Christianity Today, an influential evangelical magazine, says President Trump should be

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‘removed from office.'

The evangelical magazine founded by the late evangelist Rev. Billy Graham published a surprising editorial by its editor-in-chief on Thursday calling for President Trump’s removal. The magazine has been critical of Trump but not politically outspoken during his administration.

The piece, which appeared to draw so many readers that the magazine’s website crashed briefly, was written by Mark Galli, who called Trump “a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused.”

“Whether Mr. Trump should be removed from office by the Senate or by popular vote next election—that is a matter of prudential judgment,” the editorial said. “That he should be removed, we believe, is not a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the Creator of the Ten Commandments.”

Galli, who will retire from the magazine on Jan. 3, wrote that the facts leading to Wednesday’s impeachment of Trump are unambiguous. . .

But the editorial didn’t just call out Trump. It called out his devout Christian supporters.

"To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve,” Galli wrote. “Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior.”'>>>

https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/12/19/christianity-today-an-influential-evangelical-magazine-says-president-trump-should-be-removed-office/?

[exboyfil]

1. And the "godly" Mike Pence will become President

Has the tide shifted?

[badhair77]

3. Good point. Maybe they're trying to put Pence in charge.

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2. Beat me to posting. Thanks.

Readership of 260,000... orginally founded by Billy Graham.

Merry Christmas, Twittler.

[RainCaster]

4. The best paragraph from that piece

The emphasis is mine.

To the many evangelicals who continue to support Mr. Trump in spite of his blackened moral record, we might say this: Remember who you are and whom you serve. Consider how your justification of Mr. Trump influences your witness to your Lord and Savior. Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral words and behavior in the cause of political expediency. If we don’t reverse course now, will anyone take anything we say about justice and righteousness with any seriousness for decades to come? Can we say with a straight face that abortion is a great evil that cannot be tolerated and, with the same straight face, say that the bent and broken character of our nation’s leader doesn’t really matter in the end?