God called King David a man after God’s own heart even though he was an adulterer and a murderer. You have to choose the leader that would make the best king or president and not necessarily someone who would be a good pastor. We’re not voting for pastor-in-chief. It means sometimes we have to choose a person who has the qualities to lead and who can protect our country and bring us back to economic vitality, and it might not be the person we call when we need somebody to give us spiritual counsel...
You know, I have refuted both of these arguments for Trump here multiple times. Neither of them is either logical, nor Biblical....
The comparison with King David is bogus because David was repentant, and he also suffered deeply because of his sins. You can't just say David was a man after God's own heart and sinful, and leave it there. Falwell is theologically weak with this pro-Trump talking point.
The "we are not voting for a pastor-in-chief" is also a vacuous argument. It is not only pastors who need to have integrity. We expect integrity in people who do business, in our friends, in our families, in ourselves. Trump's lack of character not only disqualifies him from being a pastor. It completely disqualifies him from being President.
These arguments are both weak attempts to defend the indefensible. Trump is amoral, and no Christian should be defending/excusing his lack of morality, as Falwell is doing here.
Jerry Jr. clearly got these talking points from pro-Trump websites, and has decided to ignore what the Bible actually says about sin.
