More than 81% of the US's protestant evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. A year and a half into his presidency, they seem as dedicated to him as ever - and just as ready to make excuses for his decidedly un-Christian misdeeds.
There are many stages and forms of persecution. One stage of persecution characterizes and slanders a group as less than positive, normal and good.
Hillary's corruption? The betrayal of the American Dream? Vladimir Putin? Wrong. Wrong.
Oh, God - and I mean the entreaty seriously - the Trump/evangelical summit in New York was just as bad as some of us feared. More than 900 conservative Christian leaders, put in a susceptible mood by a "prayer guide" , witnessed Donald Trump field some softball questions.