Axis Live: The Antichrist is Already Here

The Antichrist is not a scary villain who shows up someday to rule the world. According to the New Testament, there are already many of them, and they look a lot like Christians who abuse power in Jesus' name. On the pub day of Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists, Brad Onishi talks with author and scholar Matthew D. Taylor about what the Bible actually says about the Antichrist, why Christian supremacy is a deeper problem than Christian nationalism, and how the history of Christendom, from Constantine to the Crusades, connects to Pete Hegseth, Doug Wilson, and the American right today. Matthew also talks about losing his job over this book, and why he believes Christians have an obligation to confront other Christians right now. Chapters 0:00 The Antichrist is with us now 2:52 Book tour events 4:48 Christian supremacy vs. Christian nationalism 8:05 What the New Testament says about the Antichrist 13:31 The incarnation and what Jesus taught 17:19 Faith and democracy in the midterms 25:25 Nicaea, the Crusades, and the birth of Christendom 30:34 Christendom's return today 36:39 Hegseth clip and the "enemy within, enemy without" 42:32 Matthew's firing over the book 50:41 Is polarization the disease or the immune response? 55:18 Could the worst chapters of Christian history return? 1:00:32 Closing and where to find Matthew Get the book and follow Matthew Matthew D. Taylor's Substack, Reckonings: https://matthewdtaylor.substack.com/ Defying Tyrants: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798341900370/Defying-Tyrants Upcoming events Sunday: Knoxville, TN, Unitarian Church Mon, Oct 12: Nashville, TN, conversation with Phil Williams at the downtown library Wed, Oct 14: Memphis, TN, Rhodes College Fri, Nov 20, 7 p.m.: Denver, CO, free midterms event at the convention center with Matthew Taylor, Robert P. Jones, Alba Onofrio, Brooke Wilensky-Lanford, and Dan Miller moderating If you enjoy our work, please subscribe. Paid subscribers get bonus content, ad-free listening, access to the entire 1k episode archive, an invite to our Discord community, and access to the Axis Daily Brief. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/axis-daily-brief/id1896931494 🔔Subscribe - Substack: www.axismundi.substack.com Books mentioned: 📕 American Caesar: How Theocrats and Tech Lords Are Turning America into a Monarchy by Brad Onishi — out September 15: https://static.macmillan.com/static/essentials/american-caesar-9781250427922/ 📗 Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists by Matthew D. Taylor — out October 6: https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9798341900370/Defying-Tyrants Live events: Full tour dates: https://axismundinetwork.substack.com/p/the-american-caesar-book-tour 🔗 axismundi.us www.quo.com/SWAJ - Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months www.groundnews.com/SWAJ 40% off the Vantage Subscription! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices