documentaries like Shot Dead, to just keeping the lights on, is made possible because of ordinary Americans who are most often far from wealthy, but who are committed to fighting the evils of tyrannical government overreach.
For this reason, we are always on the lookout for new ways to reach like-minded folks who share our vision for a better America - one that looks more like the one described in the United States Constitution and less like the one described in Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. This is especially necessary given the overwhelming censorship that our organization has endured, both from the usual suspects in the mainstream media and Big Tech, and from those who purport to share our values and our vision. So it should come as no surprise that among the places we’ve approached for help in promoting our mission are churches.
As you know, we are headquartered in Idaho, a place where churches are in no short supply. While it may not be home to the likes of Texas mega churches, there are still plenty of places where freedom-loving Americans gather each Sunday (and often, Wednesday as well) to worship and fellowship. What we have been surprised to learn, though, is that - by and large - most pastors and priests don’t want anything to do with promoting our work. There are exceptions, of course, and for them we are very grateful. But they are few.
The reason? Most often, it’s that, as a matter of policy, they do not promote secular organizations that are not affiliated with their church, especially ones that may be asking their congregants for money. We can respect this. And, just to be clear, we have never asked (and would never ask) to hop up on an altar during a Mass or worship service to make our pitch. Instead, we’ve simply asked for the opportunity to host an event, such as a screening of our aforementioned film, on another night of the week, when there are no services scheduled. Even this, though, has been met with stiff resistance. The sentiment seems to be that church is for preaching the Good News, nothing more, nothing less.
Again, we’re not taking issue with the right of any religious leader to make decisions about what takes place in his church. But what I’m trying to express here is that the work we do here at We The Patriots USA is, in many ways, more spiritual than worldly. When we file a lawsuit against the government or a major pharmaceutical company because of the harm they’ve inflicted on a person, it isn’t just a fight to protect life or health. But even if it were, Christ expressly directed us to engage in corporal works of mercy in Matthew 25:31-46. Anyone who thinks we can get by just by preaching and not tending to the physical needs of the flock needs to reread that passage, one I’ve always found to be one of the most terrifying reminders of what will happen to those who forsake charity.
Of course, there are many ways of being charitable, many that have nothing at all to do with the work of We The Patriots USA. And most of these churches spend a lot of time doing things like homeless ministry, pro-life ministry, and prison ministry. So we know they aren’t forsaking charity by any means. But that’s not the point here. The point is that what we are doing week after week in the courts is not just lawfare. It’s spiritual warfare. Take, for instance, our lawsuit on behalf of a kindergarten teacher in Oakland, California, who is being fired just because she refused to violate the tenets of her Faith by participating in the gender transition of one of her students. The fact that public school officials would terminate a teacher’s employment because she won’t call a girl a boy is proof positive that so many of the people who have taken power in this country are not just doing evil, they seem to be possessed by it. Of course, this should come as no surprise to anyone who has spent time reading The Good Book. As the Apostle Paul tells us in his letter to the Ephesians,
For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood; but against principalities and power, against the rulers of the world of this darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the high places. Therefore take unto you the armour of God, that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and to stand in all things perfect. (Ephesians 6:12-13)
Given that we are locked in a spiritual battle against the demonic, it was only logical that we should turn to churches for help. Or, more precisely, the people who fill the churches. While sitting in a church on Sunday doesn’t make you a spiritual warrior any more than sitting in a bank makes you a millionaire, we still think that church is a pretty good place to start in our search to find like-minded, patriotic Americans who want to take an active part in the battle to defeat Satan here on earth.
In the end, of course, we won’t have the final victory. We know that is reserved for One far greater than us. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t called upon to be soldiers here on earth in the meantime (see 2 Timothy 2:3). If you’re a religious leader (anywhere) who wants to stand in the gap with us, please email us at info@wethepatriotsusa.org to explore ways you can help to promote our work. If you’re not, please share this post with your church leaders - wherever they are - and ask them to contact us. And of course, please consider making a tax-deductible gift in support of our mission.