The following post is from July:
I spent a little time today with a very good friend....and a wonderful Christian brother....mature in the faith....and a prayer warrior. We have known each other for at least forty years....and our families used to get together before the kids grew up and moved away.
We usually talk for about three hours but today we only had about an hour and a half. He and I know each pretty well. It's a great blessing....and continues after today even though there were a few surprises.
We always touch a little on politics but we don't really get into it because we know how each other feels. We have always been negative on Trump....but even I don't get too intense in our conversations because we were basically on the same page.
Well towards the end of our conversation today we touched again on politics....I believe he brought it up....and he said matter-of-factly...."I've been watching Fox news lately." I never knew what his news watching habits were....but when anyone would say....as if it is a new revelation.....that they are now watching Fox news....I would be a little concerned.....because at least a half dozen times in these posts I came straight out and advised Christians....'stay away from Fox News.....it's poison!'
So the last fifteen minutes of our conversation....he defended President Trump on a number of issues such as immigration and the budget and the Doge firings....and then went on about how bad President Biden was. I recognized it all as Fox and talk radio and podcaster talking points.
As for my own news habits....it's all Internet as I do not get cable news in the home....but I check each and every major news source....ABC & NBC & CBS & CNN & FOX & BREITBART and others even international news sites.....literally....dozens of times a day....almost but probably not quite every hour of every day! That's what I do. That's what I have done for many years....along with reading....and I am right now on book number 106 on Donald Trump! (108 now)
So....the reason for this post is two-fold.....as I get to say again....."Christians....stay away from Fox news....it is pure poison because it presents only one side....and it does that with purposeful ignorance of the existence of another side....or of Trump's myriads of lies and deceptions that are every bit as horrendous if not moreso than even Joe Biden's! I've read Fox news since the good ole days when it first came into being....when it was truly....fair and balanced....but this is a different animal than that Fox news! This is a predator.
The second reason for this post is to admit....that as I listened to my friend....and saw the subtle change....in a mature Christian....that Donald John Trump is winning this war for the hearts and minds of even evangelicals. Because I acknowledge this reality....I can write this as an observer more than anything else. The power that he....Trump has....over people....is more than just extraordinary....and would be beyond comprehension....if I did not know where the power came from....and folks....it is not coming from God.
