Where did the "evangel" in "evangelical" go?

I try to avoid posts that aren't focused on the arts and imagination.

But we're living in a world where an "evangelical" leader calls our President a "dream President" for evangelicals.

So if I'm going to retain any capacity to respect the term "evangelical," which my childhood burned like a tattoo on my history from early childhood, I need to insist, once again, on the importance of the "evangel" in the word.

That is to say, "the good news."

Rather than explaining this in my own words, let me turn to the holy Scriptures, which read like a protest against anything this "dream President" believes, proposes, or Tweets.

Breaking news from James 1:

If you put yourself on a pedestal, thinking you have become a role model in all things religious, but you can’t control your mouth, then think again. Your mouth exposes your heart, and your religion is useless.

Had enough? Sound like the worst-possible way to make your culture great again?

Just wait. There's more:

Need I remind Jerry Falwell Jr. that the very first book in the Bible spotlights God Almighty saying this?

I make you trustees of My estate, so care for My creation and rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, and every creature that roams across the earth.