“Letter to an Anti-Trump Christian Friend”
The title Grudem chose is wrong. A person who would not vote for Trump is not a “Christian”. Whether the person votes for Biden or writes in a candidate (who has not chance of winning), he is voting against someone — the only viable candidate — who will try to protect the unborn. Christians do not kill children.
“A person who would not vote for Trump is not a “Christian”.
I would agree with your reasoning entirely on the basis of abortion. In addition, I also submit that there have been and continue to be uncountable lies told about Trump - a Christian is not to bear false witness either.
The author points out that Trump contributes to the divisiveness because he insults his opponents and calls them derogatory names. What the author doesn’t point out is that Trump does that in response to those who attack, slander and libel him, and especially his family. I challenge the author then to step into his Christianity, publicly remind others to not accuse another of falsehoods and join the fray, call out the lies and untruths so maybe the POTUS doesn’t have to react in the way he finds divisive. What the author will receive is a dose of reality. W got similar treatment, he did not fight back at all, and look at how great the political discourse was for 8 years, not. It became worse and no one called the left out on its incivility.
There is no penalty for those that use slander and libel against their political enemies in order to seek, gain and hold power. Trump is responding in his NYC way of saying things - to what the demonkraps and the media has been doing for decades, and he is the problem? This is an attempt to silence him, again. He fights back and it goes with the territory, while all the cowards sit on the sidelines, not singing a single note against the perpetrators of libel and slander, or incivility - but blame Trump for it. Another lie.