Christianity Today, December 19, 2019
“The president of the United States attempted to use his
political power to coerce a foreign leader to harass and
discredit one of the president’s political opponents.
That is not only a violation of the Constitution;
more importantly, it is profoundly immoral.”
‘But you are not to be like that.
Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest,
and the one who rules like the one who serves.’
Rex Tillerson, May 16, 2018
“If our leaders seek to conceal the truth,
or we as people become accepting of alternative realities
that are no longer grounded in facts, then we as American citizens
are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom.”
“A false witness will not go unpunished,
and whoever pours out lies will perish.”
New York Times, January 13, 2020
“The federal budget deficit surpassed $1 trillion in 2019,
the Treasury Department reported on Monday, as tax cuts and spending increases continued to force heavy government borrowing.”
“Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling,
but a foolish man devours it.”
Time, December 9, 2019
“The Trump Administration tightened its rules for obtaining
food stamp benefits this week, in a move many experts
fear could have a detrimental effect on the nearly
700,000 vulnerable Americans it’s expected to impact.”
“This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice;
show mercy and compassion to one another.
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor.
Do not plot evil against each other.’ ”
Christianity Today, December 19, 2019
President Trump’s “Twitter feed alone—with its habitual string of mischaracterizations, lies, and slanders—is a near perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused.”
“What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?
Can such faith save them?”
Washington Post Fact Checker, December 16, 2019
All told, as of mid-December, Donald Trump had
lied 15,413 times since becoming president.
“Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self
with its practices and have put on the new self”
FBI, November 12, 2019
Personal attacks motivated by bias or prejudice reached a 16-year high
in 2018 with a significant upswing in violence against Latinos.
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
President Donald Trump, Twitter, November 21, 2019
“…Republicans, you are dealing with human scum …”
“Do not speak evil against one another, brothers.
The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother,
speaks evil against the law and judges the law.”
The Hill, December 3, 2019
“The Trump administration is set to cut food stamp benefits
for approximately 750,000 people”
“But if anyone has the world’s goods and sees his brother in need,
yet closes his heart against him, how does God’s love abide in him?
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”
The Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2019
“The U.S. spent nearly $1 trillion more in fiscal 2019 than it took in.”
“A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children”
