This is an exceptional article that, I believe, frames what's wrong with white, American, evangelical Christianity today (written by a Baptist minister, btw). To whet your appetite (and, I hope, to get you to read its entirety), here's a wonderful historical reminder by the author:
"What we find in our sacred stories is a dark-skinned, dark-eyed, dark-haired Middle Eastern child born amid sexual scandal; ostracized for his family’s religion; persecuted because of his gender; friend to tax collectors, prostitutes, sinners and other outcasts; who grew up in Nazareth. 'Can anything good come out of Nazareth?'"
Ultimately, the author's point is one that is thoroughly lost on white evangelicals today; that is, if they were to remember the actual human being correctly, if they were to remember the actual narratives about him correctly, if they were to remember the actual historical context of his entire life correctly, then their blatant anti-Christian behaviors (embodied perfectly by Trump and the current Republican party) would simply not be tolerated.
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