On the heels of Donald Trump’s meeting this week with Evangelical leaders, Dr. James Dobson said that the presumptive GOP nominee only recently accepted a “relationship with Christ.”
Dobson, the founder of the Focus on the Family group, said that he knows the person who led Trump to his newly-found relationship, but isn’t sure how long it goes back. He also said that Trump is a “baby Christian” who needs the prayers of everyone. The Christian psychologist made the comments to Pennsylvania megachurch leader Michael Anthony following the meeting.1
“He did accept the relationship with Christ. I know the person who led him to Christ, and that’s fairly recent,” Dobson said. “I don’t know when it was, but it has not been long. I believe he really made a commitment, but he’s a baby Christian. We all need to be praying for him, especially if there’s a possibility of him being our next chief executive officer.”
Dobson, who previously backed Sen. Ted Cruz, also touched on Trump’s discussions with the leaders, noting that he is unable to speak the language like others in the political arena and those within the Christian community.
“I think he’s open. He doesn’t know our language. We had 40 Christians together with him, he used the ‘hell’ four or five times,” Dobson said. “He doesn’t know our language, he really doesn’t, and he refers a lot to religion and not much to faith and belief.”
“You got to cut him some slack. He didn’t grow up like we did. I think there’s hope for him, and I think think there’s hope for us. I have great concerns about the next election.”
Prior to the Iowa caucuses, Dobson campaigned for Cruz along with people like Bob Vander Plaats and other leaders within the Christian community. However, Dobson is intrigued by the real estate mogul, having spoken highly of what Trump had to say at the meeting on Tuesday.
