“God Can Use Anyone”: How a Lazy Theology Misled Christians…

Was It Worth It? Trump, Racism, and the Moral Collapse of Christian Witness

A theological critique of Trump-supporting Christians,

 examining prosperity theology, power, and moral compromise

in the wake of a racist post targeting the Obamas

Years of Self-Deception

For years, you blinded yourselves.

You seared your consciences and blasphemed against the Holy Spirit every time you repeated,

“Oh God can use anyone.”

That was not humility.

It was self-deception.

You mocked God while claiming reverence.

News: Trump Posts Racist Image of the Obamas

Donald Trump has posted an image depicting Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as apes.

Let that sink in.

So How Do Trump-Supporting Nigerian Pentecostals Feel Right Now?

This is not a rhetorical question.

How do you feel right now?

After years of insisting that character does not matter.

After years of saying, “God can use anyone.”

After years of baptizing vulgarity, cruelty, and open malice with Bible verses.

How do you feel now?

The Christian Institutions That Cheered Him On

How do the priests on EWTN who openly supported Trump feel right now?

How does Scott Peterson feel?

How does Robert Barron feel?

He was appointed to a Trump commission on May 1, 2025.

The commission is said to assess threats to religious freedom and recommend policies to protect it.

So let us ask a simple, honest question.

What Exactly Is the Threat to Religious Freedom?

Apart from Barack Obama’s misguided attempt to require Catholic institutions to include abortion coverage for employees, can anyone name another concrete threat to religious liberty in America?

One.

Just one.

Not vibes.

Not talking points.

Not culture-war hysteria.

A real, documented threat.

The Cyrus Excuse

“Yes, Cyrus was an unbeliever,” you say.

But you forget something crucial.

Cyrus was never called a scoundrel.

He was never known as a liar.

He was a man of integrity, widely respected, acknowledged even by his enemies as a wise and just ruler.

Scripture does not present him as vulgar, cruel, or morally reckless.

He was an instrument in God’s hand, yes,

but also a man whose public life did not contradict the role he was given.

You turned that historical moment into a theological escape hatch.

Why You Did It

Why?

Because you hate the truth.

And deeper still, because you have no love for Jesus.

What You Actually Love

What you love is prosperity.

A mechanized Jesus.

A faith reduced to formulas.

A covenant rewritten as a transaction.

You convinced yourselves that if you aligned your giving, your declarations, and your politics with your invented “principles,” God would be bound to perform His side of the bargain.

And what is that side?

To prosper you.

That is your gospel.

A Gospel Without the Cross

You welded Malachi 3:10 to the New Testament without fear of God.

You brushed aside Christ, the Cross, suffering, obedience, repentance, and holiness.

Outside the promises you invented, you truly have no love for Jesus.

None.

A Word on Overreach and Consequences

Tough love: I think gay people pushed their luck.

They got heady from GKW.

They failed to count their blessings.

And yes, they FAFO’d.

But none of that justifies the moral bargain you made.

You did not defend religious liberty.

You defended indecency.

And now the fruit is on full display.

Jesus Has a Word for The Self-Righteous 

Jesus has a word for people like YOU.

He calls them Satan.

The same word He used for Peter when Peter recoiled from the Cross.

“No suffering.”

“No sacrifice.”

“No death.”

“That is not my kind of Messiah.”

That, in essence, was Peter’s protest.

As Fulton J. Sheen once observed, it took scarcely ninety seconds for our Blessed Lord to move from calling Peter “Blessed” to calling him “Satan.”

The denial of the Cross is a grievous matter.

And it is immaterial how much grace one may have previously enjoyed.

This Is the Reckoning

Please, come.

Come.

Let us reason.

This is what you aligned yourselves with.

Not reluctantly.

Not under duress.

But enthusiastically.

History is watching.

And so is the Church you claim to love.

Look at the image again.

Do not rush past it.

Do not excuse it.

Do not spiritualize it away.

Look.

Then ask yourself, quietly and honestly:

Was it worth it?

Was it worth it?