A New Voice Calls for Trump's Removal

When people look back at our current political age, and even those of us living now, one of the questions that will be asked is how Donald Trump had the support of so many people who called themselves Christian.  That said, I'd like to know for sure, with solid numbers, how much support is actually there.

I don't know many people personally who support Trump and actually practice their Christianity.  I know one or two who may have started out as Trump supporters but have grown much more uneasy.  I don't know many people who are willing to give Trump a pass on his bad behavior because he's getting them some of the things they want to have, like Supreme Court justices.

I do know some people who aren't thinking about it at all.  My cousin's spouse said it more succinctly, "Most people I know are just looking for their next meal or their next fix and aren't thinking about this at all."  She works with some populations who are living in the deepest margins of our society, so she's got a view that I don't have.

I was struck by the editorial in yesterday's Christianity Today.  You may or may not know that the magazine was founded by Billy Graham, and it's thought of as one of the more important voices of the evangelical movement, which is often one of the more conservative streams of Christianity.  Billy Graham's son Franklin has been very vocal in his support of Trump.

Nonetheless, yesterday's editorial called for the removal of Donald Trump, and it concluded eloquently:  "We have reserved judgment on Mr. Trump for years now. Some have criticized us for our reserve. But when it comes to condemning the behavior of another, patient charity must come first. So we have done our best to give evangelical Trump supporters their due, to try to understand their point of view, to see the prudential nature of so many political decisions they have made regarding Mr. Trump. To use an old cliché, it’s time to call a spade a spade, to say that no matter how many hands we win in this political poker game, we are playing with a stacked deck of gross immorality and ethical incompetence. And just when we think it’s time to push all our chips to the center of the table, that’s when the whole game will come crashing down. It will crash down on the reputation of evangelical religion and on the world’s understanding of the gospel. And it will come crashing down on a nation of men and women whose welfare is also our concern."

Well said!  Here's hoping that this voice travels to those with ears to hear and unstops the ears of those who don't want to hear.