The article discusses the increasing spiritual militarism of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the increasing tendency of his pastor, Doug Wilson, to preach at the Pentagon, suggesting that the Pentagon's objectives align with the Bible's historical significance. Whitfield argues that while Christian words "Christ is Lord" are always false when used in acts of violence, such as war, they are considered a lie when used to authorize the killing of an infidel. He argues that for any Christian utterance to be true, it must be consistent with the stories, meaning, and worldview in which such words are fully coherent. He suggests that many American Christianities have become a kind of sub-Christianity, with much of what is branded Christianity today in America not being Christianity in any meaningful sense. Whitfeld argues that the church is a sociologically and historically identified as a real body of people gathered by and the Eucharist, which transcends all traditional understandings of identity and identity.