Mike Lindell and The Family

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDq3wTYb4QU

https://crooksandliars.com/2021/09/lindell-jesus-christ-trump

Lindell who is closely connected to Trump and was involved in the post-election coup plotting (that culminated in the failed January 6 putsch) has been a rising star in Christian Right circles. At the same time he has alienated sponsors and been forced out of some media circles. It's been remarkable (if disconcerting) to watch how the Evangelical community has rallied around him.

I've written about Lindell before and his sham appearance on Iron Sharpens Iron with Chris Arnzen. Lindell is a fraud and I'm not just talking about his business dealings. He's a spiritual fraud far more committed to mammon and Trumpism than to Christ (who he clearly does not know) and understanding something of how he arrived at his present point is interesting to say the least. The fact that people like Arnzen are willing to play along is telling and there are a lot of people involved who are far more important than Arnzen – people who have tapped Lindell for greater things. As many readers will already know he's all but declared his candidacy for governor of Minnesota in 2022.

I don't bother with The Young Turks (TYT) much. There's always been some good content to be found on their channel but I don't really care for the packaging or style. They're lost people and so their insight is limited. That said, there are times when the show is solid and worth a look and it should be noted that it's nothing less than Judgment when unbelievers are speaking more truth than those who profess to be members of Christ's Kingdom. It's been a few years since I watched one of their videos but this one caught my eye.

Invited by (or via) Evangelical actor Stephen Baldwin to a meeting of The Family – the semi-secretive and conspiratorial group (one of many) that quietly works to unite and orchestrate the strategy of the Christian-Right in its attempts to implement Dominionism in the United States, Lindell was effectively 'tapped' in the same way Bilderberg, CFR, and WEF-Davos promote figures in the political world.

Lindell had the media presence, celebrity, and money. They wanted him on board with the project and he was willing. I would feel bad for him – as I think he's been deceived on many levels – except for the fact that he's engaged in evil and deceit in the name of Christ and worse he's been facilitated and supported by Christian leaders that should know better, certainly about Lindell's status and the dangerous and deceitful political movement he's part of it.

The Young Turks do not understand Christian conversion and so they mock Lindell and believe that he's stupid and was manipulated. There's undoubtedly some truth to that observation and yet they lack the true tools to dissect Lindell and the context of his rise and connections to Trump. This exposé video should be made by Christians – but they're more than willing to ride the lie if 'good' may come of it – good being their own flourishing, enrichment, and empowerment. And so it will never happen.

I cannot agree with The Young Turks and their view of the world but I will freely and openly agree with them on one point – the National Prayer Breakfast should be shut down. Christians should be calling for it and they should be calling out Mike Lindell and disassociating themselves from him.

See also:

https://pilgrimunderground.blogspot.com/2020/10/neither-lead-nor-pillows-can-sharpen.html