‘Christian nationalism’ or ‘made-up controversy’? 7 Reactions to Trump signing Bibles

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Erick Erickson

(Photo: Twitter / @EWErickson)
(Photo: Twitter / @EWErickson) | (Photo: Twitter / @EWErickson)

Prominent conservative intellectual Erick Erickson spoke of concern about President Donald Trump autographing the Bible, noting a difference in signing a Bible and autographing one.

“If you give someone a Bible as a gift, write a note, sign it, whatever,” tweeted Erickson on Saturday, getting more than 1,600 likes.

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“But getting people to autograph books they didn’t write strikes me as poor form. And autographing a Bible strikes me as assigning it an importance that distracts from it being the word of God.”  

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