Think I've finally figured this out. Many in the Church are screaming that Trump is not a true conservative. Many here are yelling it from the rooftops. The irony is, political liberalism is now rampant in the Church, and this is what the true uproar is about.
Today's American Christians are either very liberal or very tolerant of political liberalism (apolitical). They don't like Trump's conservative policies, so they point backward to his past sins. Or they point to some of his his theological statements that have been less than sound.
This tells me a few things. One is that the Church has made a grave mistake moving to an apolitical stance. It's allowed liberals of every persuasion from legalized abortion to gay marriage to feel comfortable at Church and even ascend to leadership positions. I left a Church a few years ago after one of the teaching elders took me to task over gay marriage. He seemed a great guy, theologically sound. Yet huge Obama fan and a supporter of gay marriage, and I don't think the rest of the leadership even knew. Politics is taboo at Church. You don't talk about it. I suppose it's akin to 'don't ask don't tell.'
So Trump gets elected running on numerous conservative and biblical agendas from conservative judges to border security to nationalism. And he's beloved and despised. He was a huge sinner in the past, but evolved in many ways to the point where he's believes in constitutional originalist justices. What a blessing! But not for some. Why? I've concluded the issue is not Trump and his past sins. The issue is liberalism in the Church or at least the desire to be tolerant of it. Jimmy Carter was just praised by one conservative poster here, as a godly man—a man who believed Jesus would have condoned gay marriage. Many in the Church would have been much more comfortable with Hillary at the helm, even those claiming to be conservative.
Today's American Christians are either very liberal or very tolerant of political liberalism (apolitical). They don't like Trump's conservative policies, so they point backward to his past sins. Or they point to some of his his theological statements that have been less than sound.
This tells me a few things. One is that the Church has made a grave mistake moving to an apolitical stance. It's allowed liberals of every persuasion from legalized abortion to gay marriage to feel comfortable at Church and even ascend to leadership positions. I left a Church a few years ago after one of the teaching elders took me to task over gay marriage. He seemed a great guy, theologically sound. Yet huge Obama fan and a supporter of gay marriage, and I don't think the rest of the leadership even knew. Politics is taboo at Church. You don't talk about it. I suppose it's akin to 'don't ask don't tell.'
So Trump gets elected running on numerous conservative and biblical agendas from conservative judges to border security to nationalism. And he's beloved and despised. He was a huge sinner in the past, but evolved in many ways to the point where he's believes in constitutional originalist justices. What a blessing! But not for some. Why? I've concluded the issue is not Trump and his past sins. The issue is liberalism in the Church or at least the desire to be tolerant of it. Jimmy Carter was just praised by one conservative poster here, as a godly man—a man who believed Jesus would have condoned gay marriage. Many in the Church would have been much more comfortable with Hillary at the helm, even those claiming to be conservative.
