When Trump engages in (all of his immoral) activities, many of his most ardent evangelical followers —Franklin Graham, Robert Jeffress, Paula White, Eric Metaxas, Jerry Falwell Jr., James Dobson, and Ralph Reed, to name a few — look the other way. They are unable to speak truth to power because Donald Trump and his Republican Party hold them captive.
Evangelical leaders who support Donald Trump have failed to rebuke the president’s immorality. By keeping (their) heads in the sand as Trump proves he is incapable of living according to the most basic standards of decency, they neglect to do their part in sustaining our republic and fail to be good citizens.
The political problems in Evangelicalism run deeper than just the failure to speak with a prophetic voice.
Donald Trump will be gone one day. But the political playbook that evangelicals follow will not go away unless we decide to burn it and start over.
There is a very good chance that this playbook will lead evangelicals into the arms of another immoral tyrant who promises conservative Supreme Court justices and offers platitudes about religious liberty.
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