It was the gilt that struck me first. Shiny gold doors inlaid with an ornate pattern, glinting in the background of a photo of a beaming Donald Trump with a grinning Scott Morrison. Gold, money, success. Or, the appearance of money, the appearance of success.of an ostentatious, moneyed Manhattan, far, far from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire, that our former prime minister appeared thrilled to be briefly part of.
Two men, in suits. Two men of scant self-doubt who believe God chose them to lead their countries. Two men courting American evangelicals.Plans For Your Good: A Prime Minister’s Testimony of God’s Faithfulness The photo of Trump and Morrison was a neat depiction of the brotherhood of Christian nationalism, and a reminder of why so many people outside the church associate Christianity with conservatism and a pursuit of power, even now with men like Trump whose alleged lovers tell courts they don’t like wearing condoms when they cheat on their wives, but proudly, strategically take credit for the Supreme Court’s dismantling of women’s reproductive rights.
He said he had made the “painful and difficult” decision to sever ties with the SBC after its leaders, “quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to Adam and was responsible for original sin, ordained that women must be ‘subservient’ to their husbands and prohibited from serving as deacons, pastors or chaplains in the military service”.
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