As a Christian growing up in the 50s and 60s, I was in a society where Christians were content to live and flourish within a secular society. We had a Christian elementary school in our community along with the public one and we had Christian colleges alongside secular universities. Now it seems some Christians are not content with that situation and I wanted to know what changed.

I've known for some time of the existence of Project 2025 but I never understood why it exists. Boedy explained so much I now get it. Now I understand the concept of some Christians not being content to exist in a secular society but rather wanting to conform society and its institutions to be Christian.

He goes back to the origin of the concept, to Bill Bright in the 1970s, then Loren Cunningham and others, as the years went by. Some refer to Gen. 1:28 saying Christians are to have dominion over what was later identified as seven areas of culture. Rather than Christianity existing beside other religions or flourishing in a secular society, it was meant to dominate. The righteous minority would need to gain power to exercise the necessary control. That meant democracy (and the liberal majority) in the US would need to be destroyed.

Boedy goes through the seven areas and the work thought need to be done in them. Education is attacked because it indoctrinates kids against God and against America (as a Christian nation). It is no longer enough to have Christian schools and universities along with secular ones. All education must be Christian. With respect to government, democracy must be done away with in preparation for governing by a righteous minority, implementing “biblical” policies even if it is at the loss of constitutional rights. Churches are influenced by Satan, they say, and need to be purified. Regarding money, God wants capitalism free of constraining regulations, transferring wealth from the evil rich to true believers who will use it for God's agenda. Some promote a conspiracy where White people will be replaced with non-White by allowing open southern borders in the US, hence intense immigration work must be done.

For me, the most enlightening chapter was the one on the media. As a young person, we never gave a thought to the possibility of Walter Cronkite lying to us, We trusted the news broadcasters. Now, many Christians believe there is a general conspiracy against God, a conspiracy that has taken over all our cultural institutions, including the news media. (115, 116) Secular media is in the devil's hands and is a propaganda machine. People need to be kept from being brainwashed by it.

I found Boedy's book to be very enlightening, explaining much happening in the US today. I highly recommend this book.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an honest and independent review.

“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵. 𝗪𝗲 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱, 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆.”

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝗣𝘂𝗯 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 9/30/25

*Thank you @NetGalley and @WJKbooks for sending this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: This book explores the foundation of Christian Nationalism, how it’s rooted in a decades long quest. Nationalists seek to destroy current democracy and rebuild a new order based on Christianity, attacking each of the seven pillars of American scociety (Education, Politics, Religion, Media, Entertainment, Family, Business).
Scholar Matthew Boedy exposes how this movement—driven by prosperity preachers, extremist politicians, and right-wing power brokers—laid the groundwork for Trump’s presidency and is now advancing its agenda under his second administration. From local school board elections to billion-dollar megachurches, this multipronged effort is reshaping the country in ways most Americans don’t even realize. Discover what has motivated the key players in this movement, how they’ve operated, and what is the unprecedented role of millennial "kingmaker" Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and the new face of Christian nationalism and the Seven Mountain movement, who believes, “...we finally have a president who understands the seven mountains of cultural influence.”

𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:
🇺🇸 Politics
✝️ Current Affairs
🇺🇸 Christian Nationalism
✝️ Democracy
🇺🇸 Right-Wing Extremists Ideology

𝗠𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:
This was a well written, in depth look at a decades long quest to strongman Christian theocracy into the American government and society. Long before the current administration, this was in progress. The movement caught fire when the far right gabbed hold and instilled it into the current administration. If radical Evangelicals can control the seven pillars of society, they can control people and force their radical cult-Christian beliefs. It eye opening to read about how this cult version of Christianity is attempting to worm its way in society like a poison, using good faith Christians as pawns. Charlie Kirk is a current CEO of a organization that is spreading and attempting to impliment these views. Im fascinated and alarmed all at once.
Great thought provoking and informative read into the current workings and ulterior motives of the current administration.

#TheSevenMountainsMandate