Since it's a Sunday morning. tweet storm coming on conflating spiritual constructs/principles with political ones.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
1) One of the main reasons I am #NeverTrump is because of the way people are openly watering down/distorting the faith to justify him.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
2) Trump, and no politician for that matter, will make America Make Great Again. Only what made America great in the first place can do it.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
3) What made us exceptional, was the Gospel. Period. End of sentence.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
4) The Gospel brought the pilgrims here.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
5) The Gospel was the inspiration for establishing many of the original colonies.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
6) The Gospel provided a people moral enough to be self-governed.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
7) The Gospel provided the basis for our government and our law.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
8) The Gospel provided the basis for movements such as abolition to right our wrongs.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
9) We are literally NOTHING as a people without the Gospel. We aren't great. We aren't exceptional. We're just a people.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
10) Nationalism isn't honorable. It's a heresy, every bit as damaging to a people's as statism. In fact, they're kissing cousins.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
11) Both nationalism and statism put the supreme power in government, just by different means. Not in the Supreme Being.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
12) All the evidence you need is the way many people are changing who they are/what they believe to support Trump.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
13) Some people are maturely realizing Trump is the most realistic non-Hillary option and making a cold-blooded business decision.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
14) But too many people have decided they must become as Trump. That is a classic sign of cultic behavior. That's dangerous.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
15) We've seen this on the Left, and now it's happening on the Right. People abandon their individual identity to serve the group think.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
16) Remember, God makes us as INDIVIDUALS not groups. Remember, God grants rights to INDIVIDUALS not groups. So individual identity vital.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
17) An example of how this matters is watching some react to news Cruz says he's forgive Trump for attacking his family.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
18) Skeptics of the faith view it as a political ploy.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
19) However, some within the faith wrongly believe Cruz forgiving Trump makes him more viable to vote for. Neither are true.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
20) For Christians, forgiveness is a reflection of the character of the forgiver, not the one being forgiven.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
21) For example, while we were sinners Christ died for us. That's a reflection on the character of Christ, not those who forgave.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
22) Cruz is commanded to forgive Trump whether he asks for it or not. Just as we are commanded to forgive our enemies just the same.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
23) That includes Hillary, by the way. Have you forgiven her for what she's done to make you her enemy? Because you have to.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
24) Only forgiving those who forgive us, or align with us, isn't Christianity. Even the pagans do that.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
25) Your faith isn't judged by how you treat your allies but your adversaries.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
26) However, forgiveness — even in politics — is still a spiritual construct.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
27) So just because you have forgiven your enemy, doesn't mean you should vote for them or give them power.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
28) We should forgive Hillary of her trespasses as a reflection of our own Christ-like character.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
29) But that doesn't mean go out and make her president. The same God who commands forgiveness also demands justice.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
30) Holding people accountable to their wrongs is justice. Maintaining spiteful bitterness to them for those wrongs isn't. Why we forgive.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
31) In the case of Cruz/Trump, it's a reflection of Cruz's character he chose to forgive. Not Trump's.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
32) In fact, Trump never sought forgiveness and still doesn't. That is a reflection of his character.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
33) That's why I've maintained Trump should've sought forgiveness, because THAT is what would've made him more electable.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
34) That is what would've shown the humility required of a leader, which he has never shown.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
35) And if someone isn't going to humble themselves before their brother they can see…
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
36) ..the odds they'll humble themselves before the God they cannot see are diminished. Why the oath says "so help me God."
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
37) So it's great that Cruz has forgiven Trump. But shouldn't change your opinion on Trump either way.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
38) Not to mention the Christian practices the same forgiveness for Republicans and Democrats.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
39) Please stop tainting the faith with partisanship. A dying, secular culture is watching us do it and turning away from the faith for it.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
40) And if the culture turns away from the Gospel for good, it turns for the worse for good. And we're toast.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
41) This is why we fight for America. Not because of nationalism, but because we "love our neighbors as we love ourselves."
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
42) This is the neighborhood we are planted in. This is our mission field. However, it is not our native savior. There are none of those.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
43) Colossians 3:17 is our framework. Not "Make America Great Again."
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
44) Make your business decision if you must in November. But don't pollute the plumb line in the process.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
End of tweet storm from a lay preacher on a Sunday morning.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
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Cruz says he has forgiven Trump for things that Trump has never apologized for or admitted error in: https://t.co/9vEA0phAdo pic.twitter.com/fXfSsggnc1
— Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) September 25, 2016
Hi @SteveDeaceShow
The nature of forgiveness is not dependent on an apology.
Pence can share the gospel with Trumphttps://t.co/dGCNuaPATv— MsV (@16po) September 25, 2016
Forgiveness is a spiritual construct. Has nothing to do with political capability, maneuvering, or qualification. https://t.co/szM1Pl3sKT
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
P.S…those of you whose response to my tweet storm on forgiveness is "you're for Hillary" are proving my point. You're in a cult.
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) September 25, 2016
I don’t agree with granting forgiveness just for forgiveness sake. I don’t grant forgiveness unless I sense genuine remorse and stop forgiving once the behavior is continued. You don’t keep forgiving and not hold someone accountable.
However this is just my personal opinion. Ted Cruz is free to forgive whomever he wants to and I am free to judge whether he really forgives Trump or not or has done what he has done for political expediency. It does indeed taint the way I feel about Cruz’s character and his sincerity. Wish it wasn’t so but that is just the way it is. He is after all human just like the rest of us. I was just expecting a bit more out of him. Clearly he does not believe Trump is sorry or has changed in any way. Cruz just wants to still play with the same team. I do not believe he did this for the good of the country as voting for Trump is clearly not for the good of the country. Cruz admits this when he refuses to say that trump is fit to serve. He knows he is not.
Neither Clinton nor Trump is good for the country. You can’t put lipstick on that pig and pass it off as virtuous. It isn’t.
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