From now on we can expect Max Lucado to go down the memory hole of many evangelical Christians, and rightly so, as he attacked Donald Trump for lacking decency, while saying nothing about the most anti-Christian president in our history, that supports full-blown abortion and has encouraged the release the gay plague on our nation, which Christians are under assault for refusing to make various production like cakes and cupcakes for the fake weddings of the homosexuals.
Why hasn't Lucado blasted Obama and the Supreme Court for taking these actions? Where was he when the gaystapo permeated the military on the direct orders of Obama? What about Hillary Clinton barking like a dog? Is that decency?
What Lucado has done is taken the talking points of SJW and liberal or progressive enemies of Christianity and used them to talk down to evangelicals tired of being hated, while government leaders have allowed free speech to be called hate crimes if it calls sin what it is, according to the Holy Scriptures. Evidently this doesn't bother Lucado. He is more concerned about tone of the conversation. He is more impressed with Obama because he talks nicer than Trump, even as he has ramped up the war against Christianity. No Lucado reporting in on that. Somehow bad feels is more important that gay marriage, a gay military, fines and jail sentences for Christians, attack on self-defense, and unrestricted and encouraged baby murder via abortions. At least Obama talks nice while supporting these things, according to Lucado's comments.
I think Lucado is actually whining because Trump is in opposition to illegal immigration. Lucado is "a signatory on the pro-amnesty Evangelical Immigration Table’s support for the Gang of Eight bill."
As one woman said, and what many people in the media and watching the race don't understand, is Trump represents a man with some "testosterone." He "is the Alpha dog in the pack, and the pack, of which I’m part, is desperate for an alpha dog.
"We feel threatened more than ever (in our lifetimes) by enemies, foreign and domestic, political, cultural and existential."
That says it as clearly as it can be said. People are looking for a fearless man to lead them in these volatile and scary times, and Donald Trump represents that far better than any candidate. That's why he's attractive to many evangelicals.
It still isn't understood that illegal immigration - from south of the border and from Muslim countries - is the major issue voters are concerned with. Everything else pales with it. Not understanding that is to be clueless as to why Trump is doing so well. This obviously seems to have hurt Lucado's feelings.
This isn't the only Christian woman to say this either. Others have embraced Trump as a symbol of someone who will take action in regard to their best interests on this issue, and nothing is able to change their minds. Men like Trump to, for the same reasons.
If you're wondering if the Bible speaks to this issue, it does.
Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
This seems to imply supporting the migration invasion in the U.S., but it doesn't. What it simply states is if there are people not citizens of Israel, or by extension, the country we live in, we aren't to oppress them. The reason is the church of that day had been strangers and Egypt and were treated poorly. We aren't to use oppression on those traveling or temporarily residing in our nation.
There is no thought of God that would allow other nations to swarm into Israel and take it over by sheer numbers. Whether it was done peacefully or by force, it's still an invasion and attack upon the nation with significant negative consequences.
If Trump does become President and builds a wall and removes a lot of illegals from the country, it would need to be done firmly and orderly; hopefully in a peaceful manner. Inevitable opposition could create potential for violence.
All of that said, it's very troubling to see Lucado talk about policies not being his concern for writing the article.
Could concerns be raised about other Christian candidates? Absolutely. But the concern of this article is not policy but tone and decorum.
This represents a lot of what is wrong with Christianity, when those supposedly representing it embrace the "rules" of our enemies and use them against those that disagree with them. Lucado has done this with Trump, while for decades ignoring those that by their policies and private lives, revealed they were just as bad if not worse than Trump may ever be. But, at least they did it in a nice tone.
What has produced this obvious hypocrisy is the lack of applying all of the Bible to every area of life. If we as Christians had been doing so, we wouldn't be faced with nonsensical assertions like that coming from Lucado, suggesting somehow Trump is different than past presidents and candidates. He's not different, he's just not owned by the media and is willing to throw what he thinks out there for everyone to hear.
