Overview
"Similarities between ""Playboy"" Donald Trump and ""Holy Man"" Martin Luther? Scandalized by such a thought? Through the rediscovery of the Gospel, the great Reformer realized he was the object of God's love, not His anger and wrath. Both Luther and Trump understood that God's ways are not always our ways, and that God can choose and work through sinners. Neither twin understood themselves to be saints but were free to be themselves. They are gifted yet flawed human beings driven by optimistic visions of what the Church and State should be. Drawing insights from history, Scripture, and theology, Swartz illustrates numerous similarities in his Twins' separated by five centuries. The times, events, and circumstances they encountered exhibit uncanny parallelisms: elite establishments, social media, swamps, walls, and plagues. Even more striking is how their ""political stance"" and personal traits mirror each other: coarse and filthy speech, pugnacious reactions, and use of derisive nicknames. There's also a resemblance in their spouses as they became the ""Maligned Housewives of the Black Cloister and the White House!"""
Full Product Details
Author: Paul F Swartz
Publisher: Gatekeeper Press
Imprint: Gatekeeper Press
Dimensions:
Width: 20.30cm
, Height: 3.40cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.311kg
ISBN: 9781662923838
ISBN 10: 166292383
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 27 July 2023
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
"Paul F. Swartz is a Lutheran pastor in ""Re-Firement."" He has served churches in Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana; developed a new congregation; served as an Assistant to the Bishop of the Ohio Synod, LCA; is an Emeriti Board member of his alma mater, Wittenberg University; and is the author of several journal articles. The Lilly Endowment awarded him a Clergy Renewal Grant that enabled him to study and trace Luther's steps in Germany. He is enjoying combining his vocation with his avocation, stamp collecting, and is anxious to complete a book on Martin Luther, ""A Life Stamped, Cancelled, and Delivered"" which will be ""Illustrated Philatelically"" from his vast world-wide Luther/Reformation collection. That project was sidelined when its research began to reveal striking similarities between The Reformer and The President which led to this publication. Paul and his wife Betty have been married fifty-eight years and currently reside in Carmel, Indiana. Their daughter, Lynnea, and son-in-law, Chris, are parents to their two grandchildren Jessica and Rylan. Paul and Betty also had a son, Aaron, who is now deceased."
