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'Personal pastor' Paula White says Trump serious about faith -- even if not fluent in "Christianese"

The Donald Trump that Florida evangelical minister Paula White sees is a good listener, a man who takes his faith seriously while not always being fluent in “Christianese” and, unlike so many of his predecessors, a politician who has kept his promises to faith voters and evangelical Christian groups after he won the presidency with the help of their votes. [...]

Ms. White repeatedly insists in an interview that Mr. Trump’s spiritual growth in the 18 years she has known him “comes from a much deeper place” than the so-called “prosperity theology” — the belief that spiritual and financial success are part of God’s plan for believing Christians — that detractors accuse him of following.

“He holds his faith close to his chest and is not as open about it as some people,” she said.

“When he first talked of running for president, he was a career businessman who was new to campaigning and didn’t know how to speak what I call ‘Christianese,’” she recalled. “But I actually liked that about him, then and now — he wasn’t a polished politician or preacher. When he spoke of his faith, he was speaking from the heart.” Whole aqrticle: https://tinyurl.com/y72d52l9

@fmf said
'Personal pastor' Paula White says Trump serious about faith -- even if not fluent in "Christianese"

[quote]The Donald Trump that Florida evangelical minister Paula White sees is a good listener, a man who takes his faith seriously while not always being fluent in “Christianese” and, unlike so many of his predecessors, a politician who has kept his promises to faith vot ...[text shortened]... luency in "Christianese" significant? Is there some kind of minimum requirement ~ if so, what is it?

@divegeester said
Never heard of the term.
Personally I wouldn’t take any notice of Paula White or any of the American “prosperity” TV evangelists.

@fmf said
'Personal pastor' Paula White says Trump serious about faith -- even if not fluent in "Christianese"

[quote]The Donald Trump that Florida evangelical minister Paula White sees is a good listener, a man who takes his faith seriously while not always being fluent in “Christianese” and, unlike so many of his predecessors, a politician who has kept his promises to faith vot ...[text shortened]... luency in "Christianese" significant? Is there some kind of minimum requirement ~ if so, what is it?

@divegeester said
Never heard of the term.
Personally I wouldn’t take any notice of Paula White or any of the American “prosperity” TV evangelists.

@divegeester said
Personally I wouldn’t take any notice of Paula White or any of the American “prosperity” TV evangelists.

@fmf said
'Personal pastor' Paula White says Trump serious about faith -- even if not fluent in "Christianese"

[quote]The Donald Trump that Florida evangelical minister Paula White sees is a good listener, a man who takes his faith seriously while not always being fluent in “Christianese” and, unlike so many of his predecessors, a politician who has kept his promises to faith vot ...[text shortened]... luency in "Christianese" significant? Is there some kind of minimum requirement ~ if so, what is it?

@fmf said
I could be mistaken, but I am pretty sure Paula White is not a proponent of “prosperity theology”.

There's some obligation to be informed and to prayer.

There is no obligation to do these things super publicly because that would quickly escalate into vainglorious displays like as a Pharisee.

But sure, IDK...

This ties in a bit with the issue of Dive's heresy in the sense that... To what degree does someone have to be doctrinally sound and dogmatic.

IDK.

@fmf said
I could be mistaken, but I am pretty sure Paula White is not a proponent of “prosperity theology”.

@philokalia said
There's some obligation to be informed and to prayer.

There is no obligation to do these things super publicly because that would quickly escalate into vainglorious displays like as a Pharisee.

But sure, IDK...

This ties in a bit with the issue of Dive's heresy in the sense that... To what degree does someone have to be doctrinally sound and dogmatic.

IDK.

@divegeester said
You “don’t know” and are just speculating... but you think that whatever it is that you “don’t know” is “tied in with my (alleged) heresy about a completely different subject altogether?

But then you “don’t know” again.

@philokalia said
But the Book of Revelations does imply that anyoen that takes away from the book (the Gospels as a whole) is in grave danger of hellfire.

@philokalia said
Your heresy is not alleged. It's absolutely factual by the canons of the Orthodox or Catholic church, and the statements of faith and doctrines found in every single Protestant church I really know of. Your heresy is a sign not only of ignorance, but the belief that you can actually question the Bible, which is pretty extreme.