Is Donald Trump a Christian?
The other day, one of my children announced, "You know, Trump is a Christian."
"Why do you think that?" I asked.
"My camp leader told me he was."
Why does this keep coming up? Is it that whole thing with him issuing his own Bible? Or maybe because he's been inside a church? I mean, I've been inside the Tillamook factory, but that doesn't mean I'm a block of cheese.
I don't claim to know Trump's relationship with God, nor do I intend to judge him, but I think it might be worse to remain silent in this case.
Here's what I shared with my child:
In the Bible it says good trees bear good fruit and bad trees bear bad fruit. It also says we can know people by their works. (Matthew 7:17-20)
There are also verses in the Bible that encourage kindness towards foreigners. (Jeremiah 7:4-6, Jeremiah 22:3, Deuteronomy 10:18-19, Exodus 23:9, Leviticus 19:33-34, Malachi 3:5, etc.) It seems that Trump seems to feel that immigrants don't belong in the United States, nor do they deserve to be treated kindly.
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. -Micah 6:8