I am thankful that I became a Christian before Christianity in America became embroiled in a love affair with the political and cultural right that gave birth to the current tragic state of things, with many Christians now giving vociferous and unqualified support to All Things Trump and condemning fellow Christians who oppose Trump. Thankfully at the age of 17 the Lord opened my eyes and I saw Jesus, not an odd blend of Christianity and patriotism and conservative politics that, humanly speaking, would have blocked me from seeing and cherishing the Savior. My heart breaks for a generation that fails to see the beauty of Jesus. It’s not their fault. It’s ours. We haven’t shown them Jesus. We’ve been too busy trying to win a culture war that God never told us to fight. God forgive my generation for valuing political power more than we value exalting the beauty of Jesus and demonstrating to the next generation that Jesus is truly worth cherishing, worshipping, modeling our lives after, living for and dying for. We have been very poor ambassadors. May the next generation forgive us for such a grotesque misrepresentation of Jesus.
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