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An outraged evangelical pastor has railed against Donald Trump's MAGA bible as 'disgusting' and 'blasphemous' in a furious rant.
Loran Livingston devoted several minutes of his sermon at Central Church of North Carolina, in Charlotte, to trashing the ex-president's merchandise.
The God Bless the USA Bible, which costs $60 - four times a normal one - to fund Trump's escalating legal bills, was launched last month.
His bible includes copies of the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance, as well as a handwritten chorus of the famous Greenwood song God Bless the USA.
These extras, and the American flag on the leather cover, incensed pastor Livingston, and he accused anyone buying it of not knowing God's word.
Loran Livingston devoted several minutes of his sermon at Central Church of North Carolina , in Charlotte, to trashing Donald Trump's MAGA bible as 'disgusting' and 'blasphemous'
'When you don't read and pray, you say, "Wow, there's a Bible out now that includes the Constitution and the Bill of rights! Isn't that wonderful?" he began.
'No, no. It's disgusting! It's blasphemous! It's a ploy! Are you kidding me?
'Some of you are so encouraged by that. Let me tell you something. The gospel is not an American gospel! It is the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ!'
Livingston, who is a hardline conservative who moments earlier railed against 'the whole LGBTQ thing' and called abortion murder, mocked Christians who were 'encouraged' by the Trump bible including the US Constitution.
'A document that says, "We are of the people, by the people and for the people". The people, the people, the people!' he said, beating his palm with his fist.
'And you have put it right beside the word of God, which is eternal, unchanging, which says of him, by him, through him, to him, from him are all things.
'And you're going to put those together and be happy about it? God forbid!'
Livingston said he didn't care if his words made those listening mad, and if they glorified Trump's bible they were ignorant of God's will.
'If you glory in that kind of thing, you don't have a prayer life. If you glory in that kind of mess, political mess, you do not know what the word of God says,' he said.
