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Evangelical Leaders Close Ranks With Trump After Scathing Editorial
NYT ^ | Dec 21, 2019 | Elizabeth Dias and Jeremy W. Peters

Posted on 12/21/2019 11:47:11 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

The publication is small, reaching just a fraction of the evangelical movement.

But when Christianity Today called for President Trump’s removal in a blistering editorial on Thursday, it met the full force and fury of the president and his most prominent allies in the Christian conservative world. If the response seemed disproportionate, it vividly reflected the fact that white evangelicals are the cornerstone of Mr. Trump’s political base and their leaders are among his most visible and influential supporters.

In the background, however, is a more nuanced reality that Christianity Today’s editorial hints at: a number of conservative Christians remain deeply uncomfortable with an alliance with the president.

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Past time for a new editor at Christianity Today
1 posted on 12/21/2019 11:47:11 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Christianity Today has been mainstream liberal for at least 20 years.


2 posted on 12/21/2019 11:49:21 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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[[[In the background, however, is a more nuanced reality that Christianity Today’s editorial hints at: a number of conservative Christians remain deeply uncomfortable with an alliance with the president.]]]]

Lets play manufacture a narrative.


3 posted on 12/21/2019 11:50:08 AM PST by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's a highway to hell.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Attacking Trump never works.


4 posted on 12/21/2019 11:50:31 AM PST by Raycpa
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I call BS on this story, with an extra fat bull.


5 posted on 12/21/2019 11:53:27 AM PST by Colt1851Navy (What was wrong with Nixon?)
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To: headstamp 2

Well the last narrative deflated so completely.


6 posted on 12/21/2019 11:54:34 AM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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reflected the fact that white evangelicals are

Ever the race-baiters at the NYT. They hate whites, and especially white christians.

7 posted on 12/21/2019 11:54:42 AM PST by bkopto
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And for remedial schooling on the Ninth Commandment, that “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.” The CT editorial was based on and repeated a host of false accusations against Donald Trump from his enemies.


8 posted on 12/21/2019 11:56:04 AM PST by Rockingham
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So would the editor at CT have voted for David ben-Jesse (King David) who was a murderer, polygamist and once danced naked in public?

What about his son Soloman who was a well-known ladies man and occasionally worshipped idols?

Moses, he killed the Egyptian slave driver.

St. Paul, was an accomplice in the murder of Stephen.

Peter denied Christ and cussed up a storm doing so.

Exactly which of the Biblical patriarchs was more presidential or less sinful than Donald Trump?

To say Trump should not have been elected and that The PIAPS with her baby-killing, F****t F*****g, corruption filled agenda would have been the more “Holy” choice is simply insane.


9 posted on 12/21/2019 11:56:04 AM PST by Fai Mao (There is no rule of law in the US until The PIAPS is executed.)
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NYT: “...a number of conservative Christians remain deeply uncomfortable with an alliance with the president.”

A number can mean anywhere from one to several to millions. Note how the editorialist also writes “deeply uncomfortable” rather than just uncomfortable. That said, I’m sure “several” conservative Christians (out of tens of millions) are “deeply uncomfortable” with Trump, but I dare say they are a very, very tiny minority. Most likely these are Christians who still rely on the slanted media for news.


10 posted on 12/21/2019 11:59:12 AM PST by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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God is closing Truth onto the lies of the evil one.

The author of this tripe is probably all in for genocide on real Christians.


11 posted on 12/21/2019 12:06:41 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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No Christian should be uneasy over an affiliation with Donald Trump. Jesus Christ Himself knew that a flawed man with a worldly temperament was needed to protect His flock, while a devoted, virtuous disciple wasn’t up to the task. John was the apostle whose faith and devotion were so sincere that he was the only one to follow Christ to His fate on Calvary. That’s why he was the only one who didn’t have to die a martyr.

When Christ named “the Rock upon which I will build my Church,” on the other hand, He didn’t select John for the task. Instead, He chose Simon Peter — perhaps the most flawed apostle of them all. He was ill-tempered, impulsive, wavering in his faith, and not averse to drawing his sword (and using it) in the Garden of Gethsemane.

12 posted on 12/21/2019 12:07:12 PM PST by Alberta's Child (In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.)
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“white evangelicals” Exactly what the NYT despises!


13 posted on 12/21/2019 12:12:12 PM PST by I want the USA back (If free speech is taken away, dumb and silent we are led, like sheep to the slaughter: G Washington)
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“Past time for a new editor at Christianity Today”

It went Left a long time ago. Better that it should go out of business.


14 posted on 12/21/2019 12:14:27 PM PST by Pelham (Obama. Seditious conspiracy. Misprision of treason.)
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To: ifinnegan

They were wretched in the 60’s.


16 posted on 12/21/2019 12:16:19 PM PST by Bethaneidh
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“ a number of conservative Christians remain deeply uncomfortable with an alliance with the president.”

Psychological warfare, and all of us are the target.

MSN, NYT, CT and the rest are enemy combatants.


17 posted on 12/21/2019 12:16:59 PM PST by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see #KAG)
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The cancer of leftism seeps into everything today, even the Vatican.


18 posted on 12/21/2019 12:22:39 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing about liberals.)
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Concerning Christianity Today, it would seem that the established Christian world is subject to the same slippery left-sliding slope as the world. Kinda like the scribes’ and the Pharisees’ religious establishment of old.


19 posted on 12/21/2019 12:28:07 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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