CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY NOVEMBER 18, 2025
TWO STORIES CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. ONE WAS THE DECLINE IN RELIGION IN AMERICA. THE OTHER WAS A REPORT THAT DEFENSE SECRETARY PETER HEGSETH PLANS TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE PERSECUTION AND MURDER OF CHRISTIANS IN NIGERIA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
THE IRONY IS THAT WHILE FAITH IS IN DECLINE IN AMERICA, IT IS SURGING IN AFRICA WHERE MISSIONARIES ONCE SHARED THE GOSPEL.
AN ANNUAL GALLUP POLL FOUND A 17 PERCENT DROP FROM A DECADE AGO IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SAY FAITH IS IMPORTANT IN THEIR LIVES. IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT FEWER THAN HALF OF AMERICAN ADULTS – 49 PERCENT – HAVE GIVEN THAT ANSWER SINCE THE SURVEY BEGAN IN 2007.
SECRETARY HEGSETH IS RIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CAN DO MORE WITH ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL LEVERAGE, WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAS PLEDGED TO DO.
PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE. JESUS, HIMSELF, SAID: “IF THEY PERSECUTED ME, THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU.” WE WHO FOLLOW HIM IN AMERICA HAVE NOT FACED DEATH FOR OUR FAITH. NOT YET. PRAY FOR THE PERSECUTED AND SPEAK UP. I’M CAL THOMAS
