For those not keeping up with Evangelical news, here’s an article on the site Black Christian News:
Karen Swallow Prior, an evangelical author and professor, tweeted Friday (Dec. 11) that she was ashamed to have voted for local and state GOP candidates. Many of whom have been vocal supporters of lawsuits challenging the election results.
“What a bunch of money-grubbing, power hungry, partisan cowards who care nothing about conservatism,” the self-described life-long conservative said in her tweet.
Author and columnist, David French, published a column Sunday on The Dispatch titled, “The Dangerous Idolatry of Christian Trumpism,” maintaining that “the frenzy and the fury of the post-election period has laid bare the sheer idolatry and fanaticism of Christian Trumpism.”
And perhaps most notably, Beth Moore, a popular Southern Baptist author and speaker, took to Twitter Sunday to voice her frustration and seeming bewilderment at the Christian zeal for Trump, saying that in her more than 63 years, she has “never seen anything in these United States of America I found more astonishingly seductive & dangerous to the saints of God than Trumpism.”…
Moore had particularly strong words for her “fellow” Christian leaders, who she said have a responsibility for protecting their congregants.
“We will be held responsible for remaining passive in this day of seduction to save our own skin while the saints we’ve been entrusted to serve are being seduced, manipulated, USED and stirred up into a lather of zeal devoid of the Holy Spirit for political gain,” she tweeted.
Notably, none of these people are from the Black community.
Of course, all the grifters currently advising President Trump will be taking exception to these statements. This may be the first step in a schism in the Evangelical community. Look for more leaders stepping back from the brink of calling for civil war and, for that matter, heresy, while others continue to grasp for worldly wealth and power. This may cause violence: As ever, it’s the followers who are most likely to bear the brunt of this disaster, whether it be in physical injuries and deaths, legal punishments, or the spiritual bewilderment that accompanies losing one’s way and discovering your leader is little more than a con-man and grifter.
I believe French has been a NeverTrumper from way back, even leaving National Review over his views. The other two are new to me, but judging from their comments, they’ve been blind to what’s been going on for years. I hope, as leaders, they are willing to do public penance and analysis of their mistaken thinking. It’s through such acknowledgments that others can learn, even if it’s a lesson that will be resisted.
