CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 7, 2026
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED AN EFFORT TO LET HOUSES OF WORSHIP GET MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN POLITICS WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE IRS COMING AFTER THEM AND POSSIBLY REVOKING THEIR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS.
TWO THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS. FIRST, THE RULE APPLIED BY PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON WAS A DOUBLE STANDARD. BLACK CHUCHES FREQUENTLY HAD GUEST SPEAKERS, LIKE JESSE JACKSON AND AL SHARPTON SPEAK OF POLITICS, AS DID SOME OF THEIR REGULAR MINISTERS. THEIR TAX-EXEMPT STATUS WAS NEVER CHALLENGED.
SECOND, WHY WOULD PREACHERS THINK THEIR MEMBERS ARE SO IGNORANT ABOUT POLITICS THAT THEY NEED INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE PULPIT? THE EVEN BIGGER QUESTION DEALS WITH WHAT JESUS SAID WHILE STANDING BEFORE PONTIUS PILATE: “MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.”
PASTORS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME FREEDOM OF SPEECH AS ANYONE ELSE IN AMERICA. THE QUESTION IS SHOULD THEY INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD WHILE THEIR CALLING IS TO PREACH ABOUT THAT OTHER KINGDOM?
YES, I KNIOW ABOUT THE PREACHING HISTORY OF AMERICA AND WHERE SCRIPTURE TOUCHES ON EARTHLY THINGS THAT’S FINE. BUT STAY AWAY FROM PRINCES AND KINGS AS DAVID WARNED, AND IN MORTAL FLESH THAT CANNOT SAVE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
