Trump spiritual advisor Paula White, a Florida preacher, recently appeared on Jim Bakker's television program, saying: "It is God who raises up a king. It is God that sets one down. When you fight against the plan of God, you are fighting against the hand of God."
Of course, such theology, if meant literally, would seemingly command unquestioning obedience to any ruler. Fortunately, historic church teaching, and 1000 years of Anglo-American political tradition, argue against such blind fidelity.
More interesting, at least to me, was that White appeared on Bakker's program.
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