Baptizing the Battlefield: Pete Hegseth's Holy War at the Pentagon

Troops are maybe being briefed for Armageddon. We saw this coming.

Unit commanders are reportedly telling troops the Iran war is God's plan to trigger the rapture. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has received 200+ complaints. This is the episode that saw it coming. RNS reporter Jack Jenkins joins Amanda Henderson to unpack how Pete Hegseth's faith-driven military leadership — Pentagon worship services, Lord's Prayer over fighter jets, a Secretary of War calling the nation to "accept Christ" — laid the groundwork for where we are now.

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