Post by Daniel on Oct 19, 2017 8:56:29 GMT -5
Trump's timely evangelical appeal
Star Parker
October 18, 2017
President Trump addressed this year's annual Values Voters Summit in Washington, DC. He is the first sitting U.S. president to do so. (See related story)
The Values Voters Summit is hosted by the Family Research Council, an organization whose mission is addressing public policy and culture from a Christian point of view. My organization CURE works closely with FRC and I have been a regular speaker at this Summit for years.
Its base is largely evangelical Christians, and this is why President Trump deemed it appropriate to appear.
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It's my sense that Trump's relationship with evangelicals is growing stronger.
During the election, he was by and large an unknown quantity to these folks. And given his history, there was good reason for evangelicals to have reservations in their support.
But there was one issue critical enough to drive their support – replacing Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia with another judge of equally stellar conservative credentials.
read full article
www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/star-parker/2017/10/18/trumps-timely-evangelical-appeal
Star Parker
October 18, 2017
President Trump addressed this year's annual Values Voters Summit in Washington, DC. He is the first sitting U.S. president to do so. (See related story)
The Values Voters Summit is hosted by the Family Research Council, an organization whose mission is addressing public policy and culture from a Christian point of view. My organization CURE works closely with FRC and I have been a regular speaker at this Summit for years.
Its base is largely evangelical Christians, and this is why President Trump deemed it appropriate to appear.
...
It's my sense that Trump's relationship with evangelicals is growing stronger.
During the election, he was by and large an unknown quantity to these folks. And given his history, there was good reason for evangelicals to have reservations in their support.
But there was one issue critical enough to drive their support – replacing Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia with another judge of equally stellar conservative credentials.
read full article
www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/star-parker/2017/10/18/trumps-timely-evangelical-appeal
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