Listen up, folks. It’s your favorite tour guide of the apocalypse, Matt, to guide you into your dystopian future. On your right you’ll find the gulags which are nice this time of year. Coming up on the left is the re-education camp where you might find Christians learning how to use a prayer mat and say “salaam-alaikum” to their immigrant overlords.

Well, buckle up, because we’re diving into the latest episode of “America’s Got Outrage.” In this episode we see a bunch of anti-ICE protesters decided that the best way to stick it to The Man was by crashing a Christian church service like it was an open mic night at the corner bar.

I know I already wrote about it, mostly mocking Don Lemon, but something about the story stuck with me. If you’re a white Christian wondering if the future looks like Mad Max with more pronouns, you might be onto something.

Picture this: It’s Sunday morning at Cities Church, a Southern Baptist joint where folks are just trying to get their weekly dose of eternal salvation, maybe with a side of coffee and awkward small talk. Pastor Jonathan Parnell is up there is up there asking God for whatever it is that Protestants ask God for when BAM!

Doors swing open. Angry faces fill the space. Signs are waving. In storms a cadre of chanting protesters like they’re auditioning for a sad reboot of Rent. You see, it turns out that one of the other pastors at this Christian church, works for ICE.

Videos from the scene? Pure chaos porn. Protesters march up to the pulpit, block aisles, and start yelling in faces. Kids are crying, families are fleeing like someone turned on the finale of “Stranger Things” on the television.

One churchgoer later said to the media, “I feel violated, I feel interrupted, I feel angry.”

Meet the new normal. Your sacred space is just a stage for someone’s viral tantrum. And here’s where it gets extra extra spicy. Some of these protesters let the mask slip a bit. You see, they’re not just upset at ICE; they were eyeballing the congregation like they were sizing up a buffet of privilege. Reports and clips show them sneering at “white people with nice jewelry” and “everybody is white & rich in church,” mocking lattes and nice clothes like it’s a roast of people in khakis who get up and go to work every day and worry about their children.

The focus on race and Christianity is disturbing. Deeply so. These folks invaded a house of worship, desecrating the one place where people go to heal and become more loving.

The DOJ’s already sniffing around, launching a civil rights probe under the FACE Act (that’s Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances, which is really the ultimate irony.

I doubt much will happen. The Republicans would have to grow a spine which seems about as unlikely as them actually caring about normal Americans.

So how should white Christians feel about the future if this anger swells into a majority mood. Spoiler: Not great.

If you’re a follower of Jesus of the vanilla variety, you’re staring down a barrel of growing fury that paints your faith as a comfy fortress for the privileged.

Imagine a world where every Sunday service risks a flash mob of finger-waggers calling you out for your privilege -whatever that word means. Imagine a world where this guy has followers.

Guys like these aren’t just anti-ICE; they’re anti-you.

This kind of hatred breeds hatred. It always has. It also creates fear and distrust. Whenever a new person shows up to Christian services on Sunday, half the people there will be eyeing him to make sure he or she doesn’t have some violence planned.

Nothing says “successful thriving country” like a nation where even churches become battlefields.

Many may just throw up their hands and say, “nothing is sacred anymore.” But that’s not true. Politics is sacred. Government is sacred and should be allowed to do its will unchecked and unquestioned by you low IQ miscreant oogedy-boogedy religious types, they say.

Look at the invasion of the Capitol on January 6th. I’d argue that’s not as offensive as invading a church. But that day is supposed to be treated as the darkest day since…Trump found Twitter.

You see, invading a church and screaming at Christians is speaking truth to power or something. But people questioning politicians? That’s hate and needs to be punished.

The future looks about as dark as can be. What we once hoped was a reversal on the leftist march with the election of Trump seems increasingly like a comma. A temporary pushback. A pause.

We can not give an inch. We can pray. We can act like we’ve been chosen as Christians to deliver a message to the world, both with our actions and our words. We can stop being scared. The world wants you docile and weak. Empty eyed and hollow-chested. Stop it. Christ is calling you to proclaim the truth of your faith, to live our His word, and fill the earth with His Good News.