“We pray that you will impart wisdom to our president as he goes forth to stand in our place. We ask that those who stand against him be put to silence. That those horrendous actions against him and his family be exposed and struck down. When we leave this place, give us the courage to say no to evil. Give us the courage to stand with President Trump in the caucuses and the election to come. We ask for your guidance, wisdom and power. In Jesus’s almighty and all-powerful name, amen.” – Pastor Joshua Graber of the Cornerstone Baptist Church.
The politics of American Christianity was the first major cause of my leaving Christianity. I spent my teenage years outside the US, didn’t have regular church service, and read the gospel furiously, over and over. When I came back to the US, it was obvious to me that I hadn’t read about the same Jesus they had.