No one expects to see massive evangelical defections from the Trump camp, but the "Christianity Today" incident did shake loose some evangelical anti-Trumpers who until now haven’t been especially vocal.

White evangelicals love to portray themselves as the last bastion of morality and decency in America, yet 81 percent of them voted for Trump in 2016 even though they were well aware of his moral failings and crude behavior, and they’ve stood by him despite a litany of scandals and crass actions.

The stroke of Martin Luther’s ham¬mer fell on the church door at Wittenberg 502 years ago with an echo that resonated in that church as loudly as it has in all churches since.