Sitting in his congregation every Sunday, I assure you that this is something he never failed to mention. He preached the gospel, pure and simple, and never ever missed the opportunity to preach these truths of the gospel.
I don’t doubt it, and as I said in my original post, I commend him for his emphasis on the Gospel, but inside and outside his church.
But the world did not know him by his Sunday morning preaching. They knew him by his moral stands on issues of the day, many of which were also political.
I know he will be sorely missed.