I attended the very first meeting of
the Moral Majority held in Indianapolis in February of 1980. I was the
Washington state director of the MM and have been a leader of the
"Christian right" ever since.
Today an estimated 1,000 evangelical
leaders are making a pilgrimage to Trump Tower to "listen" to Donald
Trump.
The organizer of this meeting came
to my office to tell me in person why I wasn't being invited. I had been too
vocal in my anti-Trump views.
I appreciated his courtesy in coming
to me and he agreed that the obvious implication of the meeting was to rally
support for Trump.
While I don't question the motives
of those who are trekking to the Tower, I strongly dissent from the wisdom of
their chosen path.
This meeting marks the end of the
Christian Right.
The premise of the meeting in 1980
was that only candidates that reflected a biblical worldview and good character
would gain our support.
Today, a candidate whose worldview is greed and whose god is his appetites (Philippians 3) is being tacitly endorsed by this throng.
They are saying we are Republicans
no matter what the candidate believes and no matter how vile and unrepentant
his character.
They are not a phalanx of God's
prophets confronting a wicked leader, this is a parade of elephants.
In 1980 I believed that Christians
could dramatically influence politics. Today, we see politics fully influencing
a thousand Christian leaders.
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