So Trump is going to tend to draw attention to himself and bring leaders to the table.

And I mentioned the tariff on Mexico and Canada from, you know, letting migrants come into America and fentanyl.

And then like 24 hours later, Justin Trudeau is flying down to Mar-a-Lago, you know, and he's taking pictures with President Trump. So it works. It's kind of my point is he's very good at drawing attention to himself,

raising the stake in negotiation, asking for the world and settling for the start.

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And this is another exercise in taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.

Now, we know God created government to punish

evil and reward what is good, and that God, of course, is the one who defines what is evil and what

is good. So it follows that good government is government that does what God created government

to do. Now, we know that in less than eight weeks, Donald Trump

will be sworn in as president yet again. The transition is already well underway, but what

should we expect from the first 100 days? Whether we voted for him or not, how do we know if a particular policy direction or decision

is consistent with God's plan for government or not? Because, of course, we don't want to just

evaluate the man's decisions based on whether we like him or not, because people we do like

are capable of doing things they shouldn't do, and people we don't like are capable of doing things that shouldn't do and people we don't like are capable

of doing things that are in fact helpful and if seekers is and as seekers of truth that is of course

the way we need to analyze this in every situation so let's figure this out joining me to have

the conversation today is matt carenter, who's the director of

FRC Action.

Good to see you, Matt.

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