That so many professed evangelicals are voting for Donald Trump reflects poorly on the church. You know the litany. Here is a man who supports Planned Parenthood (though supposedly not the abortion business of it), wants to exclude Muslims from the U.S., brags about all the famous women he’s slept with, will use the law to prosecute journalists whose articles he considers demeaning (how might he respond to criticism from Christians?), thinks his liberal sister would make a great Supreme Court Justice, claims to be a Christian but states he has no need to ask God for forgiveness, and on and on and on.
Many evangelicals, it seems, are refusing to allow faith to inform their politics. Here’s what I wrote about this yesterday:
https://theoldpreacher.com/how-can-evangelicals-vote-for-trump/.
Today I found an opinion column in “The New York Times” that addresses the topic compellingly. It’s written by Peter Wehner, a contributing editor for that newspaper. Here’s the link. I offer it to help inform us and to also urge us to vote according to our Christ-centered faith.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/01/opinion/campaign-stops/what-wouldnt-jesus-do.html?_r=0
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