Posted on 12/20/2019 5:28:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Evangelist Franklin Graham tore into the magazine his father founded after the flagship evangelical publication called for President Trump to be removed from office.
In a statement posted to Facebook on Thursday night, Graham wrote, "Christianity Today released an editorial stating that President Trump should be removed from office, and they invoked my father’s name (I suppose to try to bring legitimacy to their statements), so I feel it is important for me to respond."
Conceding that his father helped establish the periodical in 1956, Franklin Graham maintained that Billy Graham, who died in 2018 at age 99, would not countenance the viewpoints espoused by the editorial board against the president. "Yes, my father Billy Graham founded Christianity Today," Graham wrote, "but no, he would not agree with their opinion piece. In fact, he would be very disappointed."
Revealing that the last vote his father cast was for Trump, Franklin went on to claim that Billy Graham "knew Donald Trump, he believed in Donald Trump, and he voted for Donald Trump. He believed that Donald J. Trump was the man for this hour in history for our nation."
"For Christianity Today to side with the Democrat Party in a totally partisan attack on the President of the United States is unfathomable," Graham continued. He pointed to the lopsided vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, in which no Republican voted in favor of impeachment. "I know a number of Republicans in Congress, and many of them are strong Christians," said Graham. "If the President were guilty of what the Democrats claimed, these Republicans would have joined with the Democrats to impeach him."
"This impeachment was politically motivated, 100% partisan," Graham asserted. "Why would Christianity Today choose to take the side of the Democrat left whose only goal is to discredit and smear the name of a sitting president?" Graham closed out his statement by saying that Christianity Today "has moved to the left and is representing the elitist liberal wing of evangelicalism."
Graham then cited Trump's accomplishments for people of faith, such as opposing abortion and mitigating the reach of ISIS. Graham has been a staunch supporter of the president and has claimed that "a demonic power" is fueling the fury behind impeachment and the political turmoil roiling the nation.
Mark Galli, the editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, asserted Thursday that Trump's July 25 phone call to the Ukrainian president was "profoundly immoral" and that the case against him was "unambiguous."
"The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit one of the president’s political opponents," Galli wrote. The magazine went on to rebuke the evangelicals who back Trump, warning that their support "will crash down on the reputation of evangelical religion and on the world’s understanding of the gospel."
From Rev. Franklin Graham:
My Response to Christianity Today’s Call for President Donald Trump’s removal from office:
Christianity Today released an editorial stating that President Trump should be removed from office—and they invoked my father’s name (I suppose to try to bring legitimacy to their statements), so I feel it is important for me to respond. Yes, my father Billy Graham founded Christianity Today; but no, he would not agree with their opinion piece. In fact, he would be very disappointed. I have not previously shared who my father voted for in the past election, but because of this article, I feel it is necessary to share it now. My father knew Donald Trump, he believed in Donald Trump, and he voted for Donald Trump. He believed that Donald J. Trump was the man for this hour in history for our nation.
For Christianity Today to side with the Democrat Party in a totally partisan attack on the President of the United States is unfathomable. Christianity Today failed to acknowledge that not one single Republican voted with the Democrats to impeach the President. I know a number of Republicans in Congress, and many of them are strong Christians. If the President were guilty of what the Democrats claimed, these Republicans would have joined with the Democrats to impeach him. But the Democrats were not even unanimous—two voted against impeachment and one voted present. This impeachment was politically motivated, 100% partisan. Why would Christianity Today choose to take the side of the Democrat left whose only goal is to discredit and smear the name of a sitting president? They want readers to believe the Democrat leadership rather than believe the President of the United States.
Look at all the President has accomplished in a very short time. The economy of our nation is the strongest it has been in 50 years, ISIS & the caliphate have been defeated, and the President has renegotiated trade deals to benefit all Americans. The list of accomplishments is long, but for me as a Christian, the fact that he is the most pro-life president in modern history is extremely important—and Christianity Today wants us to ignore that, to say it doesn’t count? The President has been a staunch defender of religious freedom at home and around the world—and Christianity Today wants us to ignore that? Also the President has appointed conservative judges in record number—and Christianity today wants us to ignore that? Christianity Today feels he should be removed from office because of false accusations that the President emphatically denies.
Christianity Today said it’s time to call a spade a spade. The spade is this—Christianity Today has been used by the left for their political agenda. It’s obvious that Christianity Today has moved to the left and is representing the elitist liberal wing of evangelicalism.
Is President Trump guilty of sin? Of course he is, as were all past presidents and as each one of us are, including myself. Therefore, let’s pray for the President as he continues to lead the affairs of our nation.
Amen.
Thank you RevGraham!
Sorosbux. You know they are there. A real, legitimate media would root it out.
Well that didn’t take long for the right person to respond....
This is what happens when you die and leave something behind.
It really is sad to see the ‘Flagship” of evengelical analytical reporting go down the tubes. Doug Coe would not approve of this,and neither would Chuck Colson.. pathetic. I guess it all has a cost, and evangelicals are working so hard to get people to fill the pew that they will bend over backward to accept anyone, approve of their lifestyle and ask them to COME ON IN. Wish there was some HOLDING to tradtional values EVEN among Catholics, but the Pope has been drinking the same Kool Aid as Mark Galli.
Good for him.
CT had no business invoking Billy Graham’s name to support their position as if he would agree with them. They cannot speak for him and Franklin has every right to go after them.
Lawsuit for invoking Rev. Billy Graham’s name in this lie.
“Churchianity Today.” Of the 17 candidates running for President only one is Pro-Life and that is Donald Trump..
That foul magazine can go straight to hell,
<< Mark Galli, the editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, asserted Thursday that Trump’s July 25 phone call to the Ukrainian president was “profoundly immoral” and that the case against him was “unambiguous.” >>
What a delusional nutcase. Does Galli have problem with Quid Pro Joe threatening the former Ukrainian President that hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars would be withheld if he didn’t fire the prosecutor who was going after the corrupt company that employed Hunter Biden? And with QP Joe publicly bragging about it after it happened? Or with QP Joe’s boss Obama bypassing congress and sending $1.8 billion in U.S. taxpayer cash to Iran? Or with Obama weaponizing the CIA, FBI, DOJ, and IRS to go after his political opponents? Or with countless other crimes committed by Deep State operatives? I’m guessing not.
According to Wiki, Mark Galli, the editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, is an Anglican. I’m not sure the Anglican church has much connection to evangelicals. Most of the evangelicals I know believe the Anglican church has left the faith.
How he thinks he can lecture evangelicals on how to vote morally is beyond me. Good on Graham for taking him on.
I don’t subscribe to CT, but if I did, I would cancel it immediately because of their liberal bias.
The moralism of leftists who choose to identify as Christians does not and should not reflect on the true character of Christianity. Elitist overlords who dare to speak for the breadth of Christianity are false messengers who cannot distinguish between their personal idiosyncrasies and the mind of God. This is hubris and it is demonic.
That a gaggle of spiritual incompetents should gain control of a major voice of Christianity is not surprising. Satan is most effective when inspiring dilettantes to speak out against men and women who are filled with the authority of Scripture and the Holy Spirit.
We follow the Lord who has given us a man for this season to lead us out of the wilderness designed by those who would set themselves as little tin angels over us. We will serve the Lord and join with those who seek to do his Will and overcome the forces of evil that surround us. We count Donald J. Trump one such man.
Christianity Today is nothing more than the Zealots in the temple selling salvation.
Have subscribed to "World" magazine (Marvin Olasky's publication) ever since.
Highly recommend "World".
I don’t subscribe either, but I have a feeling that their following will be going down the tubes in 2020.
I think Christianity Today has just thrown their principles to the wind in order to get Mike Pence in the White House.
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