Axis Live: The Antichrist is Already Here

The Antichrist is not a scary villain who shows up someday to rule the world. According to the New Testament, there are already many of them, and they look a lot like Christians who abuse power in Jesus' name.

On the pub day of Defying Tyrants: Following Jesus in a World of Christian Antichrists, Brad Onishi talks with author and scholar Matthew D. Taylor about what the Bible actually says about the Antichrist, why Christian supremacy is a deeper problem than Christian nationalism, and how the history of Christendom, from Constantine to the Crusades, connects to Pete Hegseth, Doug Wilson, and the American right today.

Matthew also talks about losing his job over this book, and why he believes Christians have an obligation to confront other Christians right now.

Chapters

0:00 The Antichrist is with us now

2:52 Book tour events

4:48 Christian supremacy vs. Christian nationalism

8:05 What the New Testament says about the Antichrist

13:31 The incarnation and what Jesus taught

17:19 Faith and democracy in the midterms

25:25 Nicaea, the Crusades, and the birth of Christendom

30:34 Christendom's return today