Last week, Donald Trump appeared at the Faith & Freedom Conference. Legacy media reporting sounded conspiratorial and hinted at the usual charges of “hypocrisy.” Fortunately, there are some faith-based outlets that give us a more even-handed accounting. Trump may not have carried on his marital life in accordance to Christian understanding, but there is some of it He plainly gets.

During his presentation, Trump makes it plain that he is not entirely in the fold, “”The radical left is trying to shame Christians, silence you, demoralize you and they want to keep you out of politics. They don’t want you to vote. That’s why you have to vote,” he maintained. “If you vote, we cannot lose.” His pronoun choices there indicate that he stands a bit apart from traditional Christianity, but he also seems to get it:

Trump suggested that the hostility from the Biden administration stems from the fact that “they know that our allegiance is not to them, our allegiance is to our country and our allegiance is to our Creator.”

“We do not answer to the bureaucrats in Washington; we answer to God in Heaven,” Trump said.

Fascinating. My email devotional this morning examines Phillipians 1:27 (Sorry, currently only available as a subscribed email. It will eventually be available here under the title “Live Worthy of the Gospel.”):

Rome made its presence known in Philippi through Philippian citizens who were also citizens of Rome. It was a dual citizenship arrangement. Now, in the Roman world, you weren’t automatically a citizen of a city just because you lived there. Citizenship was a reward given out to civic leaders, retired soldiers, wealthy influencers, and public benefactors. So, to be a citizen of Philippi was an honor….

This historical background helps us understand what’s going on in Philippians 1:27, though it can easily be missed in English translations. Philippians 1:27 reads in the NRSV, “Only, live your life in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ.” The Greek verb translated here as “live your life” is actually rare in the New Testament. It is closely related to the Greek word meaning “citizenship.” The New Living Translation of Philippians 1:27 captures the sense of the verb in this way: “Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ.”

Like those in Philippi who were honored to be citizens of both the city where they lived and Rome itself, we who have received God’s grace through Christ have dual citizenship. We are citizens of the place where we live and of heaven.

Trump certainly seems to understand what it means to be a Christian, even if he does not fully include himself in the fold. He also seems to fully grasp the key issue for Christians in today’s America – where we place our allegiance.

Trump is also quite forgiving of Biden personally, “‘What is that all about?’ he inquired before suggesting that Biden, a Catholic, ‘has no idea what the Hell is happening. I don’t think it is him. I think it’s the people that surround him, the fascists, communists,” he said. “They’re young, very smart, vicious people.'” And thus, Trump illustrates a deeply Christian characteristic – compassion.

Does this sound like the dictatorial monster the legacy media would have us believe that Trump is? Nope, it sounds like those charges belong in the opposite direction. Vote as you like, but make sure your vote is fully informed. The media is not giving us a complete picture.

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