Longitudinal comparison · same pastor, across time

Pastor John Hagee

2018-05-23  →  2025-06-18  (7.1 years apart)

Then
2018-05-23
What Will Be The Signs Of Your Coming
Cornerstone Church
336 views · 76 subs · ~22K/wk
Now
2025-06-18
Pastor John Hagee - "The End of Days"
Cornerstone Church
497K views · 1.3M subs · ~22K/wk

At a glance

Axis Severity: Then vs. Now

Axis 1 — Jesus
moderate
Mixed–Critical
escalated
severe
Substantial divergence
Axis 2 — Bias/Harm
severe
Severe anti-Muslim + Christian-nationalist eschatology
=unchanged
severe
Severe xenophobic and anti-Muslim framing paired with authoritarian political di
Axis 3 — Facts
moderate
Mixed; several overstated, one biblical misquotation
=unchanged
moderate
Unsourced, with specific factual overstatements
Axis 4 — Whole Bible
severe
Selective; dispensationalist minority reading foregrounded
=unchanged
severe
Heavily selective; minority apocalyptic voices presented as the canon

Axis 2 Headline Comparison

[severe] Severe anti-Muslim + Christian-nationalist eschatology
Explicit identification of Islam as the probable one-world religion of the Antichrist, a Russia-led 'Islamic army' prophecy naming Putin by name, plus jeremiad + political-enemy framing ('CNN fake news,' 'you folks in Washington,' 'Al Gore').
Top Axis-2 finding: Anti-Muslim eschatology: Islam as religion of the Antichrist + Russia-led 'Islamic army' prophecy naming Putin
“It will be a one world government with a one-world currency and a one-world religion and it very well may be Islam… Russia is going to lead an Islamic army against Israel and God is going to bury them with an earthquake… you people at g20 who are …”
[severe] Severe xenophobic and anti-Muslim framing paired with authoritarian political directives
Explicit calls from the pulpit to deport protesters, defund universities, and fire professors; an 'Islamic coalition' framing of a prophesied divine-destruction war; and a theological threat that America's divine favor is contingent on unconditional support for Israel's military campaigns.
Top Axis-2 finding: Direct political directives from the pulpit: deport protesters, defund universities, fire professors
“These flag burning, god-hating, anti-semitic garbage needs to be deported. Send them back where they come from. Anti-semitic universities that plant the virus of anti-semitism into the hearts and minds of the next generation need to be defunded by…”

Christian Nationalism Markers: Δ Over Time

CN MarkerThenΔNow
A. Conflation of national & Christian identityPresent=Present
B. Militaristic / warrior framingModerate=Moderate
C. Political opponents as spiritual enemiesPresent=Present
D. Dominionist rhetoricLowLow–Moderate
E. Civil religion (flag, pledge)None detected+Present
F. Jeremiad / "Christianity under attack"Present=Moderate
G. Ethno-cultural "real American" undertonesNone–LowPresent
H. Strongman / authoritarian affinityNone detected+Moderate

Other Axis-2 Sub-rubrics: Δ Over Time

Sub-rubricThenΔNow
Anti-Muslim framingSeverePresent (moderate)
Anti-LGBTQ framingLow / present=Not present in this sermon
Misogynistic framingNot present in this sermon=Not present in this sermon
Anti-Jewish framingNot present=Not present