Columnist: 'Trump Threatens The Course Of American Christianity'
Jul 18, 2017 by Rik Bokelman - HELLO CHRISTIAN
Trump threatens to change the course of American Christianity, writes John Fea in The Washington Post. Fea chairs the History Department at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pa. and is the author of 'Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?'
Fea writes that 'if you want to understand white evangelicalism in the age of Trump, you need to know Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas.'
Fea writes that 'if you want to understand white evangelicalism in the age of Trump, you need to know Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas.'
Jeffress is mainly known in Southern Baptist circles. "But he has recently gained national attention as a 'court evangelical' — my term for a Christian who, like the attendants and advisers who frequented the courts of monarchs, seeks influence through regular visits to the White House."
Trump has forced evangelicals to embrace a pragmatism that could damage the gospel around the world, writes John Fea.
"The court evangelicals have befriended Trump as a way to win his approval and advance their agenda of making the United States a Christian nation. If Trump believes in their agenda, he has done little to prove it. He does not attend church regularly and his references to Christianity are mostly scripted political talking points."
"The court evangelicals have largely turned a blind eye to Trump’s indiscretions. When he recently made disparaging remarks about MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski, they were mostly silent. Only Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University, the largest Christian university in the world, made a public statement about the tweet. He told Fox News Channel that when Trump 'hits them back on Twitter I actually appreciate that.'"
The writer ends his article by saying Trump's presidency has shed light on a "troubling wing of American evangelicalism willing to embrace nationalism, populism, fear of outsiders and anger. The leaders of this wing trade their evangelical witness for a mess of political pottage and a Supreme Court nomination."
Trump has forced evangelicals to embrace a pragmatism that could damage the gospel around the world, writes John Fea.
"The court evangelicals have befriended Trump as a way to win his approval and advance their agenda of making the United States a Christian nation. If Trump believes in their agenda, he has done little to prove it. He does not attend church regularly and his references to Christianity are mostly scripted political talking points."
"The court evangelicals have largely turned a blind eye to Trump’s indiscretions. When he recently made disparaging remarks about MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski, they were mostly silent. Only Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of Liberty University, the largest Christian university in the world, made a public statement about the tweet. He told Fox News Channel that when Trump 'hits them back on Twitter I actually appreciate that.'"
The writer ends his article by saying Trump's presidency has shed light on a "troubling wing of American evangelicalism willing to embrace nationalism, populism, fear of outsiders and anger. The leaders of this wing trade their evangelical witness for a mess of political pottage and a Supreme Court nomination."
https://hellochristian.com/8560-columnist-trump-threatens-the-course-of-american-christianity?
My comments: This Columnist is an Apostate. America was Founded as a Christian Nation. And what is the alternative to Nationalism?--Globalism, the precursor to the One World Government of the Antichrist. I praise God for those Christians who support President Trump, in spite of all his indiscretions. Barack Obama and the Democrats are Anti-Christs, seeking a godless, Socialist, Secular Humanist TYRANNY, and the End to America as Founded.
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