While some Christian leaders have been vocal about their support for Donald Trump's presidential bid, Pastor Max Lucado remains vocal about his reservations concerning the business tycoon, saying he believes Trump is giving Christians a bad name.
According to Inquisitr, the pastor and bestselling author has some serious concerns about Trump being elected to the White House.
"My concern is that somebody would make a decision against Christianity because of Mr. Trump's behavior. And that's my high concern here. And to that person I would say, the way he speaks about people is not the way our master, our savior has taught us to speak, it's not the way our scriptures urge us to speak," Lucado said.
Lucado finds issue with Trump's divisive political stands as well as the manner of speech in which the tycoon expresses his views, especially where these concern women and people with disabilities.
The pastor added that since Trump is presenting himself as a Christian, he may be giving a false identity to the faith.
"Now this is a huge deal in scripture, and so I would encourage that person, and the reason I've gone so verbal and vocal with this is because I'm protective of the reputation of Christ and the church, and I would ask that person not to interpret the Christian faith through the words of Mr. Trump," he said, assuring that he will hold the same standards for anyone who claims to be a Christian.
However, not all Christian leaders seem to have a problem with the manner in which Trump delivers statements even on controversial issues like abortion, reported Christian Post.
Just recently, the presidential hopeful came under fire for saying that women who get an abortion should be subject to some sort of punishment.
Pastor Robert Jeffress of the 12,000-strong First Baptist Dallas Church for his part, tweeted his support for the businessman.
"Conservatives' outrage over @realDonaldTrump abortion comments hypocritical. Maybe they don't really believe abortion is murder," he tweeted.
