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On Wednesday night, the House of Representatives fulfilled their duties under Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution and impeached President Donald Trump on two articles: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Almost immediately, the White House and Trump's allies began a campaign of denial and distraction.
But one ally decided enough was enough.
The magazine Christianity Today—founded by the late Reverend Billy Graham and credited as the largest publication for Evangelical Christians—published an editorial calling the impeachment of President Trump justified. They also called for Trump's removal from office. 
But the Evangelical leaders who justified and glorified Trump for the past several years quickly scrambled to discredit Christianity Today.
First the son of the magazine's founder, Franklin Graham, issued a rebuke of the editorial. Then another legacy Evangelical leader—Jerry Falwell Jr. who also inherited his ministry and fortune from his famous father—weighed in.
Jerry Falwell Jr.—who goes by just his late televangelist father's name on Twitter—posted along with a Fox News link:
"Less than 20% of evangelicals supported [Hillary Clinton] in 2016 but now [Christianity Today] magazine has removed any doubt that they are part of the same 17% or so of liberal evangelicals who have preached social gospel for decades! CT unmasked!"
 —  (@)
        
The social gospel Falwell referenced includes such ideas as helping the poor and persecuted. Falwell and others like him follow a modern version of Evangelical Christianity founded in the televangelism that created millionaire TV preachers called the "prosperity gospel."
In the social gospel, the purpose of the church is to help others. In the prosperity gospel, the purpose of the church is centered on gathering followers and their monetary donations through a promise that the more money given to a church, the more money God will give the donor.
Jesus was liberal my dude
— Air's Cold Now France (@danforthfrance) December 20, 2019 

Yes, they preached the “social gospel" of helping the poor, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger! Just like Christ! 

Why is Christ so out of touch with today's evangelicals?
— Windhorse (@Windhorse_1) December 20, 2019 
Those facts worked against Falwell in his attempt to discredit Christianity Today as an organization focused on charity and helping others instead of gaining personal wealth.
Comments like these from "Christians" like you and Trump are destroying "the reputation of evangelical religion and the world's understanding of the gospel".
— Demosthenes (@fergiegee1) December 20, 2019 

Wow. Now you're dividing up Christianity? You can be the right kind of Christian or the wrong kind of Christian? Doesn't sound very Christian, Jerry.
— C E Hall (@CEHall13) December 20, 2019 

Like Jesus always said: you can lie, cheat, and steal all you want, the only things that matter are winning and cash.
— Katie (@ktbobaytee) December 20, 2019 

Big hypocrite Jerry Falwell with plenty of skeletons in his closet repeating fake news for the impeached fake Christian in the WH. 
Jerry will accept all credit cards but likes cash donations best.
— Phillip- IMPEACH THE TRAITOR 🇺🇸 (@Phillip2020Vote) December 20, 2019 
Although some asked for "proof" of Trump's less than Christian inclinations.
They spoke truth. This President is corrupt and immoral and evangelicals support of him is hypocritical and destroying their witness.
— Jana Hyde (@janahyde1) December 20, 2019 

Proof?
— Jeffrey Graham (@Jeffrey52095461) December 20, 2019 

The millions he owes cities across the US, the $2m he owes for STEALING FROM A CHARITY, the vendors he has refused to pay, his paying a woman to sleep with him while his wife was recovering from childbirth, raping his wife, cheating on his first wife with his second, his second
— Virginia House (@virginia_house) December 20, 2019 

With his third, his CPAs refusing to vouch for the info provided banks, banks refusing to lend him any more money bc he lied, the two sets of books discovered, walking in on teenage girls undressing, telling preteen girls he was going to date them.... just as a start.....
— Virginia House (@virginia_house) December 20, 2019 

Oh, I forgot— his attorneys who wouldn't be in a room alone with him— insisted on two so they could corroborate what was said when he lied.
— Virginia House (@virginia_house) December 20, 2019 

Speaking of unmasking https://t.co/Z7iP3T6R8E
— Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) December 20, 2019 

Mind pointing out the pages in the good book from these quotes @JazzRisenhoover ?? pic.twitter.com/UmN9o6sTLm
— doug (@dougRESISTance) December 20, 2019 
And many remarked on Falwell's own personal scandals.
CT magazine was founded by Billy Graham and many evangelicals read it and it is found in many churches. This is the beginning of the end of the Trump crime enterprise. You should be relieved that Trump won't hold the pool boy incident over you anymore.
— Molly Brown (@MollyBrown28) December 20, 2019 

You and @realDonaldTrump make a nice couple. Bring the pool boy for some extra fun.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) December 20, 2019 

@jonfranks/Twitter

How's the pool boy and also your "personal trainer" doing these days? What did they do to get so much money from you and why was Trump's fixer Michael Cohen involved? You aren't the person to be speaking on behalf of Christians #FakeChristian
— Fata Morgana (@maladamus) December 20, 2019 

I assume you'll still pick up the Swimsuit Edition if it features pool boys, though, amirite?
— Private Joker (@HowardCamerik) December 20, 2019 
But the hypocrisy was a feature of many reactions to Falwell's attempt to discredit Christianity Today and uplift Trump.
Hey Jerry, are you saying that your religion is ok with someone as grossly selfish and morally inept as Trump. I realise that no one is perfect but for the love of God, at least back someone worth looking up to. This man will never be remorseful about what he has done
— Barbara Del Regino (@bjd4_vm) December 20, 2019 

It's very sad for real people of faith. It took very long for them to come out. Many people have had a crisis of faith cuz of their support of this corrupt, heartless #Individual1 #RemoveTrumpNow 1st commandment Thou shall have no other gods before me. Trump is NOT a god!
— ✌🏼Peacemomma ✌🏽 (@peacemomma67) December 20, 2019 

The worst part is the religious leaders coming out attacking CT further damages ppl who may be struggling w/ their faith cuz of the church's abandonment of the teachings of Jesus. I was sickened to hear T as the"chosen one"&compared to Jesus during Impeachment. #RemoveTrump
— ✌🏼Peacemomma ✌🏽 (@peacemomma67) December 20, 2019 

Evangelical hypocrisy. The CT article is just the beginning to right the wrongs of holding Trump up in spite of his many moral and criminal failings. pic.twitter.com/a9MOcnX58J
— Molly Brown (@MollyBrown28) December 20, 2019 
In January the Senate will take over and hold the trial for President Donald Trump. While many consider the GOP giving a free pass to the President a forgone conclusion, 18 Republican Senators are up for reelection in 2020. 
The will of their constituents may have more bearing than the will of their party leadership.
The book The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power over Christian Values is available here.
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On Wednesday night, the House of Representatives fulfilled their duties under Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution and impeached President Donald Trump on two articles: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Almost immediately, the White House and Trump's allies began a campaign of denial and distraction.

But one ally decided enough was enough.

The magazine Christianity Today—founded by the late Reverend Billy Graham and credited as the largest publication for Evangelical Christians—published an editorial calling the impeachment of President Trump justified. They also called for Trump's removal from office.

But the Evangelical leaders who justified and glorified Trump for the past several years quickly scrambled to discredit Christianity Today.

First the son of the magazine's founder, Franklin Graham, issued a rebuke of the editorial. Then another legacy Evangelical leader—Jerry Falwell Jr. who also inherited his ministry and fortune from his famous father—weighed in.

Jerry Falwell Jr.—who goes by just his late televangelist father's name on Twitter—posted along with a Fox News link:

"Less than 20% of evangelicals supported [Hillary Clinton] in 2016 but now [Christianity Today] magazine has removed any doubt that they are part of the same 17% or so of liberal evangelicals who have preached social gospel for decades! CT unmasked!"

— (@)

The social gospel Falwell referenced includes such ideas as helping the poor and persecuted. Falwell and others like him follow a modern version of Evangelical Christianity founded in the televangelism that created millionaire TV preachers called the "prosperity gospel."

In the social gospel, the purpose of the church is to help others. In the prosperity gospel, the purpose of the church is centered on gathering followers and their monetary donations through a promise that the more money given to a church, the more money God will give the donor.

Jesus was liberal my dude
— Air's Cold Now France (@danforthfrance) December 20, 2019

Yes, they preached the “social gospel" of helping the poor, healing the sick, and welcoming the stranger! Just like Christ!

Why is Christ so out of touch with today's evangelicals?
— Windhorse (@Windhorse_1) December 20, 2019

Those facts worked against Falwell in his attempt to discredit Christianity Today as an organization focused on charity and helping others instead of gaining personal wealth.

Comments like these from "Christians" like you and Trump are destroying "the reputation of evangelical religion and the world's understanding of the gospel".
— Demosthenes (@fergiegee1) December 20, 2019

Wow. Now you're dividing up Christianity? You can be the right kind of Christian or the wrong kind of Christian? Doesn't sound very Christian, Jerry.
— C E Hall (@CEHall13) December 20, 2019

Like Jesus always said: you can lie, cheat, and steal all you want, the only things that matter are winning and cash.
— Katie (@ktbobaytee) December 20, 2019

Big hypocrite Jerry Falwell with plenty of skeletons in his closet repeating fake news for the impeached fake Christian in the WH.
Jerry will accept all credit cards but likes cash donations best.
— Phillip- IMPEACH THE TRAITOR 🇺🇸 (@Phillip2020Vote) December 20, 2019

Although some asked for "proof" of Trump's less than Christian inclinations.

They spoke truth. This President is corrupt and immoral and evangelicals support of him is hypocritical and destroying their witness.
— Jana Hyde (@janahyde1) December 20, 2019

Proof?
— Jeffrey Graham (@Jeffrey52095461) December 20, 2019

The millions he owes cities across the US, the $2m he owes for STEALING FROM A CHARITY, the vendors he has refused to pay, his paying a woman to sleep with him while his wife was recovering from childbirth, raping his wife, cheating on his first wife with his second, his second
— Virginia House (@virginia_house) December 20, 2019

With his third, his CPAs refusing to vouch for the info provided banks, banks refusing to lend him any more money bc he lied, the two sets of books discovered, walking in on teenage girls undressing, telling preteen girls he was going to date them.... just as a start.....
— Virginia House (@virginia_house) December 20, 2019

Oh, I forgot— his attorneys who wouldn't be in a room alone with him— insisted on two so they could corroborate what was said when he lied.
— Virginia House (@virginia_house) December 20, 2019

Speaking of unmasking https://t.co/Z7iP3T6R8E
— Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) December 20, 2019

Mind pointing out the pages in the good book from these quotes @JazzRisenhoover ?? pic.twitter.com/UmN9o6sTLm
— doug (@dougRESISTance) December 20, 2019

And many remarked on Falwell's own personal scandals.

CT magazine was founded by Billy Graham and many evangelicals read it and it is found in many churches. This is the beginning of the end of the Trump crime enterprise. You should be relieved that Trump won't hold the pool boy incident over you anymore.
— Molly Brown (@MollyBrown28) December 20, 2019

You and @realDonaldTrump make a nice couple. Bring the pool boy for some extra fun.
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) December 20, 2019

@jonfranks/Twitter

How's the pool boy and also your "personal trainer" doing these days? What did they do to get so much money from you and why was Trump's fixer Michael Cohen involved? You aren't the person to be speaking on behalf of Christians #FakeChristian
— Fata Morgana (@maladamus) December 20, 2019

I assume you'll still pick up the Swimsuit Edition if it features pool boys, though, amirite?
— Private Joker (@HowardCamerik) December 20, 2019

But the hypocrisy was a feature of many reactions to Falwell's attempt to discredit Christianity Today and uplift Trump.

Hey Jerry, are you saying that your religion is ok with someone as grossly selfish and morally inept as Trump. I realise that no one is perfect but for the love of God, at least back someone worth looking up to. This man will never be remorseful about what he has done
— Barbara Del Regino (@bjd4_vm) December 20, 2019

It's very sad for real people of faith. It took very long for them to come out. Many people have had a crisis of faith cuz of their support of this corrupt, heartless #Individual1 #RemoveTrumpNow 1st commandment Thou shall have no other gods before me. Trump is NOT a god!
— ✌🏼Peacemomma ✌🏽 (@peacemomma67) December 20, 2019

The worst part is the religious leaders coming out attacking CT further damages ppl who may be struggling w/ their faith cuz of the church's abandonment of the teachings of Jesus. I was sickened to hear T as the"chosen one"&compared to Jesus during Impeachment. #RemoveTrump
— ✌🏼Peacemomma ✌🏽 (@peacemomma67) December 20, 2019

Evangelical hypocrisy. The CT article is just the beginning to right the wrongs of holding Trump up in spite of his many moral and criminal failings. pic.twitter.com/a9MOcnX58J
— Molly Brown (@MollyBrown28) December 20, 2019

In January the Senate will take over and hold the trial for President Donald Trump. While many consider the GOP giving a free pass to the President a forgone conclusion, 18 Republican Senators are up for reelection in 2020.

The will of their constituents may have more bearing than the will of their party leadership.

The book The Immoral Majority: Why Evangelicals Chose Political Power over Christian Values is available here.

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