Evangelical Support of Trump

“I know some Christian Trumpists who will simply say that, in spite of Trump’s character flaws, they will support him because the alternative is always worse. My question to Christian Trumpists is: But is it worth it?” - Roger Olson

“there are some bedrock truths that come not from human reason, they say, but Almighty God. Among them: Donald Trump is the U.S. president, and those who persecute him face death. Joe Biden, the antichrist, should be in prison for treason. Christians should rule over unbelievers.” - RNS

“are these new evangelicals or not evangelicals?… one would be hard pressed to identify which section of David Bebbington’s Evangelicalism Quadrilateral (conversionism, biblicism, activism, crucicentrism) has room for the Proud Non-Churchgoers.” - WORLD

“Trump created a stir last week by sharing a fan-made video…. paints a Messiah-like image of Trump, saying the former president ‘cares for the flock’ and is ‘a shepherd to mankind who won’t ever leave or forsake them.’” - C.Leaders

“by insisting on truth telling in a season like this, and by denying active or tacit support to a movement that undermines the integrity of the church’s witness, you gain the modest comfort of being able to watch the world burn and know that you, at least, did not light the match.” - Acton

“But Republicans are less likely to say Trump is ‘religious’ — pointing to his support for religious people, not his personal religiosity, as their reasoning for saying he is a man of faith.” - Deseret News

“if he drops out now, Trump will also be remembered as the ex-president who, with commendable humility, put the good of the country ahead of his own personal ambition and withdrew from the race” - Current

The Grudem article: PJ Media

“More than 150 Iowa ‘faith leaders’ have announced they are supporting Donald Trump in the state’s forthcoming caucuses…. These endorsements came days before the release of Tim Alberta’s book ‘The Kingdom, The Power, And the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism.’” - Cal Thomas

“…a crucial segment of the Iowa Republican electorate: evangelicals, who comprise more than a third — 37 percent — of Iowa Republicans, according to Pew Research Center data.” - The Gazette

“…’most conservative evangelicals gave up on the politics of character in 2016’ and still consider their relationship to Trump as a pragmatic bargain.” - CToday