Posted on 02/29/2016 12:57:24 PM PST by Heartlander
Editors' Note: The Christian Post has not taken a position on a political candidate before today. We are making an exception because Trump is exceptionally bad and claims to speak for and represent the interests of evangelicals.
We the senior editors of The Christian Post encourage our readers to back away from Donald Trump.
As the most popular evangelical news website in the United States and the world, we feel compelled by our moral responsibility to our readers to make clear that Donald Trump does not represent the interests of evangelicals and would be a dangerous leader for our country.
Trump claims to be a Christian, yet says he has never asked for forgiveness.
While God, in His wondrous creativity, has drawn people to Himself through the saving grace of Jesus Christ in many different ways, there are certain non-negotiable actions needed to become a Christian: One must repent of their sins and follow Christ as Lord and Savior. Trump doesn't talk this way, even when urged to.
Further, his words and actions do not demonstrate the "fruit of the spirit."
Trump is a misogynist and philanderer. He demeans women and minorities. His preferred forms of communication are insults, obscenities and untruths. While Christians have been guilty of all of these, we, unlike Trump, acknowledge our sins, ask for forgiveness and seek restitution with the aid of the Holy Spirit and our community of believers.
On Sunday, Trump's apparent reluctance to disavow David Duke until late in the day was extremely distasteful. The Ku Klux Klan is an evil, unholy movement representing the worst of America. Anyone who will not immediately denounce their support is unfit to be president.
Trump claims he will "protect Christians." We already have a Protector, and He is not Trump.
The grievances of Trump's supporters are legitimate. Politicians for too long have promised to represent the best interests of all Americans before an election, only to represent the interest of their cronies after the election. But Trump's followers are being fooled into believing that he can help them.
Trump is promising many things that he cannot possibly deliver, but the most frightening part is Trump's stated willingness to ignore the authority of the Supreme Court, Congress and the U.S. Constitution if he were to become president.
Trump has been surrounded by controversy for decades because of his untruthfulness, questionable business practices, reported association with organized crime, and abrupt changes in fundamental positions. Many of these controversies involve defrauding the working class and decisions that compromised American workers. He has taken a political position both pro and con on virtually every subject and major political party. This should give evangelicals great pause and concern about supporting such a mercurial and chameleon-like candidate. Past performance is the best predictor of future behavior.
Trump said he wants to make it easier to sue newspapers that criticize him. When it was pointed out to him Sunday that he would have to amend the Constitution's freedom of speech and freedom of press clauses, Trump was unmoved, simply noting that England has weaker protections for the press.
Many evangelicals, including our friends, have criticized Trump on our own opinion page and elsewhere, such as Matt Barber, Dr. Michael Brown, Kristi Burton Brown, Susan Stamper Brown, Rev. Mark Creech, Wallace Henley, E.W. Jackson, Max Lucado, Dr. Russell Moore and Rep. Reid Ribble. If Trump were to become president we fear he would use the levers of government power to silence them and others.
We are already concerned about the expansion of executive power to dangerous and unconstitutional extremes in the current and previous administrations. Plus, in just the past year we have seen Christians put out of business and jailed for living according to the dictates of their faith.
Trump, an admirer of Vladimir Putin and other dictatorial leaders, may claim to be your friend and protector now, but as his history indicates, without your full support he will turn on you, and use whatever power is within his means to punish you.
This is a critical time in American history and we call on all Christians to pray for personal repentance, divine forgiveness and spiritual awakening for our nation. It is not the time for Donald Trump.
Cruz has as much chance of being the nominee, as the Titanic rising from the depths ,and again being the world’s most luxurious Liner.
Thou shall not kill......unless we have to.
I have come to the conclusion that they weren’t trying to stop gay marriage- or abortion, they were trying to bring them in or increase them. To think otherwise defies reason.
Now, I don’t think that’s true of ALL who oppose those 2 things, but those who go along with the ‘’chosen candidate’’ or else sit out the election really aren’t thinking.
You FACILITATE a democrat getting into office (ANYWHERE in ANY role!) & you’re going to get exactly those things which democrats gravitate to, ESPECIALLY murdering the yet-unborn, gay marriage & mainstreaming, and an out & out WAR on Christians & Jews.
They are as entitled to their opinion as anyone else. Are you playing God when you support Trump? If not, why do you accuse them of that when they do not support him? Seems hypocritical.
They passed “spirit filled” some time ago. It was apparently so effective that they have now arrived at being gods in their own mind, and faultless. Never mind ever sinful.
And what are those fruits? Building an "amazing" multi-billion dollar corporation??? Calling good Christians "liars"??? Being a chameleon every day??? Giving kiddies free helicopter rides at state fairs???
NO
Christians are sealed by the Holy Spirit, so the fruits referred to are Spiritual Fruits. Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
1Peter 1:4-7 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
Do ANY of these fruits describe TRUMP? Hardly; beware Christians.
Hardly. Opinions are mostly fine and welcome. Opinions disguised as facts are not welcomed by too many. Someone telling my Jewish sister she is going to hell is their opinion. Nothing more.
>>>>”Weak Christians seem to think they need a preacher in the Whitehouse. “
No, that’s not what the said.
Did you read the article?
Less of a scam than any gd’d politician in the race.
The evangelical version of the race card.
I wonder how much money changed hands to get them to forsake their political neutrality?
Many want to be scammed. See the casinos all over...the casinos always wins!
So is John Boheior, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell.
Where on earth did that come from???
The pharisees caught a woman that had broken the rules
They demanded Jesus DO something about it
Jesus drew pictures in the sand
Jesus said ... "If YOU'RE not guilty of anything ... KILL her
One by one they all left
Jesus asked the woman, "Where are your accusers?"
She said ... "They're not here"
Jesus said ..."Go ... don't break any more rules"
The entire tenet of Christianity rises and falls on forgiveness ... 70 times 7 worth.
>>>Trump has been flirting with authoritarianism
I’d go a bit further and say he’s in love with it.
So is John Boheior, Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell.
At least Trump isn’t getting campaign contributions by sending out emails telling Cruz supporters the $ is for Cruz...BUT TED CRUZ IS doing just that to Trump supporters. It’s been going on since Trump announced.
Ted Cruz is profiting from stolen Trump campaign contributions by NRSC. MORE Dirty Tricks!
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3403254/posts?page=48#48
Actually, I would agree with you on that.
Thank you! These are the people who make Christians look like idiots.
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