“There is no more insidious presupposition than that there is no truth,” Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, declared from the platform at Family Research Council’s Pray Vote Stand Summit on Thursday evening. 

The theologian addressed the crowd, speaking on the importance of a being anchored in objective biblical truth. “If there is no truth, there is no lie. If there is no truth, there is no morality. If there is no truth, there is no church. If there is no truth, there is no God,” Mohler explained. “I think many Christians underestimate the depth of this predicament.”

Mohler spoke clearly and did not mince words: “There’s a distinction between ‘liberal’ so-called Christianity and biblical Christianity. … Just because the word ‘church’ is on the sign out front doesn’t mean that it stands for the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. If it says ‘church’ on the sign and there’s a rainbow flag flying beside it, it is not a church.”

“Christian” denominations that affirm LGTB lifestyles include the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the United Methodist Church (UMC). The National Catholic Register also reported that 67% of Mormons in 2026 express support for LGBT lifestyles.

The longtime pastor emphasized the dire time our nation finds itself in. “We now face a revolt against creation order,” he asserted. “We’re now in a situation in which you have people who will look at a boy and say, ‘girl,’ or who will look at a girl and say, ‘boy,’” he said.

According to a 2026 Human Rights Campaign survey, 41% of U.S. adult say that know someone who identifies as “transgender.” A 2025 poll by The 19th publication claims that 53% of Americans “believe transgender adults should have access to gender-affirming care, while 37 percent believe that trans minors should have that same access.”

Mohler further instructed the crowd to examine the platforms of the politicians running in the upcoming midterm elections. In the 2026 election cycle, many far-left candidates in races are a part of the Democratic Socialists of America. On its webpage, the DSA states that it “supports the continued protection of same-sex marriages in all the States and Territories of the United States of America,” as well as supports “a single-payer, Medicare-for-All system that is fully inclusive of the health needs of the LGBTQIA+ community, including unrestricted access to reproductive, gender transition and mental/behavioral healthcare.” 

Additionally, the DSA “advocates for local and federal non- discrimination laws and insists that religious beliefs cannot be used to justify bias,” and “calls for the repeal of state sodomy laws and other anti-LGBTQIA+ discriminations.”

Mohler insisted that even the acronym “LGBTQ+” reveals its own absurdity. “The plus, you got to know that that’s not there accidentally. That is, they’re insisting upon the fact that there will be new permutations of all of this that will have to be included.”

“Our responsibility as Christians is to bear witness to the truth of the gospel and the truth of Christ, and the truth of God and the truth of God’s word in every arena of life,” he continued. 

Mohler called on Christians to practice and exercise faithfulness, a fruit of the Spirit: “There is no hope for biblical Christianity in the larger neighborhood around us if it doesn’t start with biblical Christianity in the pulpit of your church,” he asserted.

“But after that, it also has to mean that you’re looking at creation order. You’re looking at the family. You’re looking at marriage. Christian marriages have to be deployed as witness and work for Christian truth. Christian families have to be deployed. And that means to everything we are called and vocation and profession and all the rest.”

Mohler said that this faithfulness translates into the stewardship of voting in elections. He described that this can have a ripple effect on the local, state, congressional, and judicial levels. “We are not only those who are saved by God’s grace through the atonement accomplished by the Lord Jesus Christ. We are the ones who are called to be faithful in this world,” Mohler encouraged. 

“Jesus said, ‘Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.’ And then He said to the church, ‘You’re going to be in the world until I come, as salt and as light,’” he added.

Mohler concluded that the effort will be finished when Jesus comes to establish His kingdom: “... and then all will be glory. Until then, we’ve got a job to do.”