Earlier this year, Executive Director of the Baptist Joint
Committee for Religious Liberty Amanda Tyler very quaintly remarked
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Christians should beware of a political use of the word
"savior," which goes to the very heart of our faith. This particular
statement is a gross expression of Christian nationalism, which I define as
equating Christian and American identities.
People of faith know that God is much larger than any one candidate,
party, election or country.
By that old-fashioned notion, there aren't many people of
faith (at least among whites) left. It
appears she was responding to Donald Trump's campaign manager:
Loved watching the crowd fill up for the 547th Rally in Green Bay. There has never been and probably never will be a movement like this again. Only God could deliver such a savior to our nation and only God could allow me to help. God bless America! pic.twitter.com/PBata3mB14— Brad Parscale (@parscale) April 30, 2019
We've learned recently how thoroughly self-serving Parscale's
claim of divinity for Donald Trump is.
On Friday, ABC News reported
A digital data firm connected to President Donald Trump’s
campaign manager has received more than $900,000 in business from a pro-Trump
super PAC, a low profile financial entanglement that could renew questions from
critics about whether the senior advisor, Brad Parscale, found discreet ways to
profit from his work for the president.
Parscale told ABC News that the contractor, called Red State
Data and Digital, LLC, was not a secret and that the firm complied completely
with election laws and was primarily working to support congressional
candidates during the 2018 midterms.
“Complaints about Red State are simply another attempt to
smear President Trump by attacking those who work for him,” Parscale said.
Just last week, the Trump campaign objected angrily to a
tabloid news report indicating Parscale was using the spoils of his political
work to purchase millions of dollars in real estate and luxury cars. The
campaign said Parscale’s wealth began to accrue from work that predated the
launch of Trump’s 2016 presidential bid.
Obviously, President Trump is smeared repeatedly by his own
words and behavior. But Christianity is also being smeared, by Trump himself and periodically by people such as Parscale who are associated
with him.
Jesus reportedly stated "Heaven and earth will
pass away, but my words will not pass away." However, if Christian leaders
do not accept responsibility that Tyler has to speak out against Brad Parscale, Donald Trump, Franklin Graham (who vehemently condemned President Clinton for his affair with Monica Lewinsky) and other poseurs, there will be ever fewer people interested in reading any words of Jesus.
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