January 7, 2021
It’s hard to put into words exactly what went down during Wednesday’s mass chaos in Washington D.C., an attempted insurrection incited by the President against sitting lawmakers that left one woman dead after being shot by Capitol police and three others dead from medical emergencies. The word “unprecedented” gets thrown around a lot but it is hard to think of an American comparison here. The buildup to this moment has been long and, of course, predicted but nevertheless, the State of the Union is fragile.
Christian leaders from across the political and ideological spectrum weighed in with their thoughts, which were unusually relevant to the situation. The people who stormed the Capitol building did so with “JESUS 2020” signs, “In God We Trust” banners and one enormous cross. It was a Christian Nationalist endeavor from bottom to top, a violent mob adorned in a pop Christian aesthetic. Christians have a responsibility to speak up against a violent m
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(RNS) As supporters of President Trump’s allegations of voter fraud have persisted in questioning the results of the election five weeks since it was called for Joe Biden, some evangelical leaders have had enough.
Karen Swallow Prior, an evangelical author and professor, tweeted Friday (Dec. 11) that she was ashamed to have voted for local and state GOP candidates, many of whom backed lawsuits challenging the election.
“What a bunch of money-grubbing, power hungry, partisan cowards who care nothing about conservatism,” Swallow Prior, a self-described life-long conservative, said in her tweet.
While I did not ever vote for Trump, I did vote for local and state @GOP candidates. (I am a lifelong conservative, after all.)