Worship pastor writes viral song calling out evangelical supporters of Trump

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

A worship pastor is gaining widespread attention for writing an anti-Trump song that calls out the 81 percent of white evangelical Christian voters who supported President Trump in 2016.

Daniel Deitrich, a pastor at South Bend City Church in South Bend, Ind., wrote "Hymn for the 81%" out of frustration with Trump's evangelical support.

"In 2016, 81 percent of white evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump after, among other things, hearing an audio recording of him bragging about sexually assaulting women. Even after enacting deliberately cruel policies to rip families apart and put children in cages at the southern border, evangelical support is as fervent as ever," Deitrich told Religion News Service in an interview explaining why he wrote the song.

"I was raised in the evangelical world and was taught to take the words of Jesus seriously: Love God, love your neighbor, feed the hungry, fight against injustice," he continued. “This song might ruffle some feathers, but maybe some feathers need to be ruffled."

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/480989-worship-pastor-writes-viral-song-calling-out-evangelical-supporters-of-trump

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This song has had more than 520,000 views on YouTube, and it needs a lot more.

I'm posting the video below, but please look at this on YouTube as well and read the comments.

And please help this go viral. Music can often be more powerful than plain words.

[Sparky 1]

1. Good to see somebody gets it! Hope they all listen and understand.

[highplainsdem]

11. I hope so, too!

[Cha]

2. Thank You for this, highplainsdem! KR!

[highplainsdem]

12. You're very welcome, Cha!

[Cha]

18. Kicking!

[Talitha]

3. OMG, this guy needs to be center stage at SuperBowl half-time.

[highplainsdem]

15. +1,000,000

[BigOleDummy]

4. As a atheist

All I can say is that's a powerful song.

[Delphinus]

17. Me too!

My husband is a Lutheran and said it is really good. He sent it off to a few of his pastor friends.

[ck4829]

5. K&R

[olegramps]

6. They are ready have the most powerful cry for justice: "Amazing Grace"

"Amazing Grace" was written by a former slave ship captain whose eyes were finally opened to the injustice and inhumanity of the slavery. "I was blind, and not I see." They only have to open their eyes to see the damage that an unprincipled demagogue spreading of atrocious lie after lie that slanders every principle of the one they worship as their lord and god to see the damage that they are abetting by their blindness. They should really fear what Jesus said would be the fate of those who failed to come to the aid of those in need: Eternal damnation. I only have one question, do you really believe what you so loudly proclaim as your belief?

[zanana1]

7. Very powerful and...

I'd listen to it even without the lyrics. It's a great tune.

[paleotn]

8. "I was raised in the evangelical world"....?

I appreciate his sentiment and support his endeavor. But, his world is apparently what Southern Baptists derisively call off-brand non-denominational. That's almost as bad as their derision for mainline, protestant "not real christians." The heart of the evilgelical world has completely ignored the sermon on the mount for over 50 years. They follow "panzer Jesus", not the soft, cuddly one.

[True Blue American]

9. I left a Church

4 years ago because they praised Trump.

[paleotn]

13. Luckily, there are many communities of faith that feel like you do.

[joanbarnes]

10. Can't stop listening and crying........

for myself as well, since I am unable to forgive...

[True Blue American]

14. Same here.

I have been feeling so low and sick at heart to think what our Government has become, but that gives me hope.

[Maxheader]

16. Ditto..

I had wondered when this was going to happen...

There is no real argument here...either your a faithless toady, following the herd of
winger zealots..

or a Christian...