Bible-believing Christians were the key to Trump’s victory, says an American religious leader

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s victory is more than a decisive victory for Republicans. It is a poll on the importance of religious voter.

The road to the White House is still winding through America’s seats, as one reporter recently reported in Christianity Today.

Trump has increased his share of Catholic, evangelical and Jewish voters. The Catholic vote in particular has seen a significant increase in support for Trump in 2020.

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The election was also about competing worldviews.

Dr. Alex McFarland, a religious and cultural expert based in North Carolina, spoke on the “Lighthouse Faith” podcast recently and laid out the difference: “It was a constitutional worldview that prioritized moral values, which has been kind of the glue that has held our nation together for 248 years, compared and the world scholar raised a world view that thinks that ethics are wrong, even sex is something unusual,” he said.

As Democrats consider what the party might or might not do wrong in 2024 — including the economy, the border crisis, abortion — McFarland said there is a sound of a strong biblical view that is working its way through the ranks of Americans that has found its way into the country. ballot box.

McFarland said, “We believe that truth is not something we make. Truth is revealed by God. The moral values ​​that bind our society together are not something invented by men, but given by God.”

Religious freedom is a fundamental principle of the United States, enshrined in the Constitution.

In other words, it is the age-old conflict of the Enlightenment that Man is the measure of all things—or God?

He added, “Like ideologies, everyone has a worldview, even if it is only suggested. The dictionary definition of worldview is ‘a set of attitudes, values, issues and expectations about the world around us, which informs all our thoughts and opinions. Worldview is expressed through moral principles, religion, philosophy, scientific beliefs and more.’

Also, “it is a comprehensive view or philosophy of the universe and mankind’s relation to it.”

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Religious freedom is a fundamental principle of the United States, enshrined in the Constitution. Religion (or belief systems) informs and perpetuates worldviews.

But McFarland, voicing his personal opinion, said Harris’ campaign appears to be trampling on or dismissing biblical worldviews. The dictionary definition of worldview is ‘a set of attitudes, values, issues and expectations about the world around us, which informs all our thoughts and actions. The worldview is expressed in ethics, religion, philosophy, scientific beliefs and so on.’

“The dictionary definition of worldview is ‘a set of attitudes, values, issues and expectations about the world around us, which informs all our thoughts and actions. Worldview is expressed through ethics, religion, philosophy, scientific beliefs and so on. .'” (Ildar Abulkhanov)

As one example, when some attendees at the Wisconsin convention shouted, “Jesus is Lord,” he replied, “You’re in the wrong crowd” — then laughed.

Yet when Trump’s opponent, Vice President-elect JD Vance, encountered similar chants at the event, he responded, “That’s right, Jesus is Lord.”

Also, Harris declined an invitation extended to both presidential candidates to attend the 79th annual Al Smith Dinner, which raises millions for Catholic Charities. Trump was there.

Bill Donohue of the Catholic Association called it an insult to Catholics worldwide.

McFarland quoted Trump as saying, “Let’s talk about the things that last forever. The things that unite us. God. Family. Freedom.”

In addition, Harris focused on faith-based pregnancy centers and promoted extreme views on abortion, even saying in an interview that as president he would not accept religious objections to abortion.

Nevertheless, a week before Election Day, more than 1,000 religious leaders that Sunday endorsed him as part of the “Souls of Elections.” It was seen as a move to show how faith was present in his campaign and to counter the growing attacks from religious followers that he was anti-Catholic and anti-Christian.

Former Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives to speak at a campaign event at the Nassau Coliseum, Wednesday, Sept.18, 2024, in Uniondale, NY. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

One of the supporters, his longtime spiritual mentor, the Reverend Amos C. Brown III of San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church, said Harris would oppose Trump’s “dangerous politics” and the “MAGA movement they expose … American fasicsm.”

William Wolf, in an op-ed in the Christian Post, wrote, “We’re seeing the same in politics, with constant cries of ‘fascism’ from the left and their echo chambers in the mainstream media.”

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Wolfe served as a senior official in the Trump administration. He said, “Fascism, real fascism, is characterized by the power of dictators, the forcible suppression of political opposition and the strict control of society and the economy.”

He also pointed out that, “When universities, once bastions of free thought, become echo chambers where one set of ideas can be safely expressed, we’re not just flirting with incipient fascism – we’re setting the table.”

The term “Christian nationalism” also found its way into the mainstream media as a way to scare liberals.

The road to the White House still goes between the seats of America, as one journalist wrote recently. (Pascal Deloche/Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Historian William Federer said, “Christian nationalism used to be called Christian patriotism … The current use of the word Christian nationalism began in 2006. It was a political dirty word. Before that,” Federer added, “references. [were to] Christian patriotism and every president loved it.”

Federer said that Abraham Lincoln, in his opening speech, said that “intellect, patriotism, Christianity still have the power to adapt in the best possible way. [to] all our present difficulties.”

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, on the other hand, handed out Gideon’s New Testament and the Book of Psalms to every soldier in World War II. Said Federer, “I wonder if the mainstream media would call Franklin Roosevelt a Christian nationalist?”

‘Something important has happened’

Regarding Trump and religion, McFarland said he can only speak for himself.

Back in the spring of 2016, McFarland was invited with about 100 other prominent pastors to Trump’s Manhattan office, the same building where Trump took the elevator to announce his 2015 candidacy, he said.

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McFarland said, “I’m in this room and there’s Mike Huckabee and Reverend Franklin Graham and Tim Wildmon. [of the American Family Association] … Every major evangelical organization imaginable was in this room. Trump said, ‘Look, if I become president … don’t worry about the IRS coming after you. Forget the Johnson amendment. You must tell our nation about the good and the bad.’ And everybody was like, ‘Wow, this guy gets it.’

Trump continued to “read from scripture … and then asked the Reverend Franklin Graham to pray,” said Alex McFarland, recounting details of the earlier meeting. (Godong Group/Universal Images via Getty Images)

The Johnson Amendment is a provision of the tax code, dating back to 1954, that prohibits clergy from speaking about politics in office — or risking their nonprofit status with the IRS. It is heated today, as many religious leaders see it as a violation of freedom of speech.

After Trump won the election in 2016, he had weekly calls with church leaders.

In the spring of 2020, McFarland joined the call on Good Friday.

McFarland recounted, “He goes, ‘Look, there’s no politics today. It’s Good Friday.’ He also said, ‘You are religious scholars, there is no need to tell you, but 2,000 years ago, something really important happened. Christ died for our sins.’

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McFarland said Trump continued to “read from the scriptures, from Isaiah the prophet … and then he asked Pastor Franklin Graham to pray.”

McFarland added that Trump then said, “Let’s talk about the things that last forever. The things that bring us together. God. Family. Freedom. And let’s just be thankful for how blessed we are.”

“A person to be loved is always more important than an argument to be won.”

Historian and best-selling author Oz Guinness saw the proverbial writing on the wall years ago in his book “The Magna Carta of Humanity: Sinai’s Revolutionary Faith and The Future of Freedom” – that America is at a crossroads in how it defines freedom, no matter where it comes from. the idea of ​​the American Revolution or the heirs of the French Revolution.

He wrote: “Americans do not realize that the distinctive voice of the American Revolution comes primarily from the Bible and the Books of Exodus and Deuteronomy.”

“Do people think of God or religion as something they worship – or something that helps them?” (Stock)

In an episode of the “Lighthouse Faith” podcast, Guinness said, “Ideas like postmodernism, radical multiculturalism, sexual revolution, cultural cancellation, critical race theory, all those things – all of these come from the French Revolution, not America. The Revolution

Guinness said the warning came years ago from President Abraham Lincoln just before the Civil War. In 1858, he quoted Jesus as saying, “A house divided against itself cannot stand” – meaning America cannot be part slave and part free.

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“And what I’m arguing is, really, America can’t be half 1776 and half 1789. These two changes are going in different directions.”

Along these lines, says McFarland: “Do people think of God or religion as something they worship—or something that helps them? Politically, does a biblical worldview inform your politics—or do your politics inform your biblical worldview? “

There are millions of Americans who believe Donald Trump is the wrong choice for the White House – but that doesn’t change his status as president-elect.

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He won both the electoral and popular vote and will serve as the 47th president of the United States.

As the holidays approach, these are two competing worldviews that will be the proverbial elephant in the room as people gather for Thanksgiving, Christmas and special holiday events.

McFarland shared some words of wisdom ahead of what could be a season of controversy for many.

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“Politics [is] temporary and fleeting,” he said. “Family, love, my next door neighbor, relationships – those things are permanent.”

He added, “Remember this: A person to be loved is always more important than an argument to be won.