Posted on Jan 13, 2021
'How Did We Get Here?' A Call For An Evangelical Reckoning On Trump
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As fallout continues from the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol, Ed Stetzer, head of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, has a message for his fellow evangelicals: it's time for a reckoning.
Evangelicals, he says, should look at how their own behaviors and actions may have helped fuel the insurrection. White evangelicals overwhelmingly supported President Trump in the 2020 election.
Some in the protest crowd raised signs with Christian symbolism and phrases.
"Part of this reckoning is: How did we get here? How were we so easily fooled by conspiracy theories?" he tells NPR's Rachel Martin. "We need to make clear who we are. And our allegiance is to King Jesus, not to what boasting political leader might come next."
In the interview, Stetzer also laments that evangelicals seem to have changed their view of morality in order to support Trump.
"So I think we just need to be honest. A big part of this evangelical reckoning is a lot of people sold out their beliefs," he says.
Evangelicals, he says, should look at how their own behaviors and actions may have helped fuel the insurrection. White evangelicals overwhelmingly supported President Trump in the 2020 election.
Some in the protest crowd raised signs with Christian symbolism and phrases.
"Part of this reckoning is: How did we get here? How were we so easily fooled by conspiracy theories?" he tells NPR's Rachel Martin. "We need to make clear who we are. And our allegiance is to King Jesus, not to what boasting political leader might come next."
In the interview, Stetzer also laments that evangelicals seem to have changed their view of morality in order to support Trump.
"So I think we just need to be honest. A big part of this evangelical reckoning is a lot of people sold out their beliefs," he says.
'How Did We Get Here?' A Call For An Evangelical Reckoning On Trump
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I never did understand how any true Christian could support Trump. He has a long history of no ethics or morals.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
MSG Stan Hutchison - They may not go in that way and start with the best intentions to do good but after a while I think at some point they compromise themselves by voting for certain things compromising their values to get the main bill through with the pork attached versus standing their ground. Get a taste of power and homestead. That is why I am for term limits. After awhile I believe they get to the point where they think they are untouchable and just do what they want to do...I have seen it here in Miss...I voted for two people who were on fire to change the state and instead drank the Kool-Aid and have for the most part turned their backs on their constituents...won't even answer queries because they are ashamed of what they have done and how they have performed.
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
Capt Gregory Prickett - I survived four years of the whataboutism from the left on here for four years...time to turn the tables a little while.
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And some have bought into the propaganda of the left as well. Civility needs to reign
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