I can answer that in a single word: Gnosticism. It’s an unusual word that not everyone is familiar with; many people have probably never heard it before. It’s a spiritual belief that emerged shortly after Christianity’s dawning, and it was rejected as heresy. An oversimplified explanation is that Gnosticism encourages the pursuit of hidden knowledge for spiritual enlightenment. It goes much deeper than that, twisting the Word of God (the Bible) by taking partial truths and blending them with lies to lure or turn people away from the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and follow a false version of Jesus Christ.

What does that have to do with the “Woke Right” and their spreading of antisemitism? A lot. While I’m not suggesting that pundits like Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and others are actual Gnostics (followers of Gnosticism), they are using one of its core tenets to attract new viewers or listeners and “convert” them to followers: the pursuit of the “secret knowledge” through the conspiracies they weave, twisting truth, saying outright lies, or simply making things up and doubling down on them without providing evidence. It’s mostly emotion-based and it depends on stoking hate towards Israel and more specifically Jews. That hate was either already there or something stirred it up.

I didn’t make the Gnosticism connection until I saw a clip by Allie Beth Stuckey this morning (shout out to Allie Beth). She expressed the idea that Candace and Tucker are luring people in by offering “secret knowledge” that everything points to the Jews and Israel. On its surface, it’s a simple absurdity, a blanket statement. And blanket statements are almost never true because we are all different. But for today’s drama-hungry society that is social media-driven and has a minimal attention span, it’s a perfect storm where these narcissistic influencers all say a variation of the same thing:

1. I can offer you information no one else has
2. Because of that, you can trust me; I won’t lie to you
3. And because I’m trustworthy, you don’t need your information from anywhere else
4. I’m just searching for the truth. You want the truth, right?
5. You can’t trust (insert whoever/whatever) here because their information doesn’t match mine (they’re probably being paid/controlled by the Jews)
6. Since they’re wrong and fighting against my righteous cause, you should oppose them. Wherever you see their views in comments or video/audio podcasts, contradict them with my truths. Be my warriors for truth.
7. I’m a “Christian” and I’m right. Believe in me.
8. Israel is bad/evil. Jews are bad/evil.

The Bible warns of this in 2 Timothy 3: 1-7 (KJV):

This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
 

I’ve already written at length about the eternal spiritual connection between God and the Jewish people from a Biblical perspective. God forged that tie and spoke at length about it in the Old Testament. Jesus was a Jew and fulfilled the Old Testament. And His disciples continued that belief (“To the Jew first, and also to the Greek”). You can read my full blog entry about that HERE.

Some people are starting to see through the lies and obfuscations of people like Tucker and Candace, but many more remain ensnared by the lure of drama and conspiracy. And even if Tucker and Candace were no longer relevant, someone else might take their place.

This is a spiritual problem and a discernment issue for Christians and non-believers alike. Anyone who fights against the Jews is fighting against God. God made the Jewish people through Abraham and God made an eternal covenant with them. The Jewish people may have broken the covenant by worshiping other gods in the Old Testament but God doesn’t break His covenants. He just made a new covenant in Jeremiah 31, but He did not dissolve the old one.

 
Jeremiah 31: 31-35 (KJV) reads:

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:
 
This is the covenant that paved the way for Christianity. It included the Jews first and then extended that covenant to everyone else.

I’ll conclude with this. Please consider these words:


Romans 10: 8-17 (KJV):

But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

“I’m terrified of yt people.”

I saw this in a random post on Threads from a young black single mother referring to white people.

As a man who’s been married to a black woman for thirty years, and a father of three mixed-race children, seeing this in 2025 is bizarre to me.
Maybe it’s because I’m Gen X and I remember when racial identity wasn’t hyperfixated on like it is today; I remember when, generally-speaking, we all got along. American society recognized that there was the occasional racist. But when those individuals (or even groups) outed themselves as racist, everyone criticized them and they often faced legal backlash.

This has changed in the last fifteen years, and especially the last ten years. Part of the reason for the return and normalization of racism — and anti-white racism in particular — is because it’s been promoted with virtually no challenges in the education system (college at first, then K-12) and social media. The same people who pushed “race is a social construct” also pushed the idea that minorities can’t be racist.

Newsflash: Anyone can be racist.

Justifying present-day racism by hiding behind past racism performed by dead people is an awful excuse. Becoming the oppressor by claiming to be oppressed is not only intellectually dishonest, it is evil.

And now, a generation has been re-taught racial prejudice by those who couldn’t let their own racism die. It is sad to say that too many people think everyone of a race think, act, and feel the same.

That’s not how genetics work. Or societies for that matter.

We are individuals. We have our own experiences, beliefs, thoughts, and feelings. We are not beholden to racial identity. People choose that. There’s a difference between culture and race. And though anyone can choose to dive into their culture, it has never been required. Some people find their own way.

Sometimes through marriage, we learn other cultures and incorporate them into our experiences. That isn’t appropriation; that’s life. When my wife and I started having children, we decided beforehand that we would expose them to black and white culture and let them choose what they wanted to do.

I personally learned that I benefited from getting to know people of all races and cultures. I’ve made many lifelong friends that way. I also learned that fear of other races comes from isolation, stereotypes, and assumptions. We are all human beings. And no race is better or worse than any other. There are so many things we can learn from one another.

“I’m terrified of yt people,” she said. She obviously doesn’t know any.

Divide and conquer is one of the oldest military tactics in the world. And it still works. If you can get people to self-segregate according to racial identity, you have created the foundation for conflict. And you have potentially locked those same people into never being freed from their fear and ignorance. It’s a perpetual nightmare scenario.

“They’re not like us.” “Stay with your own kind.” “I hate (fill-in-the-blank people)!”

A portion of society has tried to forget the Civil Rights Movement and all it accomplished. They say it was a lie; it didn’t solve the problem. They say that the systematic racism always was and always will be here.

They’ve made “systematic racism” a false god that is sustained by perpetual victimhood caused by fictitious oppressor versus oppressed narratives. And just like how racial segregation perpetuates racism and fear, the specter of systematic racism creates an unwinnable scenario.

How can you eliminate systematic racism? It’s everywhere! And with the idea that all white people are inherently racist and evil by their very existence, there’s nothing they can do to change it. So, what are they supposed to do? Die?

Yes. That’s what some people believe.

And what about the evil system that’s racist? Destroy it. Destroy what exactly?

Western Civilization.

And what are you going to replace it with? They haven’t quite worked that answer out yet. Some say communism (because that’s worked so well everywhere it’s been tried) and others say anarchy. Those aren’t great choices.

What this shows me is that this is a simple conflict at its core: Order vs. Chaos

And who represents those forces? God represents Order. And the devil, who has fought against God since the beginning, represents Chaos.

Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

- Joshua 24: 14-15 (KJV)

Miracles happen every day. Most of the time, we aren’t witness to them, but they happen. They’ve happened to me, and I’ve seen them happen to others. All of them are evidence of God’s mercy, grace, and love.

In 1994, I was 24 years old, and had a bicycle accident. It was my fault for not checking the wheel lock on my detachable front tire. I was cruising the streets of Austin, Texas on a Saturday morning at about 20 mph. And when I crossed a bridge where there was a change in surface elevation, the front wheel stayed in place and the rest of the bike flipped with me on it. I hit the road head first then left shoulder. At the emergency room, the doctor told me if I hadn’t been wearing a bike helmet, I’d have been brain-damaged or dead. The bike helmet had been cracked and the right fork was bent at a near-45-degree angle. According to the x-rays, I nearly separated my shoulder. Needless to say, I was in regular pain after that. I was still a sinner, so I tried to soothe the pain with smoking weed and arm exercises. Both helped but only temporarily; the soreness and agony would always return.

In January 1996, I gave my life to Jesus Christ and joined my wife’s church. I got to know the pastor and soon, I confided in him about my shoulder pain. He was very understanding and asked if he could pray for me right there, asking the Lord to heal my shoulder. Even though I was still new to being a Christian, I agreed. I’d been convinced by the faith I saw in his eyes. He had one of the deacons anoint me with oil and then he placed a hand on my shoulder, praying to the Lord earnestly as I closed my eyes and silently prayed along with him. By the next morning, my shoulder pain was gone and has never returned. I had exercised my faith in the Lord and the prayers of a man of God. In return, the Lord honored the pastor’s prayer and my faith.

In 1997 on the day of a tornado outbreak in Texas, I was heading home from work early and driving down an overpass when a massive funnel cloud began forming to my right. Had it touched down and moved in my direction, I’d have been trapped on a one-way and unable to escape it. Considering the overpass was fairly high up, I likely would not have survived the twister. So, I prayed with all my might, asking the Lord for mercy. And within seconds, I watched that huge funnel cloud disperse. Then I praised the Lord for his mercy!

In 1998, when my wife was very pregnant with our second son, she became ill and had to be hospitalized. The doctors hadn’t yet determined the cause, but it was serious. And at one point, my wife told me she felt like she wasn’t going to make it. But the Lord had mercy on her, and she recovered. The doctors had theories on what had happened, but nothing conclusive; they had just been treating her symptoms. Within a couple of days, she was released. In October, our son was born healthy, and he just turned 27 years old.

Our church regularly has events in our local area and around the state. We have a couple of different Christian bands (my wife and I are in one of them) and choirs. I once saw the Lord hold back bad (stormy) weather to within a couple of miles surrounding our location until we finished performing. Then God let the storm loose.

I was friends with a brother-in-Christ who had been brought back from the dead through the pastor’s prayers. I was friends with him and his wife until his natural passing years later.

A close friend of our family, and a sister-in-Christ, was in a terrible car accident and her feet were shattered. The doctors warned her that she might never walk again. She fully recovered and walks normally.

What many people aren’t aware of is that we live in a dual world: a physical one and a spiritual one — both occupying the same space. God has His angels and the devil has his demons, and they can influence both worlds. Yet here we are, mortal men and women, caught in=between what we can and can’t see.

The bridge between those worlds is faith. Through faith, we can be reconciled to God through His Son, Jesus Christ, and He can send His Holy Spirit to dwell with us. Through faith, we can believe in His goodness and power. And through faith, we can receive miracles, which are interventions from the Most High.

Sometimes God lets us receive miracles as sinners to make us question, “How could that be possible?” Miracles can point people towards the Lord, stirring that little bit of faith within us and growing it. But a little faith can go a long way.

Matthew 17: 18-21 (KJV)
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?

And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

It is so encouraging to know that God loves us so much that He will send His angels to intervene on our behalf sometimes. We don’t know the reasons why, but He does. And He is always working for our good, even in this world that can so often be dark and discouraging. No matter what you’re going through, seek the Lord and His will for your life. If your faith is being challenged or you haven’t used it in a long time, ask Him for more faith, and believe He’ll give it to you. Because He will.


Isaiah 55: 6-9 (KJV)
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.