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This past week President Trump once again posted something on social media that garnered alot of attention, a picture of him looking eerily similar to how one might picture Jesus looking, complete with healing in his hands.  There has been much said about the context of the image (that it was addressing the Pope rather than Jesus) and that he thought that the image was of a first century doctor or the organization the Red Cross.  

Trump's response to the outrage sounded implausible and dishonest.  

I don't think it should take much courage or insight to be able to condemn the image without much clarification.  At best it was in poor taste...at worst it was an idolatrous connection to Jesus Christ - not something we should be joking about.  

To hear outrage from conservatives is encouraging.  However, the outrage from both the Christian left and the atheist is a bit confusing.  Since when do they care about blasphemy?  Are we really supposed to think that they care about an accurate and biblical portrayel of Jesus or the wickedness of a mere mortal man implying that he has divine powers.  Spare the outrage!

Having people who display in their beliefs, words or actions that they reject the gospel, despise Jesus and mock God hardly seems genuine.  Are they conerned with blasphemy when they misrepresent the scriptures to suggest or overtly state that the Bible has no prohibitions against homosexuality and other practices related to it, that life in a mothers womb is not real life and not something worth protecting, or that God's mercy, and by implication our mercy, must extend to the illegal immigrant without exception but that when someone makes a racially insensitive joke or statement that they should be cancelled permanently and without any chance for parole.  

I agree that the picture was in poor taste, beneath the office of the President and could be easily seen as a claim to divine or messianic status for the President.  Such posts, whether in sincerity or sarcasm, should not be made.  

But the lecturing, moral indignation and judgement directed at anyone who at one time or another supported the election of Trump, that those Christian men and women have somehow abandoned the gospel because it is just nonsense.  Suggesting that conservativs share blame or should turn away their support for Trump for this is ridiculous.   Biden, Harris, Obama, Romney, and Vance have all had their fair share of blasphemous moments whether through the churches they support, the pastors that influence them or the un-biblical values they pursue. 

There is blame to go around for sure.  Justin Peters rightly observes much of that blame goes to the health and wealth prosperity gospel preachaers that surround Donald Trump, giving him horribly unbiblical advice, while at the same time, evangelical conservative voices around Trump have refused to condmen this non-sense.  

It is clear Donald Trump is desperately in need of the life changing power of the gospel. He is near the end of his life for sure and his days are numbered as are all of ours.  It is clear he has no undestanding of or belief in the true gospel of Jesus Christ.  We must pray for him and those around him - pray that he becomes a truly believer in Jesus.  We should also pray this for Kamala Harris, Mit Romney and Nancy Pelosi.  

We should be willing to condemn foolishness like this post that comes from the Truth account of the presidnet whether he published it or some 25 year old intern looking for brownie points did.  It was wrong.  Full apology is needed.  No excuses please. 

But Christian, whether you lean left or right, blasphemy is happening all around us.  While blasphemy laws are not the answer, lets make sure that our outrage is not limited to the blasphemy of the political party we don't like. Call out blasphemy every where we see it.  What Don Lemon did in Minnessota - Blasphemous.  What Representtive Swalwell did to his interns - blasphemous.  What Sydney Sweeny is doing on Euphoria - Blasphemous.  The image of Jesus in the person of Jonathan Roumie on The Chosen - probably blasphemous as well.  

God want us to care about blasphemy - not some...all of it.  Not just what others do in public but what we do in private.