When You See Their Truth

Evangelicals are showing you who they are.

I wrote this almost exactly a year ago. It’s time to say it again.

“I’m on a diet and lifestyle change to lose weight. I have broad guidelines, but narrow choices. Among those choices are that I exercise more and eat less, and when I eat, I avoid starch-heavy, fat-heavy, chemical-laden foods, and instead opt for fresh vegetables, fruits, fish, and sometimes chicken. But yeah, I’m also at McDonald’s twice a day and my exercise consists of reaching out to the drive-thru window. Believe me, I’m fully committed to my beliefs.”

What are your values here? What you say they are, or what you actually are doing?

I hope you’re not stumped by this question. I hope you can say “you express your true values by what you do when you have the freedom to do whatever you want to do.” You cannot hide your real self behind great words and solemn oaths. You might not want to see what is happening about you-but everyone around you sees it. No one can read your mind or know your intentions. We can only see your actions.

I think of this when I hear the phrase “Evangelicals voting for Trump are betraying their values.” I have gone along with this for a long time because I thought we Evangelicals all held the same general beliefs. Voting for a man who not…