If anyone was a champion of globalization, it was Ronald Reagan. He was also pro-immigration.
He was the darling of American Evangelicals.
Trump is vocally anti-globalization and the most anti-immigration president in decades.
He too is the darling of American Evangelicals.
So what changed? Nothing to do with the Bible, but the evolution of the US economy. People were hard hit by globalization, and US demographics are at tipping point.
This is what is driving a lot of this.
Sometimes, I feel sorry for Nigerian Evangelicals/Pentecostals who have no concept/understanding of the world, or their place in it.
Many of them believe their mission in life is "to live vicariously for America and Israel".
But that is not Christianity.
There's no religious American that will not try to convince you (often subconsciously) that "God is an American". They are often very successful - especially with Africans.
But if you can't relate your faith to your context, you are missing out on a lot.
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I watched Yvette Cooper tear Suella Braverman to pieces.
Many Africans haven't fully appreciated what the UK Conservative Government's singular on focus really Rwanda means.
It means the UK Government prefers African authoritarians, who do their bidding, to African democracies.
Trust me, this isn't the time for shallow thinking.
If you extrapolate, you'll understand the implications.
Some of you believe "Kagame is smart" by accepting the offer. Trust me, he isn't - he's cementing Africa's reputation as a dumping ground for Europe's problems.
I'm not going to bore you with the details - just use your brains, do a little thinking.
Also internalize this, just as Europe sees Africa as a dumping ground for its migrant problems - they also sees Africa as a dumping ground for their "climate change" problems.
Christianity was introduced to Africans with the idea of "generational curses" - and since then, African Christians have been obsessed with that idea.
It started with the "Curse of Ham" - which was a cynical ploy to justify slavery, and many Blacks fell for that nonsense.
When the "Curse of Ham" failed, "Nimrod", an obscure figure from thousands of years ago, was dredged up as an excuse for our position as the slaves, servants and wretched of the Earth.
After that came the syncretism of "ancestral curses" - borrowed from our traditional beliefs.
But the Bible is clear;
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him".