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Trump's Executive Actions are Antithetical to Christ
Jim Wallis

This column explores the themes in Jim Wallis' new
book Christ in Crisis: Why We Need to Reclaim Jesus
(HarperOne), available Sept. 24. 

President Trump's hands, it seems for now, are tied by Congress
-- but that hasn't stopped him from advancing an agenda that
harms those who Jesus called "the least of these." He's
simply shifted tactics.

Last week's column (and this video more than 130,000 of you
have viewed) said our real choice in this moment isn't between
candidates and parties, but between anti-Christ politics and
the politics of Jesus. I said it's time to start a
national conversation about this choice, and it's clear from
all your comments, and the what I'm hearing from leaders who
have reached out personally, that many of you agree.

Here's what we're up against now -- especially the most
vulnerable among us.

The current divided government that we see in the U.S. as a
result of the 2018 midterm elections has made it markedly more
difficult for the president to advance his agenda through new
laws and decisions on Congress. Given the contempt he and so many
of his supporters have shown towards so many groups of vulnerable
people, the new obstructions to Trump's agenda in the Congress
is more than welcome. Unfortunately, the Trump administration's
response to having its legislative agenda stymied has largely
been a shift to unilateral executive actions on the
administrative and regulatory front rather than any reconsidering
of the wisdom or morality of visiting harm on society's most
vulnerable.

Learn about Jim Wallis' book and PRE-ORDER for a limited time
here.

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