'What if Biden did it?'

 By Ryan Denison, PhD - Posted at Denison Forum:

How to discern when God is no longer our king

Published February 6, 2025

The first weeks of President Trump’s second term in office have been controversial, to say the least. The number of policies he has enacted and the speed with which they’ve occurred has left much of the nation simply trying to catch up. And he does not seem interested in slowing down anytime soon.

However, one constant amid so much change has been the partisan way in which most have evaluated the president’s actions to this point. If you supported Trump in the election, you’ve likely supported most of what he’s done over the last month (or at least been willing to take a wait-and-see approach). Likewise, if you weren’t in favor of a second term for the president in November, you’ve likely not been in favor of much of what he’s done since retaking office.

But while that consistency is understandable, it’s not necessarily biblical. To that end, I’d like to propose an alternative way of evaluating both the president’s actions and, more importantly, our response.

How would you respond?

When evaluating the degree to which we should support a given policy or stance, a helpful question to ask ourselves is how you’d see the issue if those on the other side of the aisle were the ones pushing it.

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