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You're right @dpcassidyC3; and you're fulfilling your calling. Pastors shouldn't be pundits; it's an entirely different calling. But at times pastors need to speak truthfully, prophetically and graciously to protect the Christian witness, which can be harmed by silence. 1/6
There's no book you can pull off the shelf to tell you precisely when and how to speak. MLK, Jr. wasn't a pundit; but he spoke into to a political and social moment. So did Bonhoeffer. So did Wilberforce. So have others. 2/6
Our situation is of course different than theirs. But one has to weigh the costs of silence v. the cost of speaking out. Christian leaders have to make that judgment. My point is the dominant narrative to a watching world is white Evangelicals are rabidly pro-Trump. 3/6
It's an incomplete narrative, of course; but it's incomplete because there was hardly *any* counter-narrative by pastors/Christian leaders who saw the malicious effects Trump was having on the Christian/evangelical movement and many of its most prominent spokesmen. 4/6
I understand why they were silent; it's not their usual lane. It's not what they like to do or what they generally *should* do. Who wants to split a congregation because of politics? Who wants to face angry emails from congregants? Who wants to deal with agitated elders? 5/6
Still, this situation was far different than most; and even if pastors/Christian leaders believe total silence in the Trump era was right, they should understand there was a cost to silence, too. We're seeing it; and now people are scrambling to repair the damage. 6/6
