When the Church Bows to Culture: A Call to Return to Truth

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Here on The Next Steps Show, como digo siempre, we talk truth. We talk about discernment and understanding what that means, and we talk about prayer. That whole balance between faith, politics, and entrepreneurship, and understanding what that means to you, is our whole goal.

I have noticed, across this blessed country of ours, and most visibly within black churches, that a dangerous shift has taken place. Almost a surrender of biblical authority to the pressures of culture and political ideology. I told the late Dean Nelson, chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, “Papa, come to Rochester. You have got to see this.”

Because I did not know if it was happening anywhere else in the country, but here in Rochester it is almost like the god that is being worshipped is politics. Everything from interfaith programs saying, “It is okay that we come in under these beliefs that are not biblical because it is about helping people.” That is what they say.

We see it in election results, like those that we saw in Virginia, that reveal a painful truth. Millions of professing believers are casting votes that contradict the very faith they proclaimed that Sunday. The cost of this drift is not just political. Politics is the tool used to bamboozle you. Every day it is a spiritual battle. It strikes the church’s witness, its integrity, and, more importantly, its ability to speak truth to a culture in chaos.

Today we are going to go deep into that with a phenomenal guest. My guest for this hour is a theologian, an author, and a cultural commentator. He has four degrees, not one, not two, four degrees in biblical studies, including a PhD in New Testament. He is the founder and president of Freedom’s Journal Institute for the Study of Faith and Public Policy. He is co-founder of Freedom’s Journal Magazine and host of Kingdoms in Conflict.

This is a man who understands God, country, and family. He is also a phenomenal ambassador for the Project 21 program that we highlight on the show as often as possible. Ladies and gentlemen, join me in welcoming the honorable Dr. Eric Wallace, PhD, president, founder, and ambassador. Bienvenido to The Next Steps Show, sir. Thank you for taking time from your very busy schedule for little old me.

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Hey Peter, thank you for allowing me to be on your show. This is a discussion that I love having and I have been wanting to have it with somebody who is clearly qualified to have this discussion.

Peter Vazquez:
Doctor, before we go further, for our listeners, tell them who you are. Who is Dr. Eric Wallace?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
I am a man called by God to have somewhat of a, and I never thought of it in these terms until recently, a prophetic ministry to the church in general and the black church in particular, to have the church stand up and vote its values.

You mentioned Freedom’s Journal. My wife and I co-founded Freedom’s Journal Magazine. We knew we had to get a rebuttal out there to the prevailing narrative. As I was studying for ministry and working on my PhD, I asked, “Lord, what do you want me to do after this?”

I was watching the Republican Convention when President Bush was running for a second term. I listened to the people talk about him and I even found myself getting teary-eyed as somebody who was in the military. I thought, “I could follow this guy.” That was the first time I really got interested in politics.

Then I read in the Chicago Tribune how Jesse Jackson Sr. and some others were talking about how they could affect the next election for the Democrats. I was perplexed as to why they could not see what I was seeing, what was happening with the Republican Party versus the Democrat Party.

As I looked at what the two parties stood for, I said, “My biblical values align more with the Republican Party and with conservatism than with the Democrat Party and progressivism.” From that point on, I got involved.

We started Freedom’s Journal Magazine, named after the first black newspaper. Then I wanted to do something more substantial than a magazine. We decided to build something like a think tank. We do more than just writing and talking. We have an organization that does a Black Conservative Summit, we do the TV program Kingdoms in Conflict, and things like that.

I was trying to figure out how to marry my biblical study background with the political ideology I was seeing and to understand what was happening to the black church. Why are they so conservative on social issues, but almost every first Tuesday in November they vote for people who do not share those values? That bothered me. So I asked God, “What am I supposed to do?”

I have a number of initials in front of my name and behind my name. I am an ordained pastor as well. That will get me in certain doors that might not open for other people. I believe that is my calling.

Peter Vazquez:
Thank you. I want to ask you this, because one of the things that I hear a lot here in New York State is, “Because you are black or brown, you must need government help. It is government that can help you, not the church.” It has almost gone to the point where they are removing God from everything and chastising God for everything.

I want to ask you, sir, because you are black, you are an ambassador of Project 21, you are promoting God-country values that are conservative by nature, not politically, but biblically. This issue of “systemic racism” that the left keeps trying to convince our children and many young blacks and browns that they are victims of… You have four degrees; you have done more than most people I know. Has your race prevented you from doing anything in America?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
No. No. The left has to continue to say that to get people to feel victimized, to believe that they need the Democrat Party and the help of white people.

I was the first black American to get my PhD in biblical studies, New Testament, from the school I attended. There have been others before me at other schools, and others have followed. Part of this is cultural. There is a myth of white supremacy out there. I mention this in my book. If you think there is such a thing as white supremacy, you must also be accepting the idea of black inferiority, because you cannot talk about one without the other.

We have to say instead: God has created us in His own image and likeness. How dare anybody run around acting as though somebody is inferior or superior and standing in your way? If you say that, you are saying white people are stronger than the destiny God has laid out for you. That is crazy.

Peter Vazquez:
That has always been my argument. For me to accept that I am held back by something is to insist that I do not have the courage or the strength or the God-given duty to overcome it.

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Amen. There is always going to be some kind of obstacle anyway. People either do not like you because you are too dark, too light, too tall, too skinny, or heavy. People are going to find reasons not to like you. So you just have to say, “This is what God has called me to do. This is who I am in Christ,” especially as Christians. There is no reason in the world why Christians should believe this mess that systemic racism or white supremacy is somehow going to hold us back. That would mean the enemy is stronger than our own Savior, and that is ridiculous.

Peter Vazquez:
On that note, I want to shift to something that you wrote a book on. Your book is called The Heart of Apostasy, released on October 22 of this year. One of the things I hope you can help clarify, for our listeners and for myself, is this phrase we throw around a lot: “the black church.” It sounds divisive in itself. What exactly does it mean when someone says “the black church”?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
The black church phenomenon really has two meanings. One is somewhat legitimate. We use the term to describe cultural differences sometimes, just like we have Hispanic churches or Korean churches. Some of those are formed because of language differences.

Sometimes there are cultural differences. But a lot of it started back in the day when there was Jim Crow and blacks had to sit in the back of the church or up in the balcony somewhere. We were segregated in the churches, and so blacks went out and started their own. It is interesting because this whole race thing is always grounded in something that happened a long time ago that, as a society, we should be healing, not continuously opening that wound.

Peter Vazquez:
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to The Next Steps Show. A quick shout out to Michael. Michael, thank you for the call. It means so much to me to know that you are listening, that you are hearing, and that you appreciate what we talk about.

I try to bring you callers and guests who not only know what they are talking about, but have a passion and a heart for you, and a heart for God, country, and family. I do not care if they are left or right, as long as they fully understand that there is one King, and that is Jesus Christ. You can get mad, you can get offended, and I will tell you this: God loves you too.

Dr. Eric Wallace, PhD, ambassador for the Project 21 program. You can find out more information at nationalcenter.org. This is The Next Steps Show, and I am honored to continue this conversation with you, Eric.

Thank you for describing the whole concept behind the phrase “black church.” I will tell you, it is not specific to black churches. I see this in Hispanic churches and others as well, where a lot of pastors… I used to run the Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York, and we would engage with pastors. I would do events and some people in the community would say to me, “Peter, you have got to lay out this full, fancy breakfast spread and basically roll out the red carpet.”

I would say, “First of all, money is an issue. Second, I am here to work on an issue in our community with faith-based leaders from a faith-based perspective. I do not understand why I have to put out the red carpet.”

Can you help me understand that?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Before I answer that, I wanted to address something you said earlier about our mutual friend, Dean Nelson. I did not know you were a friend of Dean. He was a good friend of mine, and I miss him, and I am sure you do as well.

Peter Vazquez:
Quite a bit.

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Untimely death, but a good friend. A good friend who loved the Lord.

Peter Vazquez:
A good friend to a lot of people nationwide, which was amazing. This guy sat in the White House and effected change, and he was as humble as any of us.

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Yes. Yes.

Peter Vazquez:
To your question, I was asking you because people like Dean Nelson helped me understand what it means to love God unconditionally and what that relationship with Jesus Christ looks like, that we as Protestants, Bible-believing Christians, hold dear.

But I see a lot of churches here locally, and throughout the nation in my travels, where people believe that they have to roll out the red carpet for pastors. I see that a lot in black and brown churches. Roll out the red carpet to do what?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
To welcome the pastor, whether for a birthday, an engagement, or an event.

Peter Vazquez:
When I ran the Frederick Douglass Foundation, we did community engagement where we brought a lot of pastors together. In one instance, I had simple breakfast sandwiches and I was chastised because that was not “good enough.” This was a recurring thing.

So my question is: Pastors, regardless of whether they are from black churches or not, what is their role? Is their role to be served like royalty, red-carpet style? Or is a pastor’s role to serve others, regardless of the hardship, as in carrying their own cross?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
I hear you. That is part of the problem we face today. A lot of times they are interested in the accolades that come with the position as opposed to actually serving. We have moved away, unfortunately, in many churches from serving the community.

It has become, “Let us preach on Sunday, have a good time, and then go home. Maybe come for midweek Bible study, then come back Sunday and do the same thing.” We are not teaching people what it really means to be a disciple. What does it mean to deny yourself, pick up your cross daily, and follow Christ?

In my book I walk through the Gospel of Luke. I say that the church today is a lot like the church Luke is writing to. They were all waiting for the return of Jesus. For the early church, I am sure the return felt imminent. They probably looked at their watches wondering when He would come.

We are still waiting for the return of Christ. Scripture tells us nobody knows the time. Only the Father knows. Whenever He is ready, He will return. Luke is writing to a church that had expectations in the middle of a delay, showing that everything that happened—the cross, the death, the resurrection—was all part of God’s plan.

He is basically telling the church what we need to be doing in the meantime, during this apparent delay. If we read the text carefully, we will understand that there are certain things we should be doing.

One example: we saw the hoopla around EBT cards and people getting their food from the government. It ought to be an embarrassment to the church that everybody is depending on the government for food and sustenance, and not on the church. The church should be the one…

Peter Vazquez:
They quote numbers of people dependent on these programs, but none of these politicians, and unfortunately very few faith or community leaders, are asking the most important question, which is “Why?” What led to so many people being on SNAP or welfare programs or dependency programs? Some say, “Costs went up.” Fine, but what caused costs to go up? Nobody is really digging into that. And no one is looking at where the church is supposed to be in all of this.

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Exactly. Why is it that so many people are getting their food and sustenance from and depending on the federal government as opposed to depending on the body of Christ? My Bible says, “Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and all these things”—food, clothing, what you need—“will be added unto you.” So why are we so dependent on the government?

I think the church abdicated what it was supposed to do in favor of allowing the government to do it. When you do that, you become servants of the government. The government can decide what you are allowed to do. If you are giving away government food—and a lot of churches do that—you often cannot share the gospel. That is sad.

Peter Vazquez:
I have taken a stand and said, “I do not care anymore if it means losing my job or losing a friend or two because I stand with Christ.” Sir, in your book The Heart of Apostasy, you contend that there is a divided heart that has taken hold of many predominantly black churches. You say congregations affirm biblical truth in worship but live and vote according to secular ideologies—critical race theory, identity politics, cultural Marxism.

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Yes. Let me use an easy example: transgenderism, and the broader gender issue. Some churches will say that they believe in the biblical view of gender, but then turn around and support an ideology that says there are many genders.

Did God make two genders, or did He make six, twelve, or thirteen?

Peter Vazquez:
And on that note we are going to take a quick break, Doctor. When we come back, I am going to ask you plainly: Did God create more than two genders? Because I thought the Bible said that marriage is between a man and a woman.

Ladies and gentlemen, on the telephone I have the honorable Dr. Eric Wallace, PhD and ambassador for Project 21. We will be right back. No cambie ese dial. Go on social media and leave a message. I am your host, Peter Vazquez, here on WYSL and WLEA, some of the best voices in the terrestrial space.

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Peter Vazquez:
You have heard me say it before: 7:30 Friday, this song is going to be playing in the background in my living room. I am so excited I get all choked up, por seguro.

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to The Next Steps Show. Joining me is the honorable Dr. Eric Wallace, ambassador for Project 21. Sir, thank you again for your time today.

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Thank you for having me.

Peter Vazquez:
Right before we went to break, we were talking about gender. How many genders does the Bible say there are?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Two.

Peter Vazquez:
And that is it, right?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
In the first chapter of Genesis, it lays a lot out for us. We do not need to listen to people who do not believe in Scripture tell us who we are. It says God created them male and female, and He commands them to be fruitful and multiply, to have children.

So why do we go out and vote for people who are… If you say you are pro-life, which the Bible is, how do you go out and vote for people who are pro-death? They call it “pro-choice,” but it is pro-death. If you say you are for traditional marriage, how do you go out and vote for people who are not only for gay marriage but also run around saying you can change your gender, that gender is fluid?

It makes no sense. We end up doing that because we prioritize racial solidarity over biblical authority. That is my problem. That is my argument in the book. If you put your racial identity ahead of your Christian identity, that is idolatry. You cannot do that. You are not walking in the Spirit. You are not fulfilling God’s will for your life. You are doing the opposite.

Peter Vazquez:
Check out these numbers, Doctor. About 59 percent of black adults say religion is very important in their lives, and another 21 percent say it is somewhat important. Among black Protestants who attend church a few times a year or more in predominantly black churches, 82 percent say religion is very important—the most important aspect of their lives. But these same people go out and, in Virginia for example, exit polls show that roughly 90 percent of black voters supported Spanberger, and there is even video of her on social media doing some wackadoodle stuff.

How do we justify that? What causes that?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
There is a book that I mention in mine called Steadfast Democrats, written by Democrats who did a study to figure out how the Democrat Party was able to hold on to the black vote when most black folks are actually socially conservative. They even have a chart that shows 70 percent or more are conservative on issues that we care about, like the Second Amendment and abortion.

Yet they continue to vote Democrat. The authors coined the term “racialized social constraint,” which is a fancy term for peer pressure. There is constant peer pressure that if you do not vote a particular way, you are “not black.” That is why Joe Biden could get away with saying, “If you do not vote for me, you ain’t black,” or saying, “If you vote for them, they will put you back in chains.”

He can get away with that because you have black radio, black Twitter, the NAACP, the Urban League, and now the black church all saying the same thing: “We have to stick together. If we do not stick together, they will take away our rights.” They have convinced people that is true.

It is like Saul Alinsky said: you throw enough mud on the other person and eventually, even if it is not true, people begin to believe it. They have done a very good job.

Peter Vazquez:
Which is why I have representatives and investigative reporters on the show from places like MRCTV that point out the hypocrisy in media today. Media is playing a huge role in controlling what the culture perceives and the narrative itself.

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Very much so. It shows that the enemy still controls a lot of what is happening in society today. I point that out in the temptation of Jesus. Satan shows Him the kingdoms of the world. Jesus does not argue and say, “Those do not belong to you; they belong to Me.” Those kingdoms are under Satan’s control for now. Eventually that control will come under the Lord’s Lordship when He returns.

The question is: are we going to move in the kingdom of men, or are we going to move in the kingdom of God, stand up for that, and vote our values when we go to the polling place?

You are right; they did not vote for Winsome Sears, and she is a strong Christian. I have met her. What also bothers me is that I wrote an article about how pastors were seen praying for a candidate like Mandela before he even won. I thought, “Why are you praying with this guy? He does not believe in anything that you are doing. Hopefully you do not agree with his socialism.”

Maybe they do. It would not surprise me if a lot of people in the pulpit sympathize with that.

Peter Vazquez:
A Pew Research study notes that many black Americans credit civil rights organizations and black churches with helping black people move toward equality. The problem is that many of these civil rights organizations have aligned with the philosophy of modern progressives. A lot of money is being made by those people. Al Sharpton jumps to the top of the list in modern times.

You said—and your book alludes to this—that the crisis is theological versus political. You wrote, “We are not fully free if we must conform to the opinions and expectations of any political group.” You describe divided loyalty as a departure from biblical authority in favor of cultural identity.

Can you go deeper into that?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Yes. One of the things I do in the text is look at the Gospel of Luke, particularly the parable of the sower. I see the church in that parable.

The seed that falls on the hard ground—those are not believers, the way I read the text. The seed that falls on the rock falls away because of temptation and trials. That is where we get the term “apostasy,” when it falls away.

Then there is the seed that falls among thorns. It grows, but it gets choked out. I call that the distracted heart. I think that is where much of the church is. We are distracted by riches, anxieties, and the cares of this world.

We have been told to focus over here, and we are listening to competing voices—critical race theory, Black Lives Matter, all these secular voices—drowning out the spiritual voice of the Word of God. We have to reject those things and view everything from a biblical worldview. Anything that someone outside the church says to us must be tested by Scripture.

If we were doing that, we would reject much of what is coming at us as voices competing with the Word of God. If it is not supported by the biblical text, I do not want anything to do with it. I cannot have BLM trying to tell me black lives matter. We already know black lives matter. Every human life is created in the image and likeness of God; therefore it has value. We do not need them to tell us that.

Where people are not supporting those lives, we need to speak to that. But you cannot make George Floyd a hero. George Floyd was not a hero. Not even close.

Peter Vazquez:
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the honorable author, Dr. Eric Wallace, an ambassador for Project 21. We will be right back. Do not change that dial. I have to pay these bills. WYSL, WLEA, The Voice of Liberty Network.

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Peter Vazquez:
Ladies and gentlemen, you have got to check it out.

Doctor, thank you again for your time. Surveys indicate a decline in perceived influence and participation of the black church. Yet under that same umbrella, 82 percent of those attending predominantly black Protestant churches say religion is very important in their lives.

So I have to ask: does the overwhelming support for progressive candidates, especially coming out of black—and I will include Hispanic—churches reflect a failure in discipleship or a broader shift in how faith influences civic participation?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
I generally say it is a failure in discipleship. We have to teach our people. They come to the church to become disciples. Jesus tells us to make disciples, not just converts. He tells us what is expected of those disciples.

In my book I mention Luke chapter 6, often called the Sermon on the Plain. He talks about “Blessed are…” and “Woe to…” He talks about taking the log out of your own eye before taking the splinter out of someone else’s. He talks about how we are supposed to love.

He is talking about this new community called the church, which is supposed to learn how to love one another. There should not be this big divide between Hispanic, black, Asian, and others. There will be different enclaves for various reasons—culture, language—but that does not mean we cannot get together to do ministry, evangelism, or teaching. We are not supposed to be divided by skin color because race is a social construct. It is not real. There is nothing about race in the Bible. There is one race: the human race.

But I think we are not being taught. A lot of churches, even solid evangelical churches, do not want to talk about politics in their congregations. We need to, because if you are going to talk about…

Peter Vazquez:
They almost sound sanctimonious when they say, “We do not do that here.”

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Yes, as if politics is something dirty. God established government. If God established it, and He is Lord over everything, that means He is Lord over government too. We need to talk about it. We need to talk about the issues on the ballot that we must be concerned about. Politics is all throughout the Bible, all day long.

Peter Vazquez:
James 1:8 says, “A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.” Luke 8:15 says, “But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.” Galatians 1:10 says, “For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I should not be a servant of Christ.”

Sir, you have diagnosed the problem in the church and in politics, and you have turned this conversation toward solutions. You emphasize repentance and a return to Scripture.

You say the way forward is not partisan loyalty but repentance. You talk about strengthening families, promoting education, and encouraging entrepreneurship as avenues for cultural renewal. You say Freedom’s Journal Institute encourages Christians to vote their values and engage the political issues that affect life, marriage, and religious liberty.

How can we do that in a world where the serpent is dressed up as the savior of black and brown communities in the form of the white liberal that Malcolm X warned us about?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
We have principles that stand for responsible government, individual liberty and fidelity, strong family values, and economic empowerment. If you go to our website, we have a couple of videos that talk about these.

Responsible government means the government should be held accountable, but it should not control our lives. Individual liberty and fidelity mean we are called to live as free people under a moral code. Strong family values mean recognizing that the number one institution God created is the family, and then the church. The family is a husband and a wife who get married and then have children.

Entrepreneurship means learning how to go out and create a living, to earn money, to build generational wealth to pass down to your children, so you are not relying on the government or someone else.

You focus on what the Word of God says about these issues and you put up a barrier against the voices coming from outside trying to change your mind or lie about reality. It goes back to Genesis chapter 3: “Did God really say…?” The serpent twists God’s words and Eve adds to them.

So it is understanding what God’s Word actually is. That is where discipleship comes in. We are missing it at the discipleship level.

Peter Vazquez:
Yes, we are. Ladies and gentlemen, when a people shaped by the Bible begin shaping their convictions around party affiliation, party grievances, or racial identity, the church does not merely lose influence, it forfeits its soul.

We are down to the last few minutes. Eric, can you share what I like to call “Next Steps Advice”?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
Next Steps Advice. For pastors, it is leading their churches into real discipleship. Ask: What does the Bible say about the particular issue? We need to disciple believers holistically, not just in a few areas.

When we come together, we sing, shout, and have a good time, but then we go home. We need to expose competing ideologies for what they are. We have to expose CRT, Black Lives Matter, identity politics, and racial grievance movements for what they are.

We must put the Bible above culture. We should not put race ahead of who we are in Christ. If we identify as black or Hispanic before we identify as Christians, that is idolatry. It is not party loyalty, it is kingdom loyalty. It is understanding who we are in Christ, walking that out, and being willing to be ostracized for it.

Peter Vazquez:
Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable Dr. Eric Wallace. Sir, how can someone get ahold of you?

Dr. Eric Wallace:
You can go to freedomsjournalinstitute.org—freedoms with an “s”—freedomsjournalinstitute.org. The book is available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, Google Books, and a platform called Kobo.

Peter Vazquez:
Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Eric Wallace. Sir, thank you so much for your time today.

Dr. Eric Wallace:
My pleasure. Thank you for having me on.

Peter Vazquez:
Thank you. As I say every day, the crisis is not political. It is that believers now fear disappointing their culture more than disobeying their God.

Be a leader, be a leader, be a leader. God bless these United States of America. Do not let a second go by where you are not a voice for libertad. I will be with you on Monday.