President Donald Trump has publicly blamed mental illness for mass shootings and other gun violence.
I agree that there does exist an insanity, a moral pathology, that is endangering all of us – and many have already become victims.
On the other hand, I do not understand the threat in the same way he does. Indeed, I believe Trump himself is the foundational problem for many of the dangers our nation now faces.
I write as a Christian and lifelong minister and seminary professor. My Christian faith dictates how I should live and requires that I do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God. To be a silent witness to the troubling words and deeds of our nation’s leader would present a false testimony to my neighbors.
I view the president’s character as wildly contrary to the portrait of God in Christ; the polar opposite of the One to whom I am committed.
The president is correct that together we are experiencing a frightening dis-ease. What he doesn’t seem to recognize is that he is the source of much of the chaos.
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