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Well said and part of the conundrum in cheering Trump - a very flawed man who has been blessed by God to do very wonderful things.

I continue to struggle to be around Christian who are judgmental and hateful. Please work to refrain from using your Christianity to pronounce Trump a very flawed man.

judgemental...

Yes, the favorite attack word of the Left to describe their hatred of Christians. Perhaps you don’t know that “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”?

We are all flawed, you and me included. Trump has become a very good President, but he’s no saint. Fortunately, he’s not running for church elder, only a government job.

I’m not being judgemental as much as I am being honest and discerning. But to admit these would make your posts pointless, wouldn’t they?

Please work to refrain from using your Christianity to pronounce Trump a very flawed man.

A duty of Christians, according to Paul (I Corinthians 2:14), is to be discerning--meaning that he or she is to delve into understanding things under the influence and teaching of the Holy Spirit. The fact is--and I know you're going to hate this--is that born-again Christians have access to a God-provided gift of judging things through the Holy Spirit. It is a usual thing for Christians to look at things in this way. The fact that our Spiritual ability in this way enrages, frightens, or mystifies you is not a reason for us not to discern the people, things, circumstances, or matters around us.

This is how the Corinthians verse explains it, with a couple of explanatory words thrown in: "But the natural man [a person who is not save through the grace of God, you for example, apparently] receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."

You are the beneficiary of the foolishness part while Christians are the beneficiaries of the spiritual part. Discerning by spiritual insight is an obligation and a part of the born-again Christian's ability. Foolishness is a quality of a person such as yourself.

I don't say this to make you angry. It's just that all born-again Christians understand President Trump (and you), in a different--a Spiritually-discerned--way.