I was in a discussion with one of our active duty Marines the other day....a member of an elite unit....a family member....I can't remember his exact question but I remember my answer....divided as we are I'm concerned about how we will react as a nation when God's judgment causes us to hit rock bottom....for He has made it abundantly clear to us that we have turned away from Him....and we are now on our own. Will He have mercy upon us....where when all of the politics is moot.....we might humble ourselves before Him.....or will the judgment only harden us more? I fear the latter is the case.....but hope and pray for the former.
Right now I can't see any way that I would again cast my vote for Donald Trump. The general argument against this would be in the possibility of any one of these Democrat candidates becoming president. On the surface it seems like a persuasive argument. Under the surface it gets uglier. After all the reading about Donald Trump that I've done.....and four years of observing him....I'm convinced that his multiple and serious psychological disorders absolutely eliminate him in my mind as a man who should be dealing with China or Russia or Iran or North Korea or any matters really of national security.
I have never in my almost seventy years witnessed such a pathological narcissism. I don't know that I've ever even read about anyone who believes himself so important. I don't know that I've ever come across a more vindictive person.....and I know that I have never seen a more natural liar.....literally dozens of times seemingly every day.....most small insignificant lies.....but many whoppers that point to additional psychological problems. He's been this way his whole life. At one time.....as a supposed adult.....he would contact the writer of a financial magazine.....using another name.....telling that writer how rich Donald Trump was.....so that he could be included into the magazine's 'richest' category....and his claims were dubious to begin with....and this is but one story of dozens....all the same....all about him.....all signaling a troubled individual.
I look into his eyes on television and see a vacant stare....as if nothing is behind those eyes. I can picture a Roman emperor.....young and crazy.....thinking only of his own glory. This is what 53 books on Donald Trump will do to you.....books on his youth....his celebrity....his businesses....Mar-a-Lago.....golf....for it's obvious who he was in every decade of his life....how he has perfected deception and manipulation.....and then he builds this candidate and runs for president of the United States....and we believe him!
If all this weren't bad enough.....add to it this power that he seems to have over the minds of his supporters.....who should have long ago seen who he is and moved on. There was a poll released today.....of republicans.....where a majority thought Donald Trump was a better president than Abraham Lincoln. This is almost incomprehensible....two men....one whose character is impeccable....and humility and wisdom legendary.....where even today it is amazing.....but the other man is totally despicable in all his ways. This poll should be a blaring alarm as to how ludicrous our thinking has become.
So where does this power come from? Is it all just mind control technique.....repeat repeat repeat.....the big lie.....and flattery? Possibly....but I don't think so....for this is a bona fide delusion....even within the church....and dominating evangelicalism. This points more to a mass populist almost hypnosis. It's happened before. I won't mention names but you surely can come up with a half dozen on your own.
What is most disconcerting of all is that pastors....who should be watching out for the sheep....are often the most deluded of all.....but this needs to be said in connection to that....our pulpits.....on the whole.....may not always compromise the essentials of the gospel....but they have compromised their responsibility to stay ahead of the culture. Their preaching.....when compared to days past.....may be exciting and motivating in a modern context....but as for the preaching of the gospel and the cross of Christ....and therefore the power of God's Word....it is by and large abysmal. The church....influenced by unemployment statistics and the hope for a perceived return to greatness for America....along with a corresponding rejuvenation in the church....has failed to differentiate between God and country.....certainly not the first time in history that this has happened.
Time will tell about Donald Trump on whether God would move upon his heart....but it is absolutely irresponsible to give him four additional years as president when every day today is just one big fight to defend him from some stupid thing that he said....or some decision he made that caught his people or his generals by surprise.
May this Lord's Day be that day when God moves upon all of our hearts.....laying us low....and none more than me....which is where we belong as to the nation that we all have in one way or another constructed. May He give an unction for souls to the men in those pulpits. May He make us a peculiar people once again. May He instill in us a godly reverential fear....able to see our condition....with spiritual sight....seeing ourselves once again as pilgrims in this world.....sojourners.....with our hope not in a king....but in the King of Kings....who surely is at the door with righteous judgment.
Right now I can't see any way that I would again cast my vote for Donald Trump. The general argument against this would be in the possibility of any one of these Democrat candidates becoming president. On the surface it seems like a persuasive argument. Under the surface it gets uglier. After all the reading about Donald Trump that I've done.....and four years of observing him....I'm convinced that his multiple and serious psychological disorders absolutely eliminate him in my mind as a man who should be dealing with China or Russia or Iran or North Korea or any matters really of national security.
I have never in my almost seventy years witnessed such a pathological narcissism. I don't know that I've ever even read about anyone who believes himself so important. I don't know that I've ever come across a more vindictive person.....and I know that I have never seen a more natural liar.....literally dozens of times seemingly every day.....most small insignificant lies.....but many whoppers that point to additional psychological problems. He's been this way his whole life. At one time.....as a supposed adult.....he would contact the writer of a financial magazine.....using another name.....telling that writer how rich Donald Trump was.....so that he could be included into the magazine's 'richest' category....and his claims were dubious to begin with....and this is but one story of dozens....all the same....all about him.....all signaling a troubled individual.
I look into his eyes on television and see a vacant stare....as if nothing is behind those eyes. I can picture a Roman emperor.....young and crazy.....thinking only of his own glory. This is what 53 books on Donald Trump will do to you.....books on his youth....his celebrity....his businesses....Mar-a-Lago.....golf....for it's obvious who he was in every decade of his life....how he has perfected deception and manipulation.....and then he builds this candidate and runs for president of the United States....and we believe him!
If all this weren't bad enough.....add to it this power that he seems to have over the minds of his supporters.....who should have long ago seen who he is and moved on. There was a poll released today.....of republicans.....where a majority thought Donald Trump was a better president than Abraham Lincoln. This is almost incomprehensible....two men....one whose character is impeccable....and humility and wisdom legendary.....where even today it is amazing.....but the other man is totally despicable in all his ways. This poll should be a blaring alarm as to how ludicrous our thinking has become.
So where does this power come from? Is it all just mind control technique.....repeat repeat repeat.....the big lie.....and flattery? Possibly....but I don't think so....for this is a bona fide delusion....even within the church....and dominating evangelicalism. This points more to a mass populist almost hypnosis. It's happened before. I won't mention names but you surely can come up with a half dozen on your own.
What is most disconcerting of all is that pastors....who should be watching out for the sheep....are often the most deluded of all.....but this needs to be said in connection to that....our pulpits.....on the whole.....may not always compromise the essentials of the gospel....but they have compromised their responsibility to stay ahead of the culture. Their preaching.....when compared to days past.....may be exciting and motivating in a modern context....but as for the preaching of the gospel and the cross of Christ....and therefore the power of God's Word....it is by and large abysmal. The church....influenced by unemployment statistics and the hope for a perceived return to greatness for America....along with a corresponding rejuvenation in the church....has failed to differentiate between God and country.....certainly not the first time in history that this has happened.
Time will tell about Donald Trump on whether God would move upon his heart....but it is absolutely irresponsible to give him four additional years as president when every day today is just one big fight to defend him from some stupid thing that he said....or some decision he made that caught his people or his generals by surprise.
May this Lord's Day be that day when God moves upon all of our hearts.....laying us low....and none more than me....which is where we belong as to the nation that we all have in one way or another constructed. May He give an unction for souls to the men in those pulpits. May He make us a peculiar people once again. May He instill in us a godly reverential fear....able to see our condition....with spiritual sight....seeing ourselves once again as pilgrims in this world.....sojourners.....with our hope not in a king....but in the King of Kings....who surely is at the door with righteous judgment.
