Thank you, Christianity Today!
The respected magazine, founded by Billy Graham, has published an editorial endorsing President Trump's impeachment and removal.
From the editorial
Trump’s evangelical supporters have pointed to his Supreme Court nominees, his defense of religious liberty, and his stewardship of the economy, among other things, as achievements that justify their support of the president. We believe the impeachment hearings have made it absolutely clear, in a way the Mueller investigation did not, that President Trump has abused his authority for personal gain and betrayed his constitutional oath. The impeachment hearings have illuminated the president’s moral deficiencies for all to see. This damages the institution of the presidency, damages the reputation of our country, and damages both the spirit and the future of our people. None of the president’s positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character.
Also:
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.
Christianity Today is not a liberal magazine. It is well within the framework of conservative Christianity.
Some blog readers have commented in the past that I have used the word evangelical too negatively. I do not view the concept of evangelism as wrong in and of itself. Spreading the word of the Gospels is vital. But I'm afraid evangelical has been captured and perverted by the Christian Right.
For a true concept of how evangelism can be a positive, please see Jim Wallis and Sojourners Magazine.
Franklin Graham, Billy Graham's lost soul son, has condemned the editorial and accused Christianity Today of becoming a liberal magazine. Trump, of course, is incoherently apoplectic, and transactional - I gave you stuff! You should be loyal to me! I DID YOU A FAVOR, THOUGH.
Think Christianity Today is some bastion of progressive Christianity? Read these parts of the editorial -
Trump’s evangelical supporters have pointed to his Supreme Court nominees, his defense of religious liberty, and his stewardship of the economy, among other things, as achievements that justify their support of the president.
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Can we say with a straight face that abortion is a great evil that cannot be tolerated and, with the same straight face, say that the bent and broken character of our nation’s leader doesn’t really matter in the end?
It's not worth it, my Christain Right friends. It's no longer worth your soul. Please join Christianity Today in repudiating a man morally unfit to hold the office, Impeached President Donald J Trump.
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