By Nile Hosni –
An Orthodox priest who bench presses 435 lbs and runs a church in Austin, TX, has purchased a $2 million mansion to convert into a sanctuary.
“Anytime that we are building a church, we’re setting up an enemy base in hostile territory,” Father Moses McPherson said on his YouTube. “We are seeking to take back and conquer the land for Christ. We’re going to be met with a lot of resistance in the spiritual realm, because as St. Paul says we wrestle not against flesh.”
Is this the coolest pastor? His well-edited videos are the ultimate pushback against the woke tirade against toxic masculinity.
If you’re thing is not 28-inches around, you’re too Timothee Chalamet, he says. You shouldn’t even be able to cross your legs comfortably. In one video, he laughs throatily at a video of men floating in a hot pool, hugging and crying because they are not alpha males. They paid $10,000 to participate in “masculine” resort.
Wanna become an alpha male? Here’s a four word, one step tip: Go to the gym.
Father Moses mixes unapologetic Orthodox Christianity with unabashed masculinity. He’s what David Goggins would be if he were orthodox. His message resonates with a world sick of feminists telling men how to be (nothing a man can do is good, they say).
In the last three years, his church has tripled in size, necessitating the purchase of the mansion. The clever video shows him calling his wife on the phone: “I found the perfect building for the church. It’s $2 million.”
“That’s a lot of money,” his wife responds.
“Ha ha ha,” he says. He’s the Hemingway-esque hero, brashly pushing forward, unafraid. Why fantasize about being a 007, when you can be one?
In the next scene, Father Moses and his church explore the mansion. This room is going to be very important; it’s going to be the gym, he says.
He’s asking for donations. He stands on the roof with two steel tablets like Moses. On these tablets, the names of major donors will be inscribed. A drone soars overhead catching epic views of him. His namesake stood on the mountain; he stands on the roof.
What’s surprising about Father Moses is how he seems to have avoided the ire of the militant feminists, whom he makes fun of. In one video, he minces up “insane” feminist TikToks with the Bible and common sense. The “most painful” to watch, one feminist laments becoming a housewife and misses the life of being a “hoe.”
“In the garden of life, don’t be the hoe,” he deadpans.
Is it more shocking that it is a priest saying this or that he doesn’t care if he gets canceled?
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About this writer: Nile Hosni is a staff reporter at Pilgrim Dispatch.
