Charisma magazine’s Steve Strang appeared on the "Focal Point" radio program yesterday, where he likened Christians who refuse to support President Trump to the Pharisees who attacked Jesus.
While promoting his recent book, "God and Donald Trump," Strang told guest host Alex McFarland that Christians who attack Trump are narrow-minded, mean-spirited and blind to the fact that he has accepted Christ.
"It's like the Pharisees in Jesus' day," Strang said. "Here he was, the promised Messiah, and these are the people who practice Jewish law better than anyone else and they just had a mindset against him and couldn't see the truth. A lot of people get a mindset, they think a certain way politically ... and they just think that way and they don't think for themselves."
"I just think that people are blind, they don't want to change, they have a certain narrative," he added. "Don't we all know Christians throughout history who have twisted facts to go along with their preconceived ideas? It's one reason why Christians sometimes have a bad reputation in some circles because a lot of times we are kind of narrow-minded and mean-spirited; I'll tell you, some of the 'Never Trumpers' we're really, in my opinion, mean-spirited in the way they went after him."
Strang insisted that Trump has been deeply transformed by his Christian faith, asserting that while he may not identify himself as an evangelical, "if he prayed to accept Christ, isn't that kind of the definition of being an evangelical even if he has not been one of us over the years?"
