'Christianity Today' and five positions on President Trump: Experiencing the humility of Christmas
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 24 December 2019
⏱️ 8 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR DECEMBER 23, 2019
A Christianity Today editorial requesting President Trump’s removal provides a glimpse into five ways evangelicals view the president. It also offers an invitation to experience the transformational humility of Christmas.
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| 0:57.9 | Mark Galley is editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, an evangelical magazine founded in |
| 1:03.8 | 1956 by Billy Graham. He generated global headlines over the weekend with an editorial |
| 1:09.9 | titled, Trump should be removed |
| 1:12.1 | from office. Responding to testimony given during the House impeachment hearings, Gellie claims that |
| 1:17.8 | the president acted with Ukraine in a manner that is not only a violation of the Constitution, |
| 1:23.6 | more importantly, it is profoundly immoral. He believes that the president should be removed either by the Senate or by popular vote during the next election. |
| 1:33.2 | In response, nearly 200 evangelical leaders condemned Gelley's editorial and stated that he, |
| 1:39.6 | offensively questioned the spiritual integrity and Christian witness of tens of millions of believers who take |
| 1:45.9 | seriously their civic and moral obligations. This controversy points to the fact that evangelicals are |
| 1:54.7 | anything but monolithic with regard to President Trump. Seen on a spectrum, some view him as God's anointed leader for our time. |
| 2:03.6 | Do not view him through such a lens, but consider his personality to be essential for defending |
| 2:08.7 | our nation in these days. Support him for his positions on life, religious liberty, Israel, |
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