Trumpism Divided Christians: Who’s right and who’s wrong?
In 2016, Pope Francis said, “Trump is not Christian” because he pledged to stop illegal immigrant crossing. Some protestant leaders rallied Christians not to vote for him in 2020. However, an overwhelming majority of evangelicals supported Trump. Hence they were charged with “Trumpism,” and many of his supporters canceled.
Christians for and against President Donald Trump
Bible teacher John Piper referred to Trump as “A gangrene of sinful self-exaltation, boasting, and strife-stirring.” While apologist John MacArthur said, “Any real true believer’ will support Trump in (last) November.” Christians are divided.
In 2018, Distinguished Chair and Executive Director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, Ed Stetzer, opposed Bible scholar John MacArthur over the issue of churches in social justice reform.
Stetzer is not a lone advocate for Critical Race Theory as other liberal and former Christian colleges have joined the bandwagon of disavowing Trump while embracing LGBTQIA ideology.
MacArthur has repeatedly rebuked Christians who advocate for political change, as it is not Biblical. Stetzer, staff, and some teachers in Wheaton believe Christians should join the bandwagon of Black reparation.
Christians who disavow Trump
Max Lucado
Author, Abilene gradute
Associated with Credobaptist
Beth Moore
Female Preacher
Associated with Prosperity Gospel
Ed Stetzer
Dean, Wheaton College
Associated with Calvinism
John Piper
Author
Apologist
Mark Galli
Roman Catholic Editor
Christianity Today
Rick & Kay Warren
Mega Church Pastor
Baptist Evangelical
Christians who affirmed Trump
Eric Metaxas
Author, Yale graduate
Attends Presbyterian Church
Paula White
Female Preacher
Associated with Prosperity Gospel
Jerry Prevo
President, Liberty University
Associated with Baptists
John MacArthur
Author
Apologist
Franklin Graham
Evangelist
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Guillermo Maldonado
Mega Church Pastor
Apostolic Prophetic Church
Opposing sides
For the left side, “Trump is not Christian;” many left-liberals hate him. On the right side, “Trump is a work in progress,” said Franklin Graham, whose father supported the former POTUS.
Christian leaders from Wheaton College and Christianity Today also disavowed Trump as well.
Psychologists confirm he is a narcist and perhaps racist. However, despite MSM’s narrative, there is “no evidence” Trump is racist, according to Dr. Thomas Sowell, a prominent Black social theorist.
Christian or not, the antipathy is strong from left-liberals and Democrats. Many in the LGBTQ community, BLM, and witches want “Trump out and canceled for good.”
LGBTQ, BLM, and witches want Trump out for good.
PEW: 89% OF LEFT-LIBERAL ATHEISTS LEAN DEMOCRAT.
Intellect is not wisdom.
— Thomas Sowell (@ThomasSowell) December 2, 2020
Who should replace Trump?
Religious Professor Carl Trueman frames it this way—Mother Theresa is unavailable. Thus, we are looking at a “left-liberal Democrat” who pushes abortion and counterfeit gender equality.
Of course, America is not looking for a saint but a national leader. In 2021, Left Liberal Joe Biden won and planned to undo Trump’s legacy.
One of the Biden-Harris significant accomplishments was the Gender Equality Act—which right-conservative Dutch Sheets said legitimized immorality in America.
It exposes the hearts of Christian leaders
A (political) melee divides; why dive in if it can cause friction? If anything, it reveals the hearts of men through the people who they support or disavow—which becomes a good thing.
Politics divide, and a Christian leader willing to expose a “political position” may reflect what matters most to him.
