Leading Christian publication calls for removal of Trump

The US-based international evangelical publication, Christianity Today, has called for the removal from office of President Donald Trump.

Mark Galli writes: "It's time to say what we said 20 years ago when a president's character was revealed for what it was."

"In our founding documents, Billy Graham explains that Christianity Today will help evangelical Christians interpret the news in a manner that reflects their faith. The impeachment of Donald Trump is a significant event in the story of our republic. It requires comment.

The typical CT approach is to stay above the fray and allow Christians with different political convictions to make their arguments in the public square, to encourage all to pursue justice according to their convictions and treat their political opposition as charitably as possible. We want CT to be a place that welcomes Christians from across the political spectrum, and reminds everyone that politics is not the end and purpose of our being. We take pride in the fact, for instance, that politics does not dominate our homepage.

That said, we do feel it necessary from time to time to make our own opinions on political matters clear-always, as Graham encouraged us, doing so with both conviction and love....." To read on, see: www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/december-web-only/trump-should-be-removed-from-office.html