Step Away from the Charlatan

[Josh]

From December 2019.  This is the first facebook post I made that really turned divisive.  


Wake up Christians! Step away from this charlatan. Don’t sell out the Gospel to win a “culture war”.


Trump's Rage at Christianity Today



It got long (72 posts), but here are some of my comments:


It just tears my heart up that so many Christians associate themselves with a wolf in sheep’s clothing (and not even a good disguise). Political power has always been dangerous and is usually antithetical to the gospel. The ends Christians want do not justify the means. Character matters! Let’s focus on building the kingdom of God in this advent. The Christmas story is full of the lesson that God shames the strong and the powerful and raises up the meek and lowly and those of pure heart.

In response to being told I was judgmental toward Trump:

We all have evil to deal with. Jesus had no problem judging the power brokers, we should just not judge with hypocrisy. And since trump claims to be a Christian, there’s this: What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

1 Corinthians 5:12 -

[gregory]

The alligence of the christian right with trump is a manifestation of the dying of the constantinian compromise. The last gasps of an era that should have never been ushered in, and a backlash of those hubristic enough to still desire a "christian nation".

[Josh]

Do you still think it was a last gasp?

[gregory]

Yes. I think that the brand of Christianity that breeds a connection to the state is dying. It isn't fully dead, but it is not long for this world. May take another hundred years, but in church history, that is nothing.

Since this post, I re-read a great book by Shane Claybourne called Jesus for president. It is a good example of what a Christian politics looks like, and it isn't with either political party, or even voting.

If you have to choose between the lesser of two evils, choose the exit.