“Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright' Round yon virgin Mother and Child Holy infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace…”(Silent Night/Joseph Mohr/John F. Young) So it seems as this Christmas Season is finally culminating on December 25, some hard truths, and some fairly easy lies are being presented to the Christian world, and in particular a sect of that religious domain, the Southern Baptist Evangelicals. Silence at times can eat away at your soul (if you have one,) and it can rot your conscience (if you have one.) It seems that one Evangelical Christian, Mark Galli, Editor of a newspaper titled Christianity Today, has had enough of remaining silent, as sadly as is the case of most prominent Pro-Trump peons, only when they either do not run for office any longer or in the case of Mr. Galli, are retiring from his position as Editor-In-Chief of Christianity find some backbone and speak a truth which had been gnawing in their guts so long and so devastating that it must be released…and, in fact, Mr. Galli did so in an editorial:
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 one of the president’s political opponents. That is not only a violation of the Constitution; more importantly, it is profoundly immoral. The impeachment hearings have illuminated the president’s moral deficiencies for all to see. This damages the institution of the presidency damages the reputation of our country, and damages both the spirit and the future of our people. None of the president’s positives can balance the moral and political danger we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character.
To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification for Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior. Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency. If we don’t reverse course now, will anyone take anything we say about justice and righteousness with any seriousness for decades to come? Can we say with a straight face that abortion is a great evil that cannot be tolerated and, with the same straight face, say that the bent and broken character of our nation’s leader doesn’t really matter in the end?
But of course, the truth has become a sin, with the most recent gang of Holy Rollers and Con Artists, claiming to understand Christianity and Christ, as if they personally actually believed as their Lord and Savior, Christ would choose a man like Trump to spread HIS Gospel. So the response from the Pay to Pray Gang comes as no surprise: “We’ve heard this before,” Perkins said. “Christians should apply a biblical worldview, not a PC worldview, to the current political landscape. @realdonaldtrump‘s robust record on life & religious liberty speaks for itself.”(Tony Perkins)……….@CTmagazine is a dying magazine that has been “Never Trump” from the beginning. They are going against 99% of evangelical Republicans who oppose impeachment. President @realDonaldTrump is the most pro-life, pro-religious liberty, pro-Israel president in history! (Dr. Robert Jeffress)........ Less than 20% of evangelicals supported @HillaryClinton in 2016 but now @CTmagazine has removed any doubt that they are part of the same 17% or so of liberal evangelicals who have preached the social gospel for decades! CT unmasked! (Franklin Graham)
But this Christmas, the Night may not be so Silent after all. Peter Wehner, is a veteran of three administrations (Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush) and the author of The Death of Politics, and he added his voice to the self-anointed False Idols“ That’s the significance of what Christianity Today did,” “They stood up and they said: ‘No, that’s not right. We can’t continue with this charade, this moral freak show anymore.’”
