On My Mind: Evangelical "Elite"or "Elitist"?

In a report from CBN News, evangelical Christian leader Reverend Franklin Graham

has responded to an inflammatory editorial written by Christianity Today's

Editor-in-Chief Mark Galli, which calls for Donald Trump to be removed from  

office, as well as taking to task evangelical Christians who voted for him in 2016.

Christianity Today Magazine declares,

"Trump must go."

In a Facebook post, Graham, who is the president and CEO of the

Billy Graham Evangelical Association and of the Christian relief organization,

Samaritan's Purse, says that his father, the Reverend Billy Graham, who was 

 the original founder of Christianity Today Magazine, would not have agreed

with the publication's stance or editor Mark Galli's harsh criticism

of evangelicals who voted for President Trump.

Reverend Graham stated: "My father knew Donald Trump,

he believed in Donald Trump, and he voted for Donald Trump.

He believed that Donald J. Trump was the man for this hour

in the history of our nation."

What I find particularly galling about this man's thinking

is that Galli describes himself as an 'elite evangelical.' 
In a 2018 essay in the book, "Still Evangelical"?
 Galli wrote that he has discovered another class of
evangelical Christians in America which he claims,
"are so different they seem like aliens in our midst."

He went on to say that these "other evangelicals", or

 Bible-believing Christians, "... haven't finished college,

and if they have jobs (apparently a lot of them don't) they are

blue-collared jobs or entry level work.  They don't write books

or give speeches; they don't attend conferences of evangelicals

for social justice or evangelicals for immigration reform.

They are deeply suspicious of the news media. A lot

of them voted for Donald Trump."

Excuse me, Mr. Galli, but where in the Bible, aside

 from the account in Luke where our Lord, as a child,

 was sitting with the elders in the Temple, does it say

that He went to college?

Where, apart from Him being a carpenter, and prior to 

beginning His ministry, is it written that Jesus had an executive 

 career in His hometown of Nazareth?  Did you ever stop to think that many

of the"blue collared workers" which you disparage with your thoughtless
 commentary are hard-working and excellent carpenters?

Did you ever stop to think, Mr. Galli, that those who work at

"entry level jobs" might be busy raising children, and do not have the

time or the money to attend conferences, especially for the cause

of social justice as it is defined today, which calls for the demonizing 

of "rich white men" and primarily blaming the white race for causing

all the social and economic problems facing minority groups

in America; touting Climate Change like an idol to be worshiped,

 championing illegal immigrants squatting and taking advantage 

 of America's "sanctuary cities", not to mention supporting 

abortion-on-demand, and the legalization of all forms

 of sexual debauchery condemned by God in the Bible?

 And speaking of writing books,  from the beginning of the Bible,
  the Holy Spirit inspired ordinary sinful men to record the prophecies
which spoke of the forthcoming Messiah, and later, the accounts of
Christ's life here on the earth.  During His earthly ministry, the
down-to-earth carpenter from Nazareth was known for His
compassion and mercy for lost and hurting people.  He ate with sinners.
 He saved a woman accused of adultery from being stoned to death.
He spoke to a lonely Samaritan woman at a well.

 And, when He gave speeches, the Lord spoke to His audiences through

 parables or stories, so that His listeners, who were primarily Jewish 

 like Himself, would come to know about the Kingdom of God,
and that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and, that
He and the Father are One.  And, although the people did not
understand His true mission and later turned against Him
and called for His death on the cross, Jesus forgave them.

True faith comes through hearing the Gospel.  Faith is belief in the
Lord Jesus Christ and the finished work of the cross, plus nothing.
No higher education, no written book or speech given, no
conference, no chosen career, social status, or church 
 membership guarantees salvation.  It is faith in Christ alone.

Furthermore, what thinking person wouldn't be suspicious of the deceitful

 actions of the mainstream news media in America?  With an exception of

 a very few media outlets, most are, or have become, the propaganda

lapdogs of the political Left.  Someone should remind these arrogant,

 disrespectful, and often foul-mouthed pot-stirrers of the fate of 
a man named Julius Streicher in Germany after WWII.

Streicher was the editor of Dur Sturmer or "The Storm"  a

propaganda newspaper of the Third Reich.  Although he did not

actually participate in the brutalities of the Nazis,  his poison

pen helped to send millions of innocent Jews and others to their

 deaths in Hitler's concentration camps.  During the postwar 

Nuremberg trials, Mr. Streicher, was convicted of perpetrating

crimes against humanity and sentenced to hang on the gallows

 right alongside of his fellow Nazis.

As for the impeachment of President Trump, you must be 

deliberately blind, Mr. Galli, if you cannot see the devil is

 clearly in the details here.  Our president did not commit a crime.

He was condemned on ridiculous and unsubstantiated charges.

This whole impeachment is not only political in motivation, but,

rooted in deep hatred for him, both personally, and because of what he

represents and believes in, the exceptionalism of America and her people.

All her people, regardless of their color or their sex, or their religion,

 or social and economic status.  Donald Trump believes in all of us.

He wants to see America become great again after years of

liberal policies which have demoralized and deliberately separated 

 us along racial-social-religious lines.  He believes in the sanctity

of human life.  He believes in the validity of the US Constitution,

which he has sworn to defend and uphold, unlike the Democrat

majority which has deliberately misused this glorious document,

as well as violated the rule of law to try and destroy him.

I voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and I will vote again

for him in 2020.  Like the Reverend Billy Graham, I believe

this man was chosen by Almighty God to be America's leader

at this time in world history.

My fellow believers, in these perilous and uncertain days

for our nation and the world,  I am often reminded of the words

spoken by Mordecai, a righteous Jew, the cousin of the

courageous Esther, Queen of the Persian Empire, and his strong

 words of admonishment to her when he said:"Do not flatter yourself 

 that you shall escape in the king's palace any more than all the

other Jews.  For if you keep silent at this time, relief and

deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but

you and your father's house shall perish. And who knows

but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time

as this and for this very occasion?"
Esther 4:13-14

Please keep President Trump and his family, and all of his

administration covered in prayer.  

May God continue to have mercy on America.