All is not desolate among American Evangelicals, as there are still some willing to speak with a moral clarity, not present among those who have drank deeply of Trump’s bath water.
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Another who shares my obvious disappointment is Jerushah Armfield, niece of Franklin Graham.
Armfield appeared on CNN Friday night, and she laid it out so perfectly.
“In order to forgive somebody, that individual needs to repent and apologize. And I don’t think America has seen that from our President in any scenario,” said Jerushah Armfield on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
Perfect.
Someone who has spent his entire life steeped in selfishness and sin, with no moral authority figure willing to stand against the sin and hold him accountable will continue in that sin. These faith leaders are content to let Trump’s soul burn because of a few policy points they agree with.
When asked to expand on her thoughts about Trump’s “sh*thole countries” comment, Armfield, again, showed far more courage than her uncle.
“I think a lot of times people seem to be focusing on the language that he used, which really wasn’t the issue,” said Armfield. She referred to other evangelical Christians — including her uncle Franklin Graham, who defended Trump’s language in a CNN interview earlier this week — and it’s her feeling that word choice was not Trump’s biggest error.
“I think it was the context of what he said, around the language that he used,” she noted, adding “I think it was the disheartening, dehumanizing comments that were said around the word.”
She’s exactly right. It wasn’t about the dirty word, as many have tried to point out. It was about the attitude and what the entirety of his comments were meant to convey: Poor countries have people of lower worth, while richer nations have a better class of people.
Christians know that ALL are made in the image of a holy God, and all are loved and treasured deeply by the same God. When you trash the worth of one, it grieves our God. Perkins and Graham should know this.
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Armfield continued:
“I understand a lot of evangelicals supporting him because of his policies,” she said. “I’d love to see a Christian leader come out and say that they support Trump for his policies, but that his behavior disgusts them, and he needs to clean up his act.”
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And Trump does not represent our faith. His behavior and attitude is antithetical to Christian teaching, and the casual attitude towards it by “leaders,” such as Perkins and Graham only serves to blemish the reputation of Christianity at a critical time in our world’s history. We’re moving further away from God, not closer. Being the kind of examples needed to offer an alternative to a sinful, lost world should be the top priority of pastors, preachers, ministers, and theologians, right now.
Kudos to Jerushah Armfield for being willing to go and speak openly, with such reasoned and grace-filled clarity, even if it means speaking in opposition to her famous uncle.
Billy Graham's granddaughter: Donald Trump needs to apologize https://t.co/HAto14eEPg pic.twitter.com/HvS3jKDOLF
— OutFrontCNN (@OutFrontCNN) January 27, 2018
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Franklin Graham’s Niece Has a Mic Drop Moment for Trump’s Evangelical Supporters (Faith Level +11) https://t.co/hek3TqEDUR
— RedState (@RedState) January 27, 2018
About time! Thankfully, not all evangelicals have lost their minds. I don’t say that Trump has not done some good things, but he has only been slightly less crass than most of the people bashing him.
You can make the best case for a wall, or cutting back on illegal and legal immigration by stating your case with a sound mind and real class.
As for his shenanigans with women, it is sad to see him copy Clinton. You’d think that while president, he could at least keep his marriage vows to his current wife. She may have been a nude model at one time, but she is way classier than he is these days.
Pray for righteousness to be restored and for the peace of Jerusalem
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