CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY DECEMBER 14, 2018
DOES CHARACTER MATTER IN A PRESIDENT, OR ANYONE ELSE? EVANGELICALS SAID IT DID WHEN IT CAME TO BILL CLINTON, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO PRESIDENT TRUMP, APPARENTLY IT MATTERS LESS, IF AT ALL. THEY RATIONALIZE THEY LIKE TRUMP’S POLICIES AND HIS RHETORIC SUPPORTING THEIR FAITH, BUT THEY’RE CAUGHT IN A MORAL TRAP, PUTTING PUBLIC POLICY ABOVE THEIR FAITH IN THE KING OF KINGS.
ONE CAN’T EXPECT CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR FROM SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT DISPLAY ANY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS REFLECTIVE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN. BUT ONE CAN STILL EXHIBIT GOOD CHARACTER QUALITIES AND EARN RESPECT WITHOUT BEING A CHRISTIAN. AND IT ISN’T JUST THE AFFAIRS. CONSIDER HIS TWEETS AND HOW HE CONDEMNS SO MANY OPPONENTS.
THE PROBLEM FOR MANY EVANGELICALS IS NOT ONLY THEIR JUSTIFICATION OF TRUMP’S PAST BEHAVIOR AND THE PAYING OF HUSH MONEY BY HIS LAWYER AND THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER TO KEEP WOMEN QUIET ABOUT ALLEGED AFFAIRS; THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEIR FAITH IS BEING TAINTED BEFORE A WATCHING WORLD.
TOO MANY SEEM TO HAVE MADE A BARGAIN WITH THE DEVIL INSTEAD OF SERVING THE LORD AND WE KNOW YOU CAN’T SERVE TWO MASTERS, DON’T WE? I’M CAL THOMAS.
