Video: Megan Bashaam New Book About Leftist Infiltration of the American Church, and all the Right People Are Freaking Out
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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.
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Maybe the pastor stopped his sermon for a few moments to guilt trip anyone in his congregation who wasn't vaccinated.
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Maybe the church closed down for months and got weirdly legalistic about masking.
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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 she discovered:
"[Evangelicals] are 30% of the American electorate roughly ... they are the line that is standing in the way of the progressive agenda. If you are able to co-opt them, you really have no more significant opposition to those kinds of policies."@megbasham joins @benshapiro to… pic.twitter.com/ESKBhCgy8G
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) July 30, 2024
The book is out this week, and all the right people having a complete meltdown over it.
Take Samuel James:
The first screenshot is from Samuel James’s review. The second is from my book. He is wrong on a number of counts. This is just one.
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) July 31, 2024
The fact checkers need fact checking. pic.twitter.com/EJiUjSIaXM
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:
I knew Megan Basham’s book would rattle the cage but this reaction is insane. It’s a whole earthquake. The response is essentially hysterics.
— Timothy J. Martin 🦆 (@foxes_on_fire) July 31, 2024
I read chapter 1 of @megbasham's book Shepherds for Sale last night (and a lot more!). And now I’ve watched @gavinortlund's response video attacking her. Honestly, I’m kind of dumbfounded. In my view, Gavin’s account of what Megan wrote bears little resemblance to the chapter I…
— John G. West (@JGWestDI) August 1, 2024
Exactly.
Megan pithily expresses why Big Eva & Company are so deeply distrusted by conservative evangelicals. Her critics' petty quibbles and pious indignation don't answer--and won't erase--the valid point she is making. Read the book. pic.twitter.com/emgrZ9a8jS
— Phil Johnson (@Phil_Johnson_) August 1, 2024
