‘[They] Serve Their Neighbors,’ Says ‘The Sin of Empathy’ Author and Cities Church Cofounder Joe Rigney

Before signing off, Rigney thanked Carlson for the opportunity to appear on the program and urged viewers to “turn back to Christ.”

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“I just want to say to the people listening, if you’re the prodigal, if you’re running away, whether you’re a leftist or right-wing, or non-committal, or whatever, I don’t care,” Rigney said. “If you’re the prodigal running away from God you can come home. He left the light on. He’s got a really nice robe. He’ll give you the ring. He’ll kill the fatted calf. He’ll throw a big party because he loves you. So, you can just come back. You don’t have to keep running.”

“If everybody would do that, like if God would be gracious to this nation and people would turn back to Christ, then we could talk,” Rigney continued. “Then the political stuff, it wouldn’t work itself out, there’d still be bumps and we’d still have to work it out, but we’d have a foundation to build on.”

“So that really is the basic choice before us individually. The basic choice before us as a nation. It’s Christ or it’s chaos. There is no third option. There isn’t one. That’s all you got,” Rigney said.

Anti-ICE Protest Organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong Arrested

On the morning of Thursday, Jan. 22, Attorney General Pamela Bondi posted on X that anti-ICE protest organizer Nekima Levy Armstrong and protestor Chauntyll Louisa Allen have been arrested.

“Minutes ago at my direction, @HSI_HQ and @FBI agents executed an arrest in Minnesota,” Bondi wrote. “So far, we have arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, who allegedly played a key role in organizing the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.”

The attorney general said she will share more updates as they become available.

“Listen loud and clear: WE DO NOT TOLERATE ATTACKS ON PLACES OF WORSHIP,” Bondi’s post concluded