Politics

“[I]t wasn’t like what people would call a ‘born again experience’ ”

Why Evangelical Christians Should Not Support Donald Trump

The North Texas Presidential Forum at the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano featured Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Sen. Rick Santorum and former business CEO Carly Fiorina.

Invitations were sent out to all presidential candidates from both Democratic and Republican parties.

“…a vexing question has gone unanswered: Why are evangelicals, those most desired of conservative voters, fond of Trump?” New Republic

Related: Is Donald Trump’s Love for the Bible Genuine Piety?

Doug Wilson: Trump’s high poll numbers is the Republican primary electorate on a spring break bender in Fort Lauderdale. This is not the girl they are going to marry.

“The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, ‘Trump shall become My trumpet to the American people…’” WND

“Southern Baptists heard from two presidential candidates and considered how the Gospel of Jesus applies to politics” BPNews

For Southern Baptists and GOP, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

This is an interesting, secular take on politics and the pulpit in American life from Foreign Affairs: Exactly how does religion operate in U.S. politics? What came before and after the mid-twentieth-century period? And what’s likely to happen next in American religious politics?