Presidential Candidates and Politics
This exchange between a reader and Clayton Spronk in the Standard Bearer discusses the importance of discerning theological error in political figures, using presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz as case studies. The correspondence critiques the use of faith claims for political advantage and appeals for greater Reformed discernment regarding false doctrine, particularly Pentecostalism, in the public sphere.
In the article in the February 15 issue of the Standard Bearer (p. 226), quite a bit of ink and paper was expended in writing about Donald Trump's specious religious claims. I have been waiting for a sequel exposé of Senator Rafael Edward ("Ted") Cruz, but so far in vain. The readers and subscribers of the SB, I believe, are astute enough to recognize that Mr. Trump's Presbyterian claims are not credible. It is no feat to recognize error when it is so wrong. However, Mr. Cruz's Christian...
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