Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Many have watched with alarm as American evangelicals - a particular sect of Protestant Christianity - have largely embraced President Donald Trump, despite the (seeming) inconsistency between his rhetoric on the one hand, and biblical principles on the other. Dr. Randal Rauser joins me for a third time to discuss the connections between evangelicalism, President Donald Trump, and the Republican party in general - contending, ultimately, that Christians must embrace a different vision of Christianity, one that cannot connect itself with President Trump.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:43 Defining "Evangelical"
00:05:00 Evangelicals Vs. Fundamentalists
00:10:07 The Role of Dispensationalism
00:12:33 Statistics about Evangelicals and Trump
00:13:35 Why Evangelicals Support Trump
00:20:40 Three Reasons Evangelicals Don't Take Issue with Trump
00:28:44 "It's what he does that matters, not what he says."
00:37:39 Single-issue voting: abortion
00:54:44 A New Vision of Christianity