I still have a copy of a CT editorial that is well over ten years old in which the editor reminds us that the US Constitution is not the Bible, something I thought important to say then and perhaps even more important to say now.
As Galli points out in yesterday's editorial, we ought to apply the same standard to Mr. Trump that we (Evangelicals) applied to Mr. Clinton. Many of us (whoever "us" is these days) have rightly been accused of hypocrisy for the way "we" acted with vitriol toward Mr. Clinton and the free pass "we" give Mr. Trump.
"We" were checked-out during the Civil Rights Movement and "we" are checked-out in terms of moral and ethical and spiritual consistency during the current presidency.
This morning I read about a mega-church pastor who has prophesied that God will intervene on Mr. Trump's behalf. I see a lot of this kind of thing publicized, but I see little mentioned about other Christian leaders who have grave concerns over the current administration...as well as over our government in general - including both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill.
This mega-church pastor might want to take a look at the false prophets in the employ of King Ahab - and others of their Biblical ilk.
It seems to me that if we are to have a credible prophetic voice that it must be without regard to red or blue.
Galli also points out that Billy Graham, one of the magazine's founders, (and one of the founders of my seminary, Gordon - Conwell), in later life regretted his uncritical relationships with Presidents Johnson and Nixon - a lesson his son Franklin does not appear to have learned. Galli does not make the obvious connection between father and son, but it is there for those who have eyes to see.
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