White evangelical support for the campaign and presidency of Donald Trump has hindered their racial reconciliation efforts, according to influential evangelical John Piper.
The chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary stated in a message livestreamed on YouTube Thursday evening that over the past few years, America has experienced a “constellation of sorrows” on the issue of race relations in America.
Piper, founder of DesiringGod.org, explained that he was directing his comments primarily toward white evangelicals in the Reformed theological tradition.
Piper listed six things in the “constellation of sorrows” category, which he also called six “crises.” The first mention was the Michael Brown shooting in 2014 and ensuing controversy over his death.
After talking briefly about Brown and racially-charged police shootings in general, the next “crisis” given was “the emergence of Donald Trump, first as candidate and now as president.”
“Donald Trump with his divisive rhetorical style and his adolescent pattern of…
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