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‘Disturbing,’ ‘nutty,’ ‘dangerous’: 5 Christian leaders react to Trump’s ‘King of Israel’ retweet

By Michael Gryboski, Editor Twitter

Carmen Fowler LaBerge

Donald Trump shows off the Bible his mother gave him in a January 2016 video thanking evangelical Christians for supporting his campaign.
Donald Trump shows off the Bible his mother gave him in a January 2016 video thanking evangelical Christians for supporting his campaign. | (Photo: Facebook/Donald Trump)

Carmen Fowler LaBerge, author, radio host and executive director of the Common Ground Christian Network, took issue with the president’s endorsement of the comparison.

In a post to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, LaBerge explained that she believed the president did not give the correct response to the comments by Root.

“The righteous response, if such idolatrous things are ever said of you, is to deny and humble thyself, pointing insistently to Jesus,” LaBerge advised.

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