Citing ‘Two Corinthians,’ Trump Struggles to Make the Sale to Evangelicals

By Published on January 19, 2016

There were a few stumbles during Donald Trump’s sojourn to Liberty University on Monday.

He mispronounced a book of the Bible. He cursed — twice. And on Martin Luther King Day, the GOP presidential candidate said he was honoring the slain civil-rights leader by dedicating to him the record crowds he says he drew for the school’s opening convocation. (Students are required to attend.)

“We’re going to protect Christianity. I can say that. I don’t have to be politically correct,” he thundered at the beginning of his speech at the conservative evangelical university.

Then he moved on to cite “Two Corinthians 3:17, that’s the whole ballgame. … Is that the one you like?” Trump asked. “Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”

That’s a verse that’s etched on campus buildings, but that verse comes from “Second Corinthians” — not “Two.”

Read the article “Citing ‘Two Corinthians,’ Trump Struggles to Make the Sale to Evangelicals” on npr.org.

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