Why Are So Many Christians Falling for QAnon?

Why Are So Many Christians Falling for QAnon? AUGUST 10, 2020 [RELEVANT THIS WEEK]( THE BEST OF RELEVANTMAGAZINE.COM [Hero-5.jpg]( STORY OF THE WEEK [Why Are So Many Christians Falling for QAnon?]( [rn-x.png] In October of 2017, an anonymous person calling themselves the “Q Clearance Patriot” started dropping vague messages on 4chan purporting to detail President Donald Trump’s coming war on the “evil tyrants” who control America. These messages appear incoherent to most of us, but a growing community has used alleged clues to piece together a narrative that involves a cabal of Hollywood actors, wealthy elites and well-known Democratic personalities like the Clintons and the Obamas, all of whom have conspired to exert control over America for their own sinister ends. [READ NOW]( WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW [• Falwell Has Responded to His Bizarre Instagram Post: ‘Just in Good Fun’]( On Monday, Jerry Falwell Jr. found himself in the spotlight after a since-deleted Instagram post saw him hanging out with his pants unzipped and his shirt hiked up, next to a family friend, holding a beverage that the caption identified as “black water.” Now, Falwell has spoken with a local radio program about the post, saying that the picture was “just in good fun.” [• Social Distancing Has Banned In-Person Gatherings. It Hasn’t Banned Church.]( You can safely observe COVID-19-era guidelines while still fulfilling the mission and purpose of the Church. [• Ordained Pastor Cori Bush Won Her Primary in an Enormous Upset]( If you watched Netflix’s Knock Down the House documentary that followed a group of women running for office, you met Cori Bush—a single mom, nurse and ordained minister who rose to prominence as a leader in the protests in Ferguson that followed the police killing of Mike Brown. On Tuesday, Bush claimed a stunning victory, toppling one of the longest-running Democratic dynasties in the country in an upset that will send shockwaves through Washington, D.C. [• God Has a Plan for Your Whole Life—Not Just the Parts You Like]( Sam Collier's journey has taken him through some extreme peaks and valleys and through it all he's learned one thing: God is in the redemption business. [• Are There Any Records Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Didn’t Break?]( The numbers for Taylor Swift’s surprise Folklore are in and they are fairly astonishing. It turns out dropping an album mid-pandemic when the world is stuck at home with nothing to do is a good business strategy, especially when the album is as solid as this one, which features contributions from The National’s Aaron Dessner, Bon Iver and Jack Antonoff, in addition to some of the strongest songwriting of Swift’s career. [• Deaths and Thousands of Injuries Have Been Reported Following an Enormous Blast in Lebanon]( A giant explosion in a Beirut port area has left hundreds dead and wounded. Video showed a fire raging around several buildings that reportedly contained explosive materials before a blast heard 150 miles away erupted, sending shockwaves through the area and putting a city already struggling with a coronavirus surge into dire straits. Multiple videos emerged of the shocking explosion. Read more to find out how you can help. [• Finding the Courage to Pursue Racial Justice Now]( If we want to understand reality and move beyond the rhetoric of fear, we have to be intentional. WHAT YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO [• Relevant Podcast]( The new episode of the RELEVANT Podcast is here! On this episode, Cory Asbury talks about his most intimate song yet and Chad Veach explains his new book. Also, the gang breaks down the whole Falwell situation. [• Relevant Daily]( Tune in every day for a new episode of Relevant Daily, where Tyler Huckabee brings you what’s happening at the intersection of faith and culture. MOST SHARED [Hero-17.jpg]( GOD [Being a Christian Is Not About Being Right]( [bible.png]( LIFE [Top 10 Relationship Killers and How to Avoid Them]( [Hero-4.jpg]( CULTURE [Watch These Gen Z Twins' First Listen to ‘Jolene’]( [rn-logo.png]( © 2020 RELEVANT Media Group. All Rights Reserved [Cover-96.png]( [SUBSCRIBE]( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?](    Don't want to receive these emails anymore?  [unsubscribe from this list](    [update subscription preferences]( RELEVANT Media Group · 55 West Church St. · Suite #211 · Orlando, FL 32801 · USA