When it comes to the evangelicals and President Trump, not all are pleased to endorse and vote for him. Daniel Deitrich in South Bend, IN, is a worship leader and a musician:
A man self-aware enough to ask how his fellow Evangelicals can possibly endorse a man such as Trump. Shane Claiborne of Religion News Service interviews Deitrich:
What do you think is the purpose of worship music?
There’s this great line from a prayer in the old Church of God hymnal that says, “We thank you for music, and for everything that elevates our spirits above the smoggy confusions of our time and gives us hope.” I love that. I’m stuck in the smoggy confusion a lot. Worship music should give us hope — hope that the way of Jesus can bring healing and peace to a hurting world here and now.
Worship music teaches and shapes us, so what we sing about really matters. There are a ton of great songs that help us praise and thank God, but worship music should also help us lament, reflect, confess, celebrate, challenge and push us outside the walls of the church to be the hands and feet of Christ.
… elevates our spirits above the smoggy confusions of our time … I just have to love that line. It’s an admission that anyone can be wrong, that it’s not about emotion, but rationality, even if it’s only to interpret the Bible, rather than forcing emotional reactions on the Bible.
Oh, yes, I’m still an agnostic. I take wisdom where I find it.
I wonder how long it’ll take for him to be bodily ejected from the Evangelical movement – and how many Evangelicals will be brave enough to listen and think for themselves.
