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Eric Metaxas opens up about his Trump support

Last updated on: August 13, 2016 at 3:16 pm   by Jacob Lupfer

Eric Metaxas opens up about his Trump support 2016-08-13T15:16:17-04:00 Jacob Lupfer

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A lot of people are saying that author Eric Metaxas’ endorsement of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was a powerful signal of approval from a prominent conservative evangelical.

While many respected evangelical leaders abhor Trump’s campaign and cannot bear the thought of voting for him, Metaxas emerged as a major voice willing to vouch for Trump, telling evangelicals, in fact, that they must vote for him.

So it caught my eye when a liberal religion journalist announced that he had interviewed Metaxas.

What would Metaxas say to former New York Times “Beliefs” columnist Mark Oppenheimer?

Well, now we know.

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