Pastor Pavlovitz nails it

John Pavlovitz is an 18-year ministry veteran who serves the North Raleigh Community Church in North Carolina. He's also outspoken against Donald Trump.

According to his blog, John Pavolvitz is an, "18-year ministry veteran trying to figure out how to love people well and to live-out the red letters of Jesus," who loves songwriting, exercising, cooking, hiking and eating emotionally.

He also realizes what's at stake in Tuesday's election.

In his, "If You're Afraid of Election Day," post, Pavlovitz excluded white people, especially straight males, from his message. Instead, he directed the post to the LGBTQ community, minorities, Muslims, immigrants and women.

"I imagine you’ve felt under constant attack over the past few months. I imagine it’s all been rightly horrific to walk through it all and to see what you’ve seen and hear what you’ve heard. You’ve experienced the open hostility of your neighbors and coworkers and church friends, you’ve read their social media tirades and seen their yard signs, you’ve watched blatant bigotry against you rewarded with rising poll numbers, and you’re dreading Tuesday as your worst nightmare possibly coming true.

"I want you to know that you are not alone. I want you to know that there are millions of your brothers and sisters who are for you; that we are with you now and we’ll be with you on Tuesday night—and on Wednesday morning and for the next four years."

Pavolovitz promises to walk with them over the next four years.

"This is your America too. You belong here. You are home here. No election or candidate or politician can change that. No amount of hateful words can alter it."

He's right. We've all got to stick together to drown out the hate and show those people they're the ones who do not belong.

America is the melting pot.

Pavlovitz hit the nail on the head in his, "7 Things Christians Are Giving Up By Supporting Donald Trump,' post.

I have said similar things.

Those of you who consider yourself Christians or Evangelicals yet support Donald Trump are proving to the rest of us that your beliefs are a facade. They aren't real. Because, when given the chance to defend your religion, you instead stood for everything else.

Here's what Pavolvitz had to say:

• The “Sanctity of Marriage.

"Supporting a candidate currently on marriage number three, one with a documented history of infidelity, flies in the face of the image they’ve cultivated as guardians of the sacred institution of Marriage."

• The Bible as moral authority. 

"The problem is, Donald Trump is Biblically illiterate. His knowledge of the Bible is so woefully pitiful that he wouldn’t be allowed to lead a second grade Bible Study, let alone the country."

• America as a Christian Nation. 

"Any claims that Christ is at the center of our county’s genesis really fly out the window when you elevate a person of Trump’s poor character to its highest position, and affirm that he represent its presence in the world. This may have been a myth all along, but it will be one Christians can throw away for good."

• The idea of protecting women. 

"To put one’s support behind Donald Trump, a man such with a well-documented, repeated, and deplorable disregard for women should be a flat-out embarrassment to those claiming women’s safety and security matter at all."

• Claiming to be pro-life. 

"Many Christians who identify as pro-life are voting for Donald Trump based on that issue alone,  yet Donald Trump is not pro-life. He may have once mentioned being anti-abortion, but this is a far cry from being an advocate for Life in any meaningful way. In fact, with his open racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and his contempt for immigrants and the working poor, Donald Trump has shown contempt for a great swath of Humanity."

•  Any talk of “Family Values.” 

"There is simply no solid ground to stand on to make this claim while supporting Donald Trump to our highest office. The disconnect is simply too great."

• Policing anyone for sinful behavior. 

"One of Evangelicals favorite pastimes is evaluating the conduct of other people and measuring their moral worth accordingly.  To then rationalize away the orchards of rotten fruit in Donald Trump’s personal and business history by saying “God looks at the heart” and warning those who bring these things up by chastising them “not to judge”, puts them on really shaky ground and gives them zero credibility to ever critique anyone else again."

Please, read the entire post as Pavlovitz offers a great deal more support for his positions.