Troy Miller Discusses the Importance of Protecting America's Religious Values - 11/13/26

Let's go now to Troy Miller, the president of the National Religious Broadcasters. Thank you again, Troy, for joining us here on Right Side. Thanks for having me. Definitely. Let's talk about that one story we were just referring to, the illegal migrant caravan sightings that we're seeing. What are your thoughts about that? Well, I do think, as a previous guest said, I think they're emboldened by the election. I think they think things will change, but I don't think we're going to see a change in the immigration and ICE from the president. You know, he still controls the executive branch, and I doubt he's going to let them. As he said to Mexico, he's not going to let them come across, so I guess we'll have to wait and see where they end up. Exactly. Exactly right. And I mentioned earlier that the Pentagon based in Virginia, of course, it says Washington, D.C. specifically wanted to get all the district information correct. But anyway, back to what you're saying there. Yeah, there's there's no way that these caravans are going to get to the southern border. And if they do, obviously, the military's there, the big walls there, they're not coming in. So anyway, we'll monitor that right now here on Right Side Broadcasting Network. And Troy, also, you wrote this op-ed. And you penned this op-ed about socialism recently. Can you tell us what that's about? Yeah, it's about, you know, there's so much misinformation out there and so many people like James Tallarico in Florida, they're trying to basically co-opt the Bible into, you know, their political position. And so, you know, many people have looked at this and said, isn't socialism kind of the kinder, gentler government? But that's not biblical. So that's It's not biblical charity. Biblical charity is the individual making decisions. With their funds and also the individual who really has a vested personal interest being involved in whatever the charitable activity is, when the government does it, when the government takes somebody else's funds and redistributes them and then calls it charity, it really, that's what it is. It's just a redistribution and it's not charity itself. Exactly. So when you look at it, you could do all things, or it says in Philippians 4:13, I could do all things through Christ Jesus who strengthens me. It doesn't say we all can do it all together. I mean, sure, going to church and having a family and a stable network of people, thank God for that. Absolutely. Yeah, well, I talk about the story of the good Samaritan, Jesus told us that story. He went and took his own funds. ...to help this guy get better. He didn't say, he didn't go petition the Jewish government or the Roman government and say, hey, we need funds to make this happen. He was personally invested, and that's what Christian charity is all about, when you're personally invested. The government is cold, calculated, and it just becomes a program. Exactly. So we know that back in the day, 250 years ago, when it comes to the founding of our nation, it was based on the words that you're talking about. In the Old Testament, in the New Testament, and we can never ever shy away from that, because if we do, and we allow all these other people, especially illegal aliens, whether it's from Central or South America or anywhere around the world, not assimilate, drive their kind of culture, which, hey, you know what? I like culture. It's okay to have culture. But if you're trying to bring in some law or some thing that is like Sharia law, it's so opposite of what this country is founded on. It is the opposite of what the country's founded on. And I'm going to go back again. It's also opposite of what the Christian experience was. We don't wait for people to come here and have the government do something. There are hundreds of Christian charities right now that are operating all over the world. They're in those communities trying to help people in the communities, get their communities better. They're not saying, hey, you know, pull up stakes and go to America and change America or go to another country and change it. They're trying to help people where they're at. And again, that's what Christians do. We help people where they're at, and we also follow the rule of law. It's so true. Here's one thing I want to talk about, Troy. In this country, of course, made up of people that believe in all sorts of faiths or religions or even agnostic or atheist and all the things. So separate that thought there and just look at if it's the same group of people that are Christian, maybe Muslim, maybe Jewish, maybe agnostic or Hindu, whatever. If they love conservatism and they love freedom and they assimilate, including anybody, hey, that's great. That's the political side of things. But if you look at it from the faith side of your personal faith, of course, you'd say we want them to be, you know, we want them to be Christian because that's what we believe. So how do you kind of, how do you, not diversify, but how do you separate the two in this situation? Because if somebody's watching us, they're like, you guys always talk about Christianity and Jesus, and I'm proud to and love to. But we have a country politically, though, that is also underneath the conservatism and freedom bubble as well that might not be a Christian. So how do you kind of look at all that? Yeah, look, even the Bible gives us direction on that because it tells us what the purpose of the government is to protect people and to, you know, make sure that wrongdoing is punished and that there's justice in the world. And so it's when the government gets into all kinds of other things. Um, and especially when the government gets into religion, uh, that we see a problem, but as Christians, we're looking in the NRB, we are strong supporters of the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, uh, in this country. And we fight for that. And we don't just fight for the Christian side. We fight for that as a country. We think Christianity can stand up to any religion around the world. And we're willing to have that discussion with people in a, in a, in a. In a just way or in a nice way, not going out and going and producing hate after this. So I think that's where Christianity sort of stands different in doing that. You have to look at some other religions, particularly Islam. When Islam brings in Sharia law, that's not a religion. That's a system of how to govern people. And that's a world dominance kind of order. So you have to separate what's religion. And what is the government that oversees and governs people and protects people? And that's what we talk about a lot. Exactly. And that's exactly right. Many people have been talking about this. It's an issue that we bring up a decent amount here at RSBN because of the following reason. We see that there is Sharia law in Europe. We see that some cities there, major cities, London, Dublin, Paris, France, and others, trying to go that route. We know that what comes with that is tyranny, is everything against what this country is about. So yeah, we're going to talk about it. We're not afraid to talk about it. Back in the day, Troy, if you and I would talk about this and say we were in mainstream media, we'd be getting a phone call after this kind of interview, wouldn't we? Yeah, we get a phone call, media would say, yeah, you're not just, but that's the hypocrisy of it all though, isn't it? Because the left can talk about it, can get into the public and talk about it. And somehow they say, well, if you're a Christian, that's different. Stay out of the public square. But we know that the media and the public square is not neutral. It's a vacuum. So if we don't talk about it. They're going to talk about it, and they're going to talk about it like it is the normal way to live and to be a part of life. Exactly. So it's great to stand up for what you believe, and that's really what it's about as well. And that's what our founding fathers did some 250 years ago, thank God, for George Washington and John Adams, Thomas Jefferson. Later in life, Abraham Lincoln. I mean, so many greats in the beginning of our presidency times. And of course, having someone like President Trump, an outsider, following in those footsteps. So great to see all of that. Troy Miller, the president of the National Religious Broadcasters. Thanks for your friendship with the network. Thanks for joining us here on Right Side. Well, thank you. And thanks for all you do. Thank you so much, sir.