Quotes from Ronald J. Sider

Trump has stated he has never asked for God's forgiveness for anything ever in his life and shows no signs of changing his behavior.

Humbly aware of your sins and the need for forgiveness.

Hunger and thirst for righteousness.

If peace means keeping my mouth shut in the midst of injustice and evil, I don't want it.

Love God and not the things of this world.

Glorify God, not yourself.

Care for the hurting and oppressed.

Dedicated to truth.

Miroslav Volf notes that "the certainty of God's just judgment at the end of history is the presupposition for the renunciation of violence in the middle of it.

But given that Trump is the president of the United States and claims to be a follower of Christ, it is biblically appropriate to judge his observable actions in an effort to honestly assess whether or not he fundamentally lives his life by the core values of Christianity.

Why do I have to repent or ask for forgiveness, if I am not making mistakes?

At a time when end-times novels are by far the most widely read evangelical books, we need to hear Noll's warning that if evangelicals continue to be influenced by the kind of historicist dispensationalism that tries to identify current events as the detailed fulfillment of biblical prophecy, "there is little intellectual hope for the future" of responsible evangelical political reflection.[19]

Trump, through his actions over many decades, has made it clear he can never have enough money, power, or sex.

There are many examples of how Trump doesn't truly care for the hurting and oppressed, only for the wealthy and the white.

First, he lies to prop himself up, to make himself look better in other people's eyes than he is in reality. Second, Trump lies to be mean, to sadistically tear other people down and make them feel small.

war is inconsistent with the Christian religion, immoral in its acts, and repugnant to the true interests of mankind.

The vision of society articulated by Charles Finney and other evangelicals took special notice of those on the margins of society—women, slaves, the victims of war and abuse, prisoners, the poor—those Jesus called "the least of these.

The truth of the matter is it rained throughout Trump's inauguration speech, the sun never broke through, and it didn't "pour" after he left.

This is the greatest economy in the HISTORY of America."29 Trump has told this lie over 250 times. Our economy was better under a number of other presidents, including Eisenhower, Johnson, and Clinton.

Any political engagement that claims to be Christian must be concerned with the full range of things that the Bible says God cares about.

We have the biggest tax cut in history."30 Nope, Reagan passed one that was three times larger. Trump has told this lie over 180 times.31

In many ways, we live in a society that breathes the polluted air of contempt.

Since Biblical faith calls us to generously share our resources with needy people, Christians in rich nations ought to promote generous immigration policies that make it easier, rather than harder, for poor immigrants to enter their country legally to seek work.

The truth is the government has been repairing and replacing fencing that has been there all along and very little new wall has been built. Trump has told this lie over 240 times.