![]() ![]() The editors of Christianity Today, a leading voice of evangelicals founded by Billy Graham, weighed whether it would profit the movement to gain the world at the cost of its soul. This cold calculation induced cringes among many of their fellow church leaders. “This election is not about Donald Trump’s past, it is about America’s future.” “Can anybody say she is morally superior to Donald Trump? I don’t think so,” said Dallas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress, days later. It was Hillary Clinton, not Trump, who worried them. ![]() Even an imperfect ruler might be the means to a righteous end.Īnd so the panel overwhelmingly stuck with the sinner, according to four people on the call. Another invoked the Old Testament figure Nehemiah, who served a pagan king, Cyrus of Persia, but leveraged the relationship to accomplish the holy mission of rebuilding the ancient walls of Jerusalem. One participant on the call noted that Jesus had befriended tax collectors and sinners. Seeking guidance in Scripture, they found a Bible abounding in useful scoundrels. “Grab them by the p-ssy,” the Republican nominee for President, now 70, was heard saying. ![]() 9 to ponder the ugly spectacle of a 59-year-old man boasting about trying to seduce a married woman, forcing himself on others and getting away with it all because he was “a star.” It had to be an awkward moment for the faithful: Trump was bragging about sexual assault. But now a scandalous recording from Access Hollywood was threatening to blow up the prayer circle.įrom California to Florida, members of the group joined a late-afternoon emergency conference call on Oct. These 23 men and three women, all members of Donald Trump’s evangelical advisory council, had long ago signed on to pray for his vision for the nation. The call to gather went out Sunday morning, arriving on cell phones before many of the pastors had left their congregations. SHARE Illustrations by Edel Rodriguez for TIME ![]()
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