The Executive Orders of President Donald Trump: A Biblical Perspective

EXECUTIVE ORDERS (EOs) ARE COMMON IN AMERICAN POLITICAL LIFE.
But what are they? What force do they have? Can they be overturned? How do we understand them? But more importantly, what effect do they have? And how do we measure that?

Garlow and Kacer contend that since God invented civil government and establishes nations, the Bible is the measuring rod by which we can determine the difference between a good EO and a bad one. This in-depth biblical analysis—which includes a graph to help readers discern between biblical and unbiblical EOs—examines more than 200 Executive Orders issued during the first year (2025) of President Donald J. Trump’s second term.

Why should this matter? The writer of the Psalms answers that question with these words: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12).