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Donald Trump

Rebranding Donald Trump: Lessons from John Oliver

February 29, 2016 by Randal

Over the last couple years I’ve been fascinated by the rise of John Oliver and his incisive Sunday night program Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. The heart of Oliver’s program is a 15-20 minute monologue which looks for all the world like a contemporary secular sermon for the millennials. With sardonic humor and a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: branding, Donald Trump, John Oliver

Republican presidential candidates on torture: Ted Cruz really is a liar and Donald Trump is a brute

February 20, 2016 by Randal

At the Republican Presidential Town Hall this week Donald Trump talked about the new moral climate that has been introduced by ISIS: “They’re chopping off the heads of people. This hasn’t happened since medieval times. We need a certain toughness….” First off, if Donald Trump believes the kind of barbarism being perpetuated by ISIS has […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, torture

The Popularity of Donald Trump as a spiritual exam of conservative Christianity

January 26, 2016 by Randal

While I’ve already blogged from the bandwagon of those appalled by Donald Trump’s popularity, I think it is worthwhile reflecting for a moment on Trump’s popularity among conservative Christians. In particular, it is worthwhile reflecting on that popularity as a spiritual exam which reveals how spiritually unhealthy large tracts of conservative Christianity are. The catalyst […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: conservative Christianity, Donald Trump, ethics, evangelicalism, morality

You can dis the minorities, but don’t mess with Ted!

January 18, 2016 by Randal

On Saturday night while speaking at an event in South Carolina, Donald Trump turned his criticism on Ted Cruz. He denounced Cruz for criticizing New Yorkers and their values. And he lampooned Cruz for failing to declare a 2012 loan from Goldman Sachs. One can safely assume two things about Trump’s audience: first, they are largely Christian; and […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: conservatism, Donald Trump, evangelicalism, GOP, Ted Cruz

Disciples of the Prince of Peace are following the Hater in Chief?!

January 5, 2016 by Randal

As part of their series “My Kid Would Never Do That” Dateline NBC set up situations in which children were presented with the potential threat of strangers. Most parents confidently predicted their children would detect so-called “Stranger Danger” by drawing upon years of parental wisdom. And time and again they were disappointed, if not shocked. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: church, Donald Trump, evangelicalism

Should a Christian support Donald Trump for President? Of course not. Can they? I don’t think so.

December 1, 2015 by Randal

Donald Trump raised eyebrows today with his statement that several black pastors were supporting his candidacy for the Republican nomination to run for president. It turns out that those pastors were not in fact endorsing Trump. They were just meeting with him. The eyebrow raising seems to have been largely directed at the fact that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Christianity, democracy, Donald Trump, ethics, politics

Politicians, fascists, and used car salesmen

November 21, 2015 by Randal

In the last two days Donald Trump has “crossed a new line” by endorsing the suggestion of a reporter that the government should begin to compile lists of Muslims living in the United States. Here is a transcript of one of the relevant exchanges courtesy of MSNBC: NBC: Should there be a database system that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: bullshit, civil discourse, Donald Trump, politics, truth

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