Well, I've been listening to and reading his work for a few years now, and I don't think he's controlled opposition. He has done more to expose how the CRT movement has (or is trying to) infect the church than most theologians. His fit was less ideological than it was tactical/strategic. He is more strongly opposed to ESG, DEI, and the LGBTQ agenda than some popular "conservative Christians" I know, too. It's not that he's OK with statues to Satan (he definitely isn't--listen to the last few of his podcasts) it's that the left is baiting Christians into violence and that's exactly what they want us to do. They're trying to build a narrative that Christians *in general* are violent, "domestic terrorists" and we must be surveilled and curtailed. We don't want that. We must object to Satanic sculptures, obviously, but as peaceful pilgrims using legal avenues--not as new crusaders. Does that make sense?