Author: David Gushee

A community member holds up a bible during a vigil in memory of Alton Sterling, who was shot dead by police, at the Triple S Food Mart in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. on July 6, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Jeffrey Dubinsky © XXSTRINGERXX xxxxx / Reuters

President Reagan is joined at the podium by Elie Wiesel, chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, during a Day of Remembrance ceremony on April 20, 1981 at the White House. Religion News Service file photo

“God Bless America,” written in sand with an American flag. Photo courtesy of Maria Dryfhout via Shutterstock

Christopher Hitchens, journalist and author of his new memoir “Hitch 22,” poses for a portrait outside his hotel in New York, June 7, 2010. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton *Editors: This photo may only be republished with RNS-HITCHENS-BOOK, originally transmitted on April 20, 2016. © Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

Delegates to the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore., consider their hopes and dreams for the legislative meeting. Photo by Mike DuBose, UMNS Mike DuBose

U.S. Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz speaks to supporters, after finishing third in the South Carolina primary behind Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio, at his primary night rally in Columbia, South Carolina February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts – RTX27VFH © Joshua Roberts / Reuters

On April 28 I joined a multi-racial group of Christian ministers and scholars in releasing a statement confessing resistance to Donald Trump as a Christian obligation. Indeed, I helped draft the statement, signed by dozens of leaders such as Jim Wallis, Otis Moss III, Shane Claiborne, and Lisa Sharon Harper.This statement has been under development…