A Brief Note on John MacArthur
Epstain
Excellent analysis. This whole episode feels like a kick in the balls—probably even to those who pretend to have some.
Brendon of Idaho
Brendon, yes. Although I do have one follow-up comment. I said in the piece that I didn’t see any good options now for the Trump administration (politically). But then, of course, later on one occurred to me, and so I mention it here now. The only way I can see that the Epstain bungle is “forgiven” the Trump administration is if the DOJ is really vigorous in its prosecution of figures like Comey and Brennan. I may need to write more about this later, but a royal fight with the deep state dragons would allay more than a few fears.
A Chesterton Question
After reading Chestertonian Calvinism, I was left wondering, was your apologetic for Chesterton’s semi-pelagianism merely to motivate acceptance of his powerful thought that the West is dead but our Lord knows the way out of the grave and has resurrected Christendom many times before. Or would you advocate serving him communion were he to ask?
I’m prompted to ask for practical home and hearth and ecclesiastical reasons. Thank you for your reply in advance.Anthony
Anthony, Chesterton made many superb cultural observations, and I have learned a great deal from him. He did impressive thing on the basis of an busted theology that was whitewashed over with romanticism. If he were to visit our church and ask if he would be welcome to partake of communion, I would remind him that his church was sectarian in such matters, but that ours was not. He would be welcome.
A Few Tithing Questions
My wife and I are considering selling our family business that we built together from the ground up. The Lord has blessed our labor, and by His bountiful grace we expect to field offers in the mid eight-figure range. Our plan would be to invest the proceeds so that we can generate current income and grow an inheritance for our children and their future children.
What are the tithing implications for a business sale? Do we tithe 10% of the net proceeds? Or since the funds are being reinvested elsewhere, is this a case where it’s appropriate to give a freewill offering and then tithe as normal off the annual income from the investments?
Additionally, if we should tithe 10% of the proceeds, do we give the entire amount to our local church, or is it appropriate to direct some of the tithe toward other Christian ministries? (We have always given our entire tithe to our local church, but the tithe on this business sale could equate to 5+ years worth of our church’s typical tithe receipts.)
Thank you for clearing this up for me. I feel ashamed even asking about what’s “required” here, given how much the Lord has blessed us. But I don’t recall ever seeing explicit teaching on this specific case. Clear teaching on this matter up front will make it less likely we’ll succumb to temptation when we’re actually staring at all those zeros on the check.JD
JD, thanks for the question, and it is not a stupid question at all. Furthermore, it is a delightful problem to have. My understanding is that we are to tithe on the increase. Imagine that your business is an apple orchard. You tithe the apples. You are not required to cut down a tenth of the trees every year. On the assumption that you have been tithing on the increase as you have gone along, I would sell the [orchard], give a free will offering of gratitude to the Lord, an amount of your choosing, and then buy another [orchard]. The expectation would be that you would then tithe the ongoing increase from that. As for your other questions, it is normal to tithe to your local church, but it is not mandatory. In a situation like yours, I would actually recommend against it. Bless them greatly, but you are likely in a position to do a lot of good in a lot of directions.
I have a question on the role of the wife post-children and a related “bonus” question. My wife and I have had been in rather tight financial situation since we’ve been married. All the kids are out of the house now but we are also grandparents. Finances are better but still pretty tight . . . she occasionally mentions that her other friends who are grandmothers don’t have to work and that this is supposed to be the time of our life when she can just enjoy her family. I have asked her to assist in the finances by finding part-time work. She will make initial efforts but then if nothing comes from it we just go back to our single income life. To compound the problem more . . . she wants to travel more and wants to makes sure we tithe . . . which will decrease the cash flow all the more. (Note: We continue to give to our local church but not a full 10% until we can pay all bills without dipping into savings). My question(s): 1. How would you recommend handling the work situation with her, and 2. How would you feel about a congregant who does not tithe the full 10% due to insufficient cash flow? Thanks!Max
Max, I can’t offer detailed advice because I obviously don’t know all the ins and outs. But it sounds like your wife does understand the trade-offs involved. She currently has time for the grand kids, but not the discretionary money to spend on them. If she wants to prioritize tithing, that would seem to indicate she understands this. As for part-time work, I wouldn’t press hard for it. And last, it is often the case that when we tithe off the bottom, instead of off the top, this is one of the reasons why our resources are as limited as they are.
Longhouse Stuff
I haven’t read everything you’ve written on marriage, but I appreciate Canon and your ministry in other social topics.
In the “How to Exasperate your Wife” book, you seem to contrast the man who doesn’t want to hear his wife with the man who correctly has organic leadership. One of your examples of incorrect behavior is pointing out to the woman that she does have to be submissive.
I struggle with this. Leadership at times involves calling people to growth. I want to hear my wife’s perspectives, and I care deeply that she is loved and taken care of. However, some decisions in life appear to me to be both time-bound and significant enough that we can’t wait to come to one accord. For instance, we disagreed about adopting a foster child early in our marriage, and I felt God’s leading to continue to have him in our home. She disagreed, but we had limited time to act without harming his future prospects for a family should we decide to keep him. I didn’t like “pulling the submission card”, but I was at a loss for how to go about leading our family in the way I thought we should. My wife has, because of that situation, decided that she may not listen to me in the future, based on whether or not she feels my decision is “appropriate”.
How should a husband who genuinely cares but still disagrees successfully exercise his authority, especially if the wife is unwilling to accept that authority, and there is limited willingness in the church members of our church to call me to love while equally calling her to submission. I considered finding a new church family, but my concern is that this would be perceived as attempting to “go where I’m agreed with”.Adam Anon
AA, yes, there are times when the husband needs to make the decision, and there are times when you cannot afford to wait until you are of one mind. That much is true. And further, there is no way to practice this without actually doing it. So I encourage young husbands to look for opportunities to make difficult decisions—where he can practice authority and she can practice obedience. But when you are learning to do this kind of thing, you should start where you are, and not with a monster decision (which is perhaps what the foster child situation was?). If the very first time a wife has to submit is when her husband announces that they are moving to the Yukon to pan for gold, it might not go well.
Two Questions
While I agree that I don’t see warrant for removing instruments from old covenant to new, and it is clear to remove sacrifice from old to new, what then, is our warrant for removing incense and all “the bells and smells” for which we criticize our popish friends? I’ve yet to find an explanation why I want to bring OT instruments over to NT worship, while I’m unwilling to bring over those other non-sacrifice things.
Also, my wife and I seem to have more classical Presbyterian-esque leanings when it comes to raising children, and the type of high standards we want to have when raising kids, something that your average good old boy baptists do poorly at, discipline children and purity and a Christ-centered worldview. How do we approach this without completely sheltering our kids from all of our sub-par yet regenerate family and friends’ kids? Is the answer to just have a platoon of kids so that they can be friends with each other?Anonymous, But Not That Kind
ABNTK, my understanding is that the incense was part of the sacrificial system. Remember that the Temple was a slaughterhouse, and it smelled like one. The incense dealt with that smell, and was always part and parcel with the blood sacrifices. The music, however, was distinct. David had established the tabernacle of David separately, which was a meeting house of musical praise. And at the Council of Jerusalem, James says that this tabernacle (instruments and all) was a type of the coming Gentile mission.
As far as kids are concerned, this is mostly a concern when kids are pre-school age or early elementary. As your kids grow, if you are doing your job, they internalize the standard, and you can instruct them on how to interact with the other kids.
As far as kids are concerned, this is mostly a concern when kids are pre-school age or early elementary. As your kids grow, if you are doing your job, they internalize the standard, and you can instruct them on how to interact with the other kids.
Chesterton and Christian Nationalism
Saw the promo for Frequently Shouted Questions About Christian Nationalism on the marquee of your blog and it reminded me of this quip from Chesterton,
“Nationalism is a nobler thing even than patriotism; for nationalism appeals to a law of nations; it implies that a nation is a normal thing, and therefore one of a number of normal things. It is impossible to have a nation without Christendom; as it is impossible to have a citizen without a city.“ — G.K. Chesterton, Irish Impressions
and this…
“It is a wild folly to suppose that nations will love each other because they are alike. They will never really do that unless they are really alike; and then they will not be nations. Nations can love each other as men and women love each other, not because they are alike but because they are different.” — G.K. Chesterton, What I Saw In America
and lastly, this…
“Internationalism is in any case hostile to democracy. I do not say it is incompatible with it; but any combination of the two will be a compromise between the two. The only purely popular government is local, and founded on local knowledge. The citizens can rule the city because they know the city; but it will always be an exceptional sort of citizen who has or claims the right to rule over ten cities, and these remote and altogether alien cities. All Irishmen may know roughly the same sort of things about Ireland; but it is absurd to say they all know the same things about Iceland, when they may include a scholar steeped in Icelandic sagas or a sailor who has been to Iceland. To make all politics cosmopolitan is to create an aristocracy of globe-trotters.”—G.K. Chesterton, What I Saw In America
God bless,Todd
Todd, thanks very much. Good stuff.
A Discrepancy on Life?
I applaud your writing and efforts to protect the life of the unborn in America.
You don’t pull punches when describing abortion. It’s ugly. But without hearing how bad our sin is, our nation has no hope for repentance.
What I don’t understand, though, is your tacit approval of America’s wars—in the Ukraine, in Iran, in Gaza, etc.
It certainly seems like a contradiction.
If life is valuable in the womb (because children are made in the image of God), it would follow that it’s valuable outside the womb.
(You had said we should send arms to Ukraine after Russia’s invasion but deny doing it. Would you hold to that advice two years later with the [predictable by experts] million+ Ukrainian casualties?)
Israel is accelerating its Final Solution for Gaza and the West Bank, w/no moral qualms other than the bad PR it brings.
You don’t seem concerned in the least. You’re making cracks about “Queers for Palestine.”
(The queers are in the right if they’re protesting Israel’s blow-up-everyone-and-everything campaign.)
Can you explain how you differentiate between the two issues (the unborn & civilians in faraway places)?
Blessings,Michael
Michael, thanks for the question. Given the level of complexity involved, I doubt if this answer will satisfy you, but here goes. Whether or not abortion takes a human life is not contested among believing Christians. We are therefore against it, flat out. But while the abortion carnage and war share the fact that human lives are lost, they are not the same thing at all. Who is right and who is wrong is contested. Who started it and who did not is contested. Who is guilty of war crimes and who is not is contested. Whether abortion kills innocents is not a debatable matter. Whether Israel is conducting a “Final Solution” approach in the West Bank is a debatable matter.
KDY and Robert’s Rules
In your article about KDY and the progressive gaze, I initially came down completely on your side. KDY is starting his steps towards the beginning of the David French decline. Go Doug! But seeing the responses in the letters this week, I think you (and me by extension) didn’t have enough information to evaluate the situation.
It seems pretty clear to me that the following happened:
KDY agreed to be the chair of the PCA GA. When he does this, he must submit to the RRO’s, whether he agrees fully to them or not. The RRO’s clearly state than you can’t even mention another member’s motives in the slightest sense.
Pastor Brindle speaks out about about what’s happening in the MNA, and mentions (lightly) the motives of Mr. Ince. This clearly violates the RRO’s, even as benign as the comment was.
The room realizes this is a violation of the RRO’s and shouts out for a point of order.
KDY does not follow through with the point of order (which could have led to the censure of Pastor Brindle), but instead reminds Pastor Brindle to speak with temperance and moves on.
I’m not a member of the PCA. The RRO’s seem somewhat ridiculous. But enforcing the RRO’s because you’ve been elected to do so is not the same thing as Paul and Peter having it out in Jerusalem. You can’t equate the two things. When you are elected to a position like that, you don’t get to choose what parts of your constitution you follow based on which side you agree with. My updated reading of the situation is the KDY actually protected Pastor Brindle from a harsher admonishment by what he did.
As someone who falls more on your side of the camp than KDY in the Moscow Mood bru-ha-ha, I think you owe KDY an apology for your article about him. With more information, I come away from this with more respect for KDY, not less. You’re issue is with the polity of the PCA GA, not with KDY himself.
Thanks,Roger
Roger, I quite agree with the use of Robert’s Rules, and also agree that when KDY accepted the position of moderator, he was accepting a position that required him to abide by them. But Brindle didn’t address motives (or even personal character) at all. He said that to have affinity groups segregated by ethnicity was a denial . . . He didn’t say that Ince was being paid to do this thing, or had made a deal with the devil, or anything that went to motives. He challenged the action. In the meantime, numerous other speakers had been lauding Ince’s character without being told to stick to the issue.
Conspiracy Damage
A Christian Take on Conspiracy Thought . . .
very well written article. I have a Christian husband who is absolutely imbibing alt right anti-government web sites and swallows every conspiracy theory going including Moon landing hoax, Sept 11th hoax, and now the Covid vaxx hoax. According to him the Illuminati, joined by vax groups, the WHO and various world governments are all “to be hanged or shot” for promoting the one world government system. Apparently he is using Ezekiel 33 about watchmen to tell all and sundry about the badness of these folk. Gone is the Gospel of love and reliance on God alone. Now he has to grow a garden to feed our whole extended family as we won’t be able to buy and sell soon. He is plying his anti vax (all vaxx now not just Covid) talk to our grown children and their wives (who are expecting)!! It’s quite out of hand. He tells me I’m ignorant and that “the time for manners has gone.” He rejoices in watching anything and everything that destroys these people. If Hamas gets bombed, he is ecstatic. He won’t eat fish or bread cos it’s been poisoned. He is very bound up in fear and conspiracy theories tend to build him up and give him confidence, knowing he is “in the know” rather then the rest of us he has labelled “sheep.” Sadly he doesn’t have much of a Christian testimony anymore and he isn’t exactly a light on the hill. Rather depressing for all of us and gives no hope for the future for our unbelieving son and his wife. Would you be able to address some of the un-Christlike attitudes that those with staunch conspiracy theory mentality have and whether these can be tempered to be more palatable to those of us who have spouses and family members so deeply entrenched that they forget the human aspect? Thanks,Straw
Straw, I am very sorry for your plight. I am taking note of your suggestion. In the meantime, try to get a hold of Gary North’s book on Conspiracy: A Biblical View.
Graduate Research
I am reaching out to see if I might glean from your experience and insights regarding my academic career. I have recently begun work on the preliminary stages of my dissertation, and at present, I am trying to focus in on how a recovery of the historic Christian confessions of faith and their articulation of sphere sovereignty provide the theological foundation for Christian Nationalism by their affirmation of Christian principles and right interaction with political governance.
One of the recommendations from my professor and our textbook was to reach out to trusted subject matter experts. Your dealings with the Westminster Confession, books like Mere Christendom and Empires of Dirt, along with Canon’s published works and interviews with Stephen Wolfe (The Case for Christian Nationalism) and Glenn Sunshine (Slaying Leviathan) have all driven my desire to pursue this particular topic. I am convinced that had modern evangelicalism not largely abandoned our historic creeds and confessions, the church would not have fallen victim to some of the insanity that occurred during and immediately after the COVID-19 “pandemic.”
I would appreciate any time or insight you may be able to devote to sharing your thoughts regarding the relationship of the two aspects of confessionalism and Christian Nationalism. Do you see a desire among non-confessional churches to return to adopting confessions? Do you think that there is a connection between the two generally? If a person or church is not confessional, what would your recommendations be as to why they should embrace it? Do you see Christian Nationalism as the logical outflow of the Great Commission? (For example, part of my argument in favor of CN is that God saves individuals -> Parents raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord -> Families obey God in spreading the Gospel -> Families make churches/communities -> Communities make cities -> Cities populate states -> States make nations.)
Thank you very much for your timeSteven
Steven, yes, I see a connection between confessionalism and these issues of Christian nationalism. The Reformed confessions were adopted in a time when people had thought through the issues surrounding church and state, and so they actually addressed them. Non-confessional modern Christians are just going with the secular flow. Given your subject matter, I would point you toward the works of Abraham Kuyper. Lexham Press is publishing his collected works, and you will find a lot of treasure there.
Blood and Soil From Another Angle
This is a response to the post(s) about blood and soil. But first, I want to give some information about the soil in my home church…
I’m a married, homeschooling mother-of-five in the Midwest, and I have been a member of the same independent Christian Church since I was three. (That’s 35 years.) I was baptized there . . . Married there . . . And all of my children have been dedicated there. My husband is a deacon, and I have taught children’s classes for over a decade.
Recently—within the last four months—a new pastor was hired to replace the retiring senior minister. And already, he has run off every single staff member (secretary, worship leader, youth minister, and children’s minister). These were brothers and sisters who served as volunteers long before they were on the payroll. And in a matter of weeks, they have been replaced with a new hire from out-of-state (who’s friends with the New Guy) and is being called the “operations pastor.” That was alarming enough, before the New Guy excommunicated my father for being “quarrelsome” and “hurting the unity of the church.”
My question is about how to handle what feels like an attack against “my people” from a couple of strangers with a Megachurch mindset. The new managers don’t love my people; they don’t even know them, yet. They see numbers rather than names. But they’re already making it clear that their vision for the future focuses on CHANGE at the expense of the old and the faithful. In the Vision Meeting, the statement was made (and I quote) “We will prioritize reaching rather than keeping.” They want visitors more than veterans.
I realize there is a growing number of communities toying with Kinism and unrighteous partiality/favoritism for Their People. But, it certainly seems like the majority of churches in my hometown are SOLIDLY stuck in the other ditch . . . They are Seeker Sensitive and ready to dissolve their own families in order to “reach The Lost.”
What advice do you have for those of us who are trying to cultivate loyalty and brotherly love . . . in a place where true pastors are scarce and church Business Consultants rule?
(For the record, my husband has decided we will remain in our home church as long as we still have influence. But he would also appreciate Wisdom about how to combat the Megachurch Monster trying to take over.)Amanda
Amanda, that sounds like a really tragic situation. Stand with your husband. If you see something outrageous, then your concern should be registered with the new pastor, and I would suggest that you do it in writing. It sounds like the only place where influence will do any good is with the new pastor. I am assuming that he has complete control? But whatever you do, don’t be silent.
Tough One
Tough family situation. I have a dear family member who is a Christian, who started dating someone who is a Christian but is illegal. They hid that information from us when they began, and that’s caused a lot of difficult conversations. Now they are wanting to get engaged and married. My wife and I have been asking the Lord for wisdom. We want the Lord to bless her and her marriage but we feel like she’s in an immoral spot, we also would like to support the marriage but the gentleman’s illegal status makes it hard. How should we proceed? What would you recommend? We have told the family member that the best thing he could do would be to self-deport and seek a proper entrance but they are not going to do that. They want to get his legal status by getting married . . . Thanks.BI
BI, in the first place, I would suggest talking to an immigration attorney. Is it in fact the case that marriage to an American would make him legal? I wouldn’t assume anything like that. If that would fix it (which I doubt), then let them fix it that way. If that would not address the problem, then you need to have a very clear “for better for worse” conversation with your family member. You need to have her assurance that if she marries him, and if he gets deported to his home country, she is going to go with him. If she is willing to make her marriage vows with that understanding, then I think you can wait and see.
“Non-debatable” things not directly prohibited in Scripture: abortion. “Debatable” things directly prohibited in Scripture: slaughter of innocents, rejection of migrants. Meanwhile, Trump’s “best friend” Epstein was suddenly a CIA op, and to prove it Trump must prosecute… Comey?? Ooooookay. If Epstein was a CIA op Bongino and Patel would be more than happy to say so. It’s obvious that all of these people have been lying, about this and a great many other things. Serious people do not try to retcon exculpatory narratives for idiots, fools, and knaves. Remember when Dougie boy said to take the red pill, but not… Read more »
Wow, the troll is out in record time!
And with a bunch of far-left conspiracy theories, to boot.
Far-left? Wasn’t QAnon doing this years back and Trump was their savior? Just another pool of fools to get votes from so we can have starving American kids with no healthcare while handing out more money to billionaires to buy more Little Saint James Islands with.
The funny part is the “far-left conspiracy theories” they refer to came directly from Doug’s pen, yesterday: I think Option #4 is the most plausible. So what is Option #4? Option 4: There is in fact a list, but Epstein was a CIA operative. The nation that was using this honey pot/blackmail operation was us, as it turns out. But if Epstein was an operative—and please remember that he got a sweetheart prosecution deal back in 2008 because of his supposed intelligence connections—then that would immediately raise questions about all his dealings everywhere and with everybody. Not just the sex… Read more »
I can say that you’re wrong and Doug is wrong both at the same time. Its not very difficult. The key distinction really is Doug is genuinely trying to communicate in good faith with the audience while you’re attempting only to satisfy your own emotional desire to scream at the world.
I’m not screaming at the world, I’m laughing at Doug’s foolishness.
Cannot believe that the “f*ck your feelings”/”empathy is evil”/”snowflake need a safe space?” crowd starts mewling about decorum the second someone critiques them in the same spirit with which they critique others.
But I did predict it, last week.
86Chris: Starving American kids with no healthcare, huh? Easy answer: Just abort ’em. After all, according to your dead actor friend up there, there’s no direct scriptural prohibition against it and we all know how you lefties love to Shout Your Abortion. But then again, you on the left just looooove the kiddies — at least the ones you haven’t aborted — don’t you? Just ask all the Democrats who palled around with Epstein, like Bill Clinton, Alec Baldwin, and Ted Kennedy, among others. Try asking your LGBTQWERTY friends, all led by leftists, about the rampant pedophilia rampant among their… Read more »
Lololol, you are so easy to rile up 🤣
Isn’t Doug’s org rife with pedos too? I mean, he officiated a wedding for one.
More plank vs speck whataboutism, yet you have the gall to accuse others of hypocrisy. Millstones. Lock up Epstein and every single person who partied with him! I wanted Clinton impeached and removed in the 1990s — for sexually abusing a subordinate — and have been consistent on these questions since, whichever party did the offending. Can you say the same? I support aggressive prosecution of all child abusers, whether they are Protestant clergy, Catholic clergy, Muslim clergy, or atheist schoolteachers. Do you? The only mention of abortion — which was a very common practice in those days — in… Read more »
Nailed it!
Who, Doug? He usually shows up around this time, claiming his motivated reasoning is factual (like trolls do).
Do you have anything substantive to add, or just call people names like a Big Tough Online Guy?
“Meanwhile, Trump’s “best friend” Epstein”
Awfully nice of the Democrats who controlled the DOJ not to mention this when it could have secured them the 2024 election.
This quote was widely reported before the election. MAGA “Christians” just dismiss all MSM as lies, so you never saw it. On the new audio released Saturday evening, Epstein claimed Trump was his “closest friend for 10 years,” and described Trump as both “charming” and “a horrible human being.”“He is charming; he is able to convince people. It’s very much like Clinton. Both Bill and Donald have the ability to go over to a fat, ugly woman, say, ‘You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.’ So, he tells everybody what they want to hear. And that is charming.”Epstein… Read more »
Epstein claimed this, Epstein claimed that…
To the left, the words of a convicted felon are absolute truth, as long as they can attack Trump.
Cue But Twump is a convicted felon!! You can’t trust a convicted felon! You MAGAts are so stupid!
Yes, Buster, please go there. Show us how smart you are.
SEEETH. DESPAIR.
Easier for me to just let you keep talking. So far, every accusation you’ve made against me has implicated you. So what’s next? Let’s see, you’ve already gone after Teddy Kennedy, who’s been dead for nearly 20 years, in your never-ending quest to imagine some hypocrisy as serious as your own. Probably MLK is next. Right? Attacking ministers is cool as long as they’re Black, right? That’s probably why Dougie boy says “decorum doesn’t matter” one week then “well ACTUALLY, you see, this *didn’t* violate the rules at all!” the next: twisting in the wind with situational ethics is allowed… Read more »
Who was in control of federal prisons when Epstein was suicided again? And which president held meeting about pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell?
If he repatriates, there is no penalty time when he can legally return, but he has to repatriate for that to happen. Another issue is, what country is he from? You have to talk with an immigration lawyer. They are not cheap.
How does inflation figure in to tithing ?
Should be in the Bible somewhere, right?
I can’t urge strongly enough the need to consult an immigration lawyer before going any further. Right now there is likely to be even more suspicion that the marriage is fraudulent–i.e. was undertaken in the hope of one of the spouses getting a green card. Their relationship will be very closely scrutinized if he applies for adjustment of legal status. While applying for a green card as the spouse of a US citizen can be done within the US, it is complicated when the person is here illegally. Filing the application may trigger deportation proceedings, and being married to a… Read more »
Amanda – if you read this – how does most of the church feel about this new pastor? Do they support him, or are they as frustrated and disappointed as you are? I wonder about your church polity. To ask bluntly: Can he be gotten rid of, if that’s what the majority wants? Or do you have the kind of governing structure where the pastor is king and accountable to no one and nothing you can do? Of course we have only your account of things, but if people are running away because of him, either he’s no shepherd at… Read more »
Here are the real two options.
Option 1: Trump is a liar.
Option 2: Trump is facilitating a cover-up.
People aren’t “legal” or “illegal”…they may have that status, but there are certainly NOT any “illegal” people out there. Actually read the Bible, Jesus’ words, and you may understand…
Unfortunate wording, I agree. Kind of like “illegitimate child”. Sometimes our words tell us we ought to reconsider the way we think about people.
Unfortunate wording, I agree. Kind of like “illegitimate child”.