When the Church Bows to Culture: A Call to Return to Truth

The episode unfolds like a reckoning inside the American church. Peter Vazquez opens by challenging the spirit of the age with a simple line: “Being happy is a choice.” That truth sets the stage for a far heavier reality he refuses to ignore—many churches have replaced biblical authority with cultural approval and political loyalty.

Peter is joined by Dr. Eric Wallace, theologian, New Testament scholar, and founder of Freedom’s Journal Institute. Wallace lays out the crisis without hesitation: “If you put your racial identity ahead of your Christian identity, that is idolatry.” His own journey began when he realized that the values he saw in Scripture aligned with conservative principles, not the progressive ideology that now dominates much of the black church.

Together they confront the widening gap between what congregations profess and how they live and vote. Peter cites the numbers: 82 percent of black Protestants in predominantly black churches say religion is very important to their lives, yet in states like Virginia nearly 90 percent vote for candidates who champion abortion, gender ideology, and government dependency. Wallace calls it what it is—a failure of discipleship and a surrender to outside voices louder than Scripture.

The conversation cuts through the myths of systemic oppression, exposes the confusion of the gender debate, and challenges churches that have traded charity for government programs. Wallace makes the spiritual nature of the crisis unmistakable: “The enemy still controls much of what is happening in society because the church stopped discipling its people.”

This episode is not comfort food. It is a warning shot. It presses believers to face the truth that the Church is losing credibility because too many have shaped their convictions around race, politics, and culture instead of the Word of God. It demands a return to Scripture, a rejection of ideological captivity, and the courage to vote, live, and lead according to biblical truth. It is not a conversation to agree with politely. It is a mandate to stand up, repent, and fight for the soul of the Church before the culture finishes remaking it.