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Did Christian Nationalist Leaders Prompt Mike Johnson’s Epstein Flip-Flop?

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It’s impossible to truly know what prompted Johnson’s about-face, but it’s worth noting that he has long been connected [politicalresearch.org] to the A movement originally identified and named in the 1990s by evangelical theologian C. Peter Wagner. The NAR has since become the leading political and cultural vision of the Pentecostal and Charismatic wing of evangelical Christianity. Learn more , a charismatic evangelical movement that teaches that Christians are called to take “dominion” over all aspects of society, including the government. Johnson has publicly acknowledged that NAR has had a “profound influence” on his life, according to a report issued by the Congressional Freethought Caucus last year.”

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