They have been filched and deceptively redefined, their time-honored meanings scrapped and their hollowed sounds marshalled for cheap tricks. When, without debate, words no longer mean what they have meant for centuries, communication dies. Although we utter the same words, we find them in differing dictionaries, our meanings confused and confusing. For instance:When “Jesus is Lord” means the ideology of white Christian nationalism is supreme, a biblical credo has been gutted of all historic meaning. Beware: The linguistic residue from this redefinition of faith and Christian citizenship is a vocabulary of accusation and blame.