{"id":32609,"date":"2026-03-25T18:10:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=32609"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:10:53","slug":"ich-bete-dass-gott-ihn-toetet-richtig-wir-wollen-dass-er-mit-christus-gekreuzigt-wird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/ich-bete-dass-gott-ihn-toetet-richtig-wir-wollen-dass-er-mit-christus-gekreuzigt-wird\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI pray that God kills him.\u201d - \u201cRight. We want him to be crucified with Christ\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are moments when, as a journalist, you pause. Not out of uncertainty, but because what you are reading is so open and so brazen that you wonder whether the world has simply stopped feeling shame. Brooks Potteiger is a pastor. Pilgrim Hill Reformed Fellowship, Nashville. And he is the spiritual advisor to Pete Hegseth - the man who leads the United States Department of Defense. The same Potteiger whom Hegseth invited into the Pentagon in August to pray there. In front of soldiers. In the name of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pete Hegseth with the pastor he trusts: Brooks Potteiger<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Potteiger sat on the podcast Reformation Red Pill with Joshua Haymes - not a coincidence, not an unfamiliar format, because Hegseth has appeared there at least four times. Haymes is also a member of the Pilgrim Hill congregation. They know each other, they think alike, they pray together. The conversation turned to James Talarico. Democratic state representative in Texas, recently won primary for the U.S. Senate. Talarico is a Christian - but he rejects Christian nationalism. And that, it seems, is reason enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n