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Christianity Today<\/em> Represents Pure, True-Blue Evangelicalism More So Than Billy and Franklin Graham and Dr. James Dobson?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Christianity Today<\/em>\u00a0 \u2014 what used<\/em> to be the \u201cflagship\u201d evangelical periodical \u2014 , in its anti-Trump editorial on 12-19-19, \u201cTrump Should be Removed from Office,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0was idiotic enough to buy the Democrat lie in the whole impeachment fiasco:<\/p>\n

But the facts in this instance are unambiguous: The president of the United States attempted to use his political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and discredit\u00a0one of the president\u2019s political opponents. That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral. . . .<\/p>\n

We believe the impeachment hearings have made it absolutely clear, in a way the Mueller investigation did not, that President Trump has abused his authority for personal gain and betrayed his constitutional oath.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is complete BS. There ain\u2019t nuthin\u2019 there. Fair-minded Democrats like law professors Alan Dershowitz<\/a> and Jonathan Turley<\/a> freely grant that.\u00a0If anything of this sort was done, it was by Joe Biden (and other Dems, too, wrapped up in Ukraine, including Pelosi), not the President.<\/p>\n

I subscribed to CT<\/em> for several years in the 80s. They showed liberal or \u201cmerely sociological\u201d tendencies\u201d even then. But I wouldn\u2019t have thought that their editorial board was this<\/em> stupid and naive: to buy wholesale lying Democrat talking-points and to not see that there was no compelling evidence offered whatsoever<\/em>: so much so that independent voters have trended against impeachment and\/or removal, as well as voters in several important states in the 2020 election. They recognize the kangaroo court, but CT<\/em> doesn\u2019t. It\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

CT<\/em> actually thinks there is a comparison to Bill Clinton 21 years ago. That\u2019s a joke. His impeachment garnered 30 or so Democrat votes. Clinton was convicted of perjury and lost his law license. This one got 0 Republican votes. It\u2019s simply a partisan witch hunt. When Nixon was in danger of being impeached, literally 90% or so of Republicans were on-board. That\u2019s why he resigned. He had no hope.<\/p>\n

That he should be removed, we believe, is not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, like so many Never Trumpers, now CT<\/em> melodramatically makes it a matter of being a good Christian, to oppose Trump (\u201cRemember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior.\u201d). To support him is to oppose God Himself and to be against the Ten Commandments. This is an absolute disgrace. It\u2019s CT<\/em> that has broken the Ten Commandments by bearing false witness. It simply repeats Democrat \/ liberal talking points.<\/p>\n

The idea that this sort of flatulent bilge represents true and pure evangelical Christianity, while Billy and Franklin Graham and Dr. James Dobson (all Trump supporters) do not is so ludicrous as to only elicit profound laughter and derision. Dr. Dobson responded forcefully \u2014 as cited in an article at WND<\/em>: \u201cDobson to Christianity Today: Who do YOU want as president?\u201d<\/a> (12-21-19). He asked (I have added the numbers and \u201clist\u201d format for both long citations below):<\/p>\n

Maybe the magazine would prefer a president who is passionately<\/p>\n

1) pro-abortion,<\/p>\n

2) anti-family,<\/p>\n

3) hostile to the military,<\/p>\n

4) dispassionate toward Israel,<\/p>\n

5) supports a socialist form of government,<\/p>\n

6) promotes confiscatory taxation,<\/p>\n

7) opposes school choice,<\/p>\n

8) favors men in women\u2019s sports and boys in girl\u2019s locker rooms,<\/p>\n

9) promotes the entire LGBTQ agenda,<\/p>\n

10) opposes parental rights, and<\/p>\n

11) distrusts evangelicals and anyone who is not politically correct.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Franklin Graham noted that his father, the great Billy Graham, voted for Trump, and \u201cbelieved that Donald J. Trump was the man for this hour in history for our nation.\u201d He added more items to consider:<\/p>\n

Look at all the president has accomplished in a very short time.<\/p>\n

12) The economy of our nation is the strongest it has been in 50 years,<\/p>\n

13) ISIS & the caliphate have been defeated, and<\/p>\n

14) the president has renegotiated trade deals to benefit all Americans.<\/p>\n

The list of accomplishments is long, but for me as a Christian, the fact that he is<\/p>\n

15) the most pro-life president in modern history is extremely important \u2013<\/p>\n

\u2014and Christianity Today<\/em> wants us to ignore that, to say it doesn\u2019t count? The president has been a<\/p>\n

16) staunch defender of religious freedom at home and around the world \u2013 and Christianity Today<\/em> wants us to ignore that?<\/p>\n

17) Also the president has appointed conservative judges in record number \u2013 and Christianity today<\/em> wants us to ignore that? Christianity Today<\/em> feels he should be removed from office because of false accusations that the president emphatically denies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Their point was not one of \u201cwho will become President if Trump is removed?\u201d \u2014 which he will never be, anyway. It was rhetorical (in effect): \u201cwhat is so terrible in the things that Trump has done and stands for, and what would CT<\/em> want instead?\u201d<\/p>\n

President Trump has governed every bit as conservatively as President Reagan did. I would contend that\u00a0he\u2019s done a lot<\/em> more than Reagan did (and I loved<\/em> the Gipper). And Reagan was no choirboy. He was divorced and was quite the ladies\u2019 man in Hollywood (if someone wants to discuss fornication and adultery: bringing in, of course, JFK and LBJ as well)). He also signed into law an abortion bill in California that cost 100,000 lives even before Roe in 1973.<\/p>\n

To argue that Billy Graham, Franklin Graham, and James Dobson are not truly or consistently evangelical because they support[ed] Trump would be truly extraordinary. Anyone who has studied the history of evangelicalism since World War II (as I have, and I was one myself) knows that Billy Graham virtually was<\/em> evangelicalism: and he was the founder of this very magazine.<\/p>\n

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Related Reading:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Good Christians Can Support Trump (Amazingly Enough)!<\/a>\u00a0[7-21-18]<\/p>\n

Are Trump & His Supporters Nuts & Evil?<\/a>\u00a0(vs. Mark Shea) [9-6-18]<\/p>\n

Could God\u00a0Possibly<\/em>\u00a0Use Trump, Like Queen Esther? . . . and Like He Used Balaam\u2019s Ass, Jonah\u2019s Whale, King Cyrus, and the Babylonian Heathen King, Nebuchadnezzar (Not to Mention Adulterous Murderer, David)?<\/a>\u00a0[3-23-19]<\/p>\n

Trump & Reagan: Shocking Similarities<\/a>\u00a0[1-15-16]<\/p>\n

Is Trump a Conservative; Even \u201cReaganesque\u201d?<\/a>\u00a0[3-9-16]<\/p>\n

Trump is a Slimeball, Moron, & Scumbag<\/a>\u00a0[5-27-16]<\/p>\n

\u201cHow Can a Catholic Vote for Trump?!!?\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[5-28-16]<\/p>\n

Catholic Lawyer Huge Hewitt\u2019s Case for a Trump Vote Based on the Future of the Supreme Court\u00a0<\/a>(+\u00a0Part Two<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Part Three<\/a>) [8-14-16]<\/p>\n

On Trump & the \u201cSupreme\u201d Pro-Life Cause<\/a>\u00a0[8-16-16]<\/p>\n

\u201cLessen Evil\u201d Votes for Hillary?<\/a>\u00a0(vs. Mark Shea) [4-7-17]<\/p>\n

\u201cTrump Ain\u2019t Really Pro-Life\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[1-24-17]<\/p>\n

Does President Trump = Frankenweinstein?<\/a>\u00a0[11-20-17]<\/p>\n

Trump is Attila the Hun, Vlad the Impaler, and Stalin<\/a>\u00a0[sarcasm] [9-7-18]<\/p>\n

Explaining the Pro-Life, Christian Vote for Trump Yet Again<\/a>\u00a0[4-30-19]<\/p>\n

Dialogue: Christian Witness, Trump, & Prudential Voting\u00a0<\/a>(vs. Deacon Steven D. Greydanus) [5-10-19]<\/p>\n

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Photo credit:\u00a0<\/strong>Franklin and Billy Graham, in Cleveland Stadium, in Cleveland Ohio, in June 1994 (photo by<\/span>\u00a0Paul M. Walsh<\/a>) [Wikimedia Commons<\/a> \/\u00a0Creative Commons<\/a>\u00a0Attribution 2.0 Generic<\/a>\u00a0license]<\/p>\n

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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