From North Carolina pastor John Pavlovitz:
No, this thing is the antithesis of all of it.
This isn’t Christianity—at least, not if we’re going to listen to Jesus.
Where Jesus implored Christians to love and to care for and to show hospitality to their neighbors—this drives people to fear them and have contempt for them and send them back and wall them off.
Where Jesus directed Christians to pray and to give in quiet and secret—this is a shameless, staged photo op to engender applause.
Where Jesus told Christians that they would be defined by the way in which they lavishly love humanity—this is a malicious assault on nearly all of it.
Where Jesus directed Christians to live humbly and take the lowest place—this is arrogance and boasting and self-promotion.
Where Jesus fed multitudes and healed sick without asking for repayment—this is healthcare repeals and canceled school lunch programs and “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps disdain for the needy.