Christians Demand a King in Trump

2016 will not be the first time the people of God made political decisions born of fear instead of faith.  Evangelicals who know their biblical history will recall the time of the judges after the Israelites had left Egypt and entered the Promised Land of Canaan.  It was a chaotic and lawless time during which foreigners routinely invaded. The people of God grew tired of it all. They demanded a savior, a ruler who would fix all their problems and make Israel great again.   They repudiated their exceptional status as a nation committed to following God’s direction and insisted on a king so they could be like all the other nations.  God warned them through the prophet Samuel that choosing such a man would cost them dearly.  But they didn’t care about the long-term consequences.  They wanted the chaos to end right now.  Read article