Eli Shepherd gleans truth here with his politically-incorrect essay entitled Anything but Christ: The Hidden Alliance Between Progressivism and Islam.

“And this is where Christian Conservatives have got to wake up. We keep trying to play the world’s game by its rules. We debate statistics, quote laws, and argue economics, but this battle isn’t about any of that. It’s about truth versus deception, light versus darkness, Christ versus chaos. The reason progressivism can align with radical Islam and not break a sweat is that, at its root, neither worldview is built on the Gospel. Their shared hatred of Christianity is the glue that binds them together . . . The American church, meanwhile, has spent far too long acting like these are just cultural misunderstandings. They’re not. They’re the visible fruit of an invisible war. Ephesians 6 wasn’t poetic filler; it’s the real framework of our world: “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, and rulers of darkness.” The enemy isn’t Washington or Hollywood. It’s the same serpent that whispered in Eden, now whispering through every movement that says, “You can be your own god.”

But here’s the good news: the answer hasn’t changed. The only thing strong enough to stand against both the pride of secularism and the power of false religion is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Not watered-down, “seeker-friendly” Christianity. The real thing. The kind that doesn’t apologize for saying Jesus is the only way, not one of many.

The world may chant “anything but Christ,” but history tells us something different. Empires rise and fall. Ideologies burn out. But the name of Jesus still shakes nations, saves sinners, and silences kings. The spiritual war is real, but the victory has already been written. And no alliance, no rebellion, and no agenda can erase that.

So it’s time for believers to see the world for what it is, not just through the lens of politics, but through the eyes of faith. Because once you understand that everything is more spiritual than it looks, you stop being surprised by the alliances of darkness and start fighting them with the power of light.