Dallas • Anyone who knows the Bible shouldn’t take issue with the idea that God has given President Donald Trump authority to take out North Korea’s dictator, said Pastor Robert Jeffress, the Dallas megachurch leader who drew sharp rebukes for stating just that.
Jeffress sat down for an interview with Religion News Service on Sunday, just days after his words made headlines around the world. Christians and non-Christians accused him of exacerbating an already alarming war of words between Trump and the temperamental, young leader of nuclear-armed North Korea.
Critics have overreacted, said Jeffress, lead pastor of First Baptist Dallas, whose public observances on current events have made him a target before.