Christian case for Trump is thin indeed [View all]
John S Gardner
Published on Sun 10 May 2020 02.00 EDT
... Trump “bounded on stage to the thumping strains of ‘Money, money, money’ from For the Love of Money, a song by the 70s soul group the O’Jays”.
On the page and off, Reed is usually quick to provide apposite quotes from the scriptures. In a book that is part history of the 2016 campaign, part apologia, part work of political theory, and part political shell game, he chooses not to include here 1 Timothy 6:10: “For the love of money is the root of all evil” ...
Reed’s reliance on the “teaching of Jesus about the difference between words and works” is misplaced. He writes: “I measure a man more by his actions than by the occasional rash or ill-advised word.” How about false? Allegedly defamatory? Demeaning? Belittling? Racist?
And this: “I have learned to be suspicious of the smooth talker who never delivers.”
As have those who plumped down money for Trump University ...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/10/for-god-and-country-review-christian-case-trump-ralph-reed
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