Posted on 07/10/2020 8:12:15 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
After reading Leonardo Blair’s article in The Christian Post, “82% of white evangelicals would vote for Trump despite concerns about job performance: study,” I was disturbed by the fact that a majority of white evangelicals would still vote for Trump even though his job performance has been among the poorest in presidential history.
As an evangelical who is both a conservative and a Republican, I’m writing to suggest that voting for Trump should be tied to his character, not his job performance. It is out of one’s character that presidents generate the policies they come up with and how well or poorly they execute them. A president’s policies and performance don’t take place in a vacuum, and, when both are bad, you can be reasonably sure their character is as well.
At the risk of inflaming pro-Trump evangelicals, Trump is a deeply flawed human being when it comes to his characterological make-up. Allow me to use two passages of Scripture to make this point, both of which speak to the why Christians who support Trump should seriously reconsider whether or not to vote for him in 2020.
In Proverbs 6:16-19, the Bible says, “There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.”
Trump frequently manifests many of these troubling traits in how he conducts himself in the White House. I would think it hard for any Christian to truly believe a holy and righteous God would want His followers to support someone who regularly and remorselessly practices the things He hates.
In 2 Timothy 3:1-4, the Bible says, “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God — having a form of godliness but denying its power.”
Once again, Trump exhibits most of these character defects. If this is true about the president, he can’t possibly be God’s choice to lead our country. God is clear about how we are to deal with someone as deeply disturbed as Trump: “Have nothing to do with such people” (2 Timothy 3:5). Nothing means nothing.
Trump is a racist, misogynist, xenophobe, narcissist, and sociopath. He is someone who has a “seared conscience” (1 Timothy 4:2) in that he never admits to doing anything wrong and is utterly unrepentant about his sins. Remember, this is the man who said he has never asked God to forgive him because he hadn’t done anything bad enough to warrant doing so. Most followers of Christ are more aware of their fallenness than that.
I’m under no illusion that my words are going to persuade any of the 82% of white evangelicals who support Trump to start opposing him. It’s probably the case that those who back the president strongly disagree with what I have written and are greatly bothered that I would say such negative things about his character.
Nevertheless, character in a president matters, and it matters a great deal. When character issues in a president are this problematic, his policies and performance inevitably follow suit. Do we need to look any further than Trump’s malevolent border policy mishandling of the coronavirus, or the mean-spirited way he stokes racial unrest in this country to know this is true?
My hope is that evangelicals who support Trump will be willing to think through the passages of Scripture mentioned and be honest about whether or not they fit the president. If these passages describe Trump, I would further hope pro-Trump evangelicals would be willing to admit as much and have nothing to do with this president.
Trump has had three-and-a-half years to prove he is up to the task of being a competent and moral leader, and he has fallen short in the ways that truly matter. Trump’s immorality, ignorance, and incompetence clearly demonstrate he is not fit to be president and should not be given another four years to further prove it.
When the dust settles from this presidency, we are going to see that Trump was the king who had no clothes, an unrepentant “lover of self,” and someone who conned the majority of white evangelicals into believing he truly cares about them, our nation, and, most importantly, God.
Ours is a great nation. Our country deserves a leader who doesn’t spend his day devising wicked schemes, pouring out lies, rushing into evil, and stirring up conflict in the community. It deserves a leader who is loving, forgiving, honest, self-controlled, genuine, humble, compassionate, and kind. Trump is the former, not the latter.
When it comes time to cast your vote in 2020, vote for the person who best personifies the character of Christ, not someone who personifies the opposite.
Chris Thurman, Ph.D., is a psychologist and author of The Lies We Believe.
Sadly, Jesus isn’t running.
“”””Chris Thurman, Ph.D., is a psychologist “””””””
That explains why he is tarded.
Lovely, a white evangelical so full of himself and his imagined guilt it makes one want to puke. Maybe he should stop fooling himself and others and realize that he is a half brained liberal unable to be truthful about his real identity.
First: ALL POLITICIANS suck in their personal lives. Maybe not ALL, but Joe Biden is a repulsive bully who has a totally failed family, and is a traitor to America to boot!
Second: “Is Trump Morally Ill Beyond Normal Standards of Human Decency? The simple answer is yes. Given how narcissistic and sociopathic Trump is, he fundamentally doesn’t believe that the rules of moral behavior or social norms apply to him....Trump is a profoundly evil man exhibiting malignant narcissism. His worsening hypomania is making him increasingly more irrational, grandiose, paranoid, aggressive, irritable, and impulsive. Trump is bad, mad, and getting worse.”
Any “Christian” psychologist who writes that is himself morally and spiritually blind. Any “Christian” who prefers abortion to the 9th month and beyond, who prefers promoting homo & trans-sexual behavior, who delights in the racial hatred and who promotes the visible evil of the Democrat Party is NOT being led by the Holy Spirit!
Someone that spiritually blind is in rebellion against the Creator.
And people are still turning to the Christian Post for spiritual guidance why???
Exactly. Just another idiot. I think it is time we impune this guy’s character. I’m sure he has dirt hidden away in the dark recesses of his soul, for no man is perfect. We can even make up dirt on him like they constantly do about President Trump.
I’m in the 18% of white evangelicals who won’t vote for Trump; Voting Should Be Tied to His Character, Not His Job Performance
I’ve only voted “for” a candidate once. That was 1980. But Reagan got my vote in 1984.
We select the best choice from those offered. My vote is virutally ALWAYS a vote “against” a candidate. All races are a contest for the “lesser of two evils”.
Consider the alternative....
After all, Joe Biden is an absolute PARAGON of virtue.
NOT!
Now, there may be a third-party candidate out there that MIGHT fit all the moral characteristics of what may be acceptable to these socially correct Karens and Chads.
But whomever it may be, nobody seems to be able to come up with a name.
Cutting off your nose to spite your face.
RE: Now, there may be a third-party candidate out there that MIGHT fit all the moral characteristics of what may be acceptable to these socially correct Karens and Chads.
Kanye West?
How would he handle Xi Jin Ping and Kim Jong Un?
More anti-Christian articles from Christian Post. No one in the Democrat party has any character left.
“We’d prefer to see America turn into Communist Amerizuela, and have our churches burned.”
Useful idiot...
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Just an idiot. Not even useful.
WHERE WAS THIS FOOL WHEN SLICK WILLEY WAS IN OFFICE....
Ten to one this guy has never voted for a Republican in his life.
The man has TDS and has written dozens of Trump hating articles over the years:
WHERE WAS THIS FOOL WHEN SLICK WILLEY WAS IN OFFICE....
Chris Thurman, Ph.D., is a psychologist and author of The Lies We Believe.
Chris Thurman is a Satanic communist. No other explanation.
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