Year: 2022
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Christian Nationalism = Christian Patriotism
It is now impossible to ignore the Christian Nationalist Movement in the United States. We’ve got United States Congressmen self-identifying as “Christian Nationalists.” Every news outlet in America has covered it (almost all negative), and the Democrat Left is practically going hysterical over it. It has to be discussed, defined and crystalized. That’s why I […]
Shane Schaetzel
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The Declaration of Christian Nationalism
1. Christian Nationalists (or Christian Patriots) are Christians, before anything else, we profess to be followers of Jesus Christ and his Apostles. One cannot be a Christian Nationalist, unless one is first a Christian, but it is possible for non-Christians to be friendly and sympathetic toward the Christian Nationalist movement. Christianity is not limited to […]
Shane Schaetzel
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How to Bring Back the Youth
The mainstream Catholic Church is failing, and will continue to fail more dramatically in the years ahead. Dioceses will downsize, parishes will close and be merged. It’s all part of the managed-decline of the Boomer Bishops who are still trying to impose a 1970s mindset on the Church. Where are the youth? How do we […]
Shane Schaetzel
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A Catholic Perspective on Christian Nationalism
The term “Christian Nationalism” was coined by the political Left, in an attempt to frighten people into fear of politically-active Christians. It’s most used by Leftist media and news outlets, in a nearly hysterical way, so as to incite as much panic among their viewers and readers as possible. It’s often thrown in with the […]
Shane Schaetzel
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A Catholic Approach to American Politics
Catholics are constantly being told to keep our religion out of politics. For that matter, Evangelicals are being told the same thing too. Upon hearing such admonitions, we should consider the source, and we should also consider that if we are truly Catholic, and I mean truly Catholic and not just giving lip-service, then it […]
Shane Schaetzel
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Focus on State Politics
After my self-imposed obligatory seven-days of Union patriotism (July 4 – 11), I took down my Union flag (American flag), and put my state flag back on my porch. I love my state flag, even more than the American flag, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with me saying that. You see, I’m a Missourian, […]
Shane Schaetzel
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How to Deal with Corruption in the Catholic Church
As Catholics, we’ve been treated to a steady diet of Church corruption, modernist agendas and weak bishops for literally decades now. The problem appears to be getting better in some areas, mainly in small dioceses, but simultaneously getting worse, mainly in bigger (arch)dioceses, the college of cardinals and the Vatican. As frustrating as this is, […]
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How to Evangelize the Evangelicals
As Catholics, we seem to have a deficit when dealing with Evangelicals. In short, there is a bit of a language gap. There are, of course, instances where Catholics and Evangelicals just don’t see eye-to-eye, and probably never will. However, there are other instances where Catholics and Evangelicals are basically talking about the exact same […]
Shane Schaetzel
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Living in a Post-Roe America
While I was on vacation in South Carolina, the ruling came down for the Dobbs v Jackson case. It was Friday, June 24. I was not surprised, considering the trajectory of this Supreme Court and the leak of the Alito Opinion earlier this year, I was relieved and overjoyed that Roe v Wade had finally […]
Shane Schaetzel
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Secularism: The God That Failed
In 1949, a book titled “The God That Failed” hit the market. It was comprised of six essays, each written respectively by Louis Fischer, André Gide, Arthur Koestler, Ignazio Silone, Stephen Spender, and Richard Wright. The premise of the book was a critique of communism, and how each author become disillusioned with it, ultimately rejecting […]