Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility
The Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Christianity
Opinion
By Opinion
Published 6 years ago on
July 8, 2019

Share

[aggregation-styles]

Last week, Ralph Reed, the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s founder and chairman, told the group, “There has never been anyone who has defended us and who has fought for us, who we have loved more than Donald J. Trump. No one!” Reed is partially right; for many evangelical Christians, there is no political figure whom they have loved more than Donald Trump.
I recently exchanged emails with a pro-Trump figure who attended the president’s reelection rally in Orlando, Florida, on June 18. (He spoke to me on the condition of anonymity, so as to avoid personal or professional repercussions.) He had interviewed scores of people, many of them evangelical Christians. “I have never witnessed the kind of excitement and enthusiasm for a political figure in my life,” he told me. “I honestly couldn’t believe the unwavering support they have. And to a person, it was all about ‘the fight.’ There is a very strong sense (I believe justified, you disagree) that he has been wronged. Wronged by Mueller, wronged by the media, wronged by the anti-Trump forces. A passionate belief that he never gets credit for anything.”

Read More →

RELATED TOPICS:

DON'T MISS

SpaceX Delays Flight to Replace NASA’s Stuck Astronauts After Launch Pad Problem

DON'T MISS

49ers Cut 2 More Players, Increasing Dead Cap Charge to More Than $86 Million

DON'T MISS

Did Chavez Use Public Funds to Support Wife’s Campaign? Arambula Asks for Probe

DON'T MISS

Two Men Identified as Suspects in Fresno County 2016 Double Homicide

DON'T MISS

Fresno Candidate Brandon Vang and Wife May Lee Emotionally Respond to Attack Mailer

DON'T MISS

Chargers Sign Former Steelers Running Back Najee Harris and Cornerback Donte Jackson

DON'T MISS

After Fresno Unified Student Dies, District Punishes Whistleblower: Lawsuit

DON'T MISS

USDA Ends Program That Helped Schools Serve Food From Local Farmers

DON'T MISS

Military Leaders Warn of Risks to Armed Forces’ Readiness in Temporary Funding Bill

DON'T MISS

Education Dept. Layoffs Gut Its Civil Rights Office, Leaving Discrimination Cases in Limbo

UP NEXT

Rise of the Anti-“Woke” Democrat

UP NEXT

High-Level Saudi Visit Follows Multimillion-Dollar Foreign Influence Operation

UP NEXT

Iran and Russia Move to Fill Diplomatic Vacuum in Afghanistan

UP NEXT

Pelosi’s Husband Locked In $5.3 Million From Alphabet Options

UP NEXT

Experts Reportedly See Major Damage in Attack on Iran Centrifuge Plant

UP NEXT

Opinion: School Choice Marches Ahead

UP NEXT

Zakaria: Americans Care About History Because the Stakes Are High

UP NEXT

California Democrats Are Reliably Pro-Labor. But One Union Is Testing Their Patience.

UP NEXT

The Tightrope Walk Democrats Have Ahead on Two Separate Infrastructure Bills

UP NEXT

Bill Barr on Trump’s Election Fraud Claims: “It Was All Bullsh*t”

Two Men Identified as Suspects in Fresno County 2016 Double Homicide

6 hours ago

Fresno Candidate Brandon Vang and Wife May Lee Emotionally Respond to Attack Mailer

6 hours ago

Chargers Sign Former Steelers Running Back Najee Harris and Cornerback Donte Jackson

6 hours ago

After Fresno Unified Student Dies, District Punishes Whistleblower: Lawsuit

6 hours ago

USDA Ends Program That Helped Schools Serve Food From Local Farmers

6 hours ago

Military Leaders Warn of Risks to Armed Forces’ Readiness in Temporary Funding Bill

6 hours ago

Education Dept. Layoffs Gut Its Civil Rights Office, Leaving Discrimination Cases in Limbo

7 hours ago

Trump to Name Michelle Bowman as Top Bank Regulator at Federal Reserve

7 hours ago

Kuwait Frees a Group of Jailed Americans, Including Contractors Held on Drug Charges

7 hours ago

Senate Democrats Balk at Funding Extension, Raising the Risk of a Shutdown

7 hours ago

SpaceX Delays Flight to Replace NASA’s Stuck Astronauts After Launch Pad Problem

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A launch pad problem prompted SpaceX to delay a flight to the International Space Station on Wednesday to replace NAS...

4 hours ago

4 hours ago

SpaceX Delays Flight to Replace NASA’s Stuck Astronauts After Launch Pad Problem

4 hours ago

49ers Cut 2 More Players, Increasing Dead Cap Charge to More Than $86 Million

5 hours ago

Did Chavez Use Public Funds to Support Wife’s Campaign? Arambula Asks for Probe

Jonathan Morales Ramos (left), 27, of Soledad, and Erik Madrigal Garcia, 26, of Orosi, have been arrested in connection with a 2016 gang-related double homicide near Reedley, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said. (Fresno County SO)
6 hours ago

Two Men Identified as Suspects in Fresno County 2016 Double Homicide

6 hours ago

Fresno Candidate Brandon Vang and Wife May Lee Emotionally Respond to Attack Mailer

6 hours ago

Chargers Sign Former Steelers Running Back Najee Harris and Cornerback Donte Jackson

6 hours ago

After Fresno Unified Student Dies, District Punishes Whistleblower: Lawsuit

6 hours ago

USDA Ends Program That Helped Schools Serve Food From Local Farmers

Help continue the work that gets you the news that matters most.

Search

Send this to a friend