Turning Point USA has become one of the largest and most influential religious organizations in the United States. It is deeply embedded in politics, shaping the Republican Party’s message while expanding its faith-oriented grassroots network across the country. On Sunday, February 8, 2026, Turning Point USA hosted the “All-American Halftime Show” as an alternative to the NFL’s Super Bowl LX halftime performance.
Turning Point USA presents itself as a conservative Christian organization, and its halftime show was promoted as a faith-centered alternative to the Super Bowl spectacle—something that was supposed to be morally elevated, spiritually uplifting, and distinctly Christian. Yet in practice, much of the production resembled the very atmosphere it claimed to be contrasting. The blaring music, the high-energy theatrics, and the concert-style intensity felt strikingly similar to the NFL’s halftime show, raising questions about whether it truly offered a different vision or simply repackaged the same formula under a religious label.
However, Fox News enthusiastically covered the event and promoted it across its network. During a live broadcast, commentator Evita Duffy-Alfonso stated that Kid Rock was “spreading the gospel” during TPUSA’s halftime show. Fox News also interviewed Turning Point USA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet, who said on air that the halftime show “glorified Jesus.”
Unfortunately, the scenes from Turning Point USA’s event reflected less the spirit of revival or deep spiritual conviction and more the atmosphere of high-energy sports entertainment. Instead of conveying a distinctly reverent tone, the production resembled a rock concert-style venue, complete with lasers, flame throwers, and pyrotechnics. Tragically, this trend is changing religion—where performance-driven culture with its party-like energy is being repackaged as gospel ministry. What is presented as spiritual renewal can, at times, feel indistinguishable from the same kind of noise and intensity you see in drunken bars or concerts.
A spirit of counterfeit faith has increasingly taken root in churches, as well as in so-called political-religious events. It is shaping the conservative movement to embrace a form of godliness that replaces the power of faith in God with flashy, emotional performances (2 Timothy 3:5). Loud demonstrations, shouting, theatrical displays, elaborate light shows, dancing, and jumping are often presented as evidence of spiritual revival, but these types of behaviors do not glorify Christ or reflect the still, small voice of the Holy Spirit. Instead, this atmosphere trains people to confuse emotional excitement with genuine spiritual faithfulness, gradually preparing the modern church to focus on feelings and worldly stimulation rather than on reverent, biblical worship.
“The Holy Spirit never reveals itself in such methods, in such a bedlam of noise. This is an invention of Satanto cover up his ingenious methods for making of none effect the pure, sincere, elevating, ennobling, sanctifying truth for this time … A bedlam of noise shocks the senses and perverts that which if conducted aright might be a blessing. The powers of satanic agencies blend with the din and noise, to have a carnival, and this is termed the Holy Spirit’s working” (Selected Messages, Vol. 2, p. 36).
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