Exclusive: Evangelical Leaders Plan Meeting to Test Donald Trump’s Values
“Top evangelical and social conservative leaders are planning a private meeting with Donald Trump to see if they will be able to address longstanding concern about his candidacy.”
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There is no point in “testing” the obvious. Nor is he going to deeply change at this point… unless he experiences an actual conversion.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
This doesn’t seem hard. Test Trump by his fruit, not by what he will say in a closed-door meeting. Here is a man who operates casinos and strip clubs. A man who attempts to use his political power to take a widow’s home away. This is not a “man who will judge righteously” or” defend the rights of the poor and needy” (Prov 31:9).
These evangelical leaders would do well to consider Proverbs 17:15 before they use their moral authority to defend Trump: “He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.”
Four years ago I voted for a candidate who wore holy underwear, thought the Garden of Eden was in Missouri, that Jews sailed to American in boats, and hoped to get his own planet because I thought things couldn’t get any worse. I was wrong.
"Some things are of that nature as to make one's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache." John Bunyan
http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-23/trump-looks-to-ev…
Team Trump’s fundraising goal will be about $400,000, or $20 donations from 20,000 evangelicals, according to a person directly familiar with the conversations.
At one recent meeting with Trump, evangelical leaders noted how he often flashes a signature hand gesture, with a thumb out and a finger point to the sky, as he enters and exits rallies.
“You see athletes do it all the time and it’s their chance to point to the sky, to thank God for their success,” said Pastor Mark Burns, CEO of a Christian television network based in South Carolina. “Trump does this all of the time, too. He’s giving reverence to the man upstairs.”
“Even with Mr. Trump’s billions of dollars, he too still submits himself to God,” said Burns, who has become a top Trump surrogate and a staple on the campaign trail, frequently introducing the candidate at rallies. “We should all chip in to help him out. You know, even a billionaire needs some cash flow.”
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