A leading evangelical never-Trumper has changed his tune and says this time around he's inclined to vote for Donald J. Trump – due primarily to the president's consistency on the pro-life issue.

Saying he has a different moral estimation of Donald Trump, Dr. Al Mohler (pictured) – president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary – indicated on his podcast "Ask Me Anything" last week that he will probably vote for Donald Trump in 2020 after publicly opposing him in 2016:

Mohler: "Are things different for in 2020 for me? I'll tell you, they are different for me in the final calculation …. I would argue that what's happened in the United States is the partisan divide has become so great that we are basically in a situation where … it comes down to the position articulated by the party – that's going to be most important."

Saying he has not changed his opinion of President Trump's moral character, Mohler said the two major party platforms are so oppositional that for him the choice is clear – and likely will be for years to come. And the president, he added, has kept his conservative promises:

Mohler: "He has been more consistent in pro-life decisions, executive orders … than any president of the United States of any party … in the quality of appointments he's made to the federal judiciary, which will far outlive any presidency."

Evangelical apologist Dr. Alex McFarland says better late than never.

McFarland

"I applaud Dr. Mohler for having the courage to do what I suspect he's known he should do since January of 2016 – which is support President Trump," McFarland tells OneNewsNow. "We who have supported the president since even before the time of his candidacy would say, 'All is forgiven. Come on, let's save our nation.'"

McFarland says it's hard to overstate the importance of the upcoming election – particularly when taking into account recent actions among the leadership of the Democratic Party.

"What they could not accomplish constitutionally they are trying to accomplish pandemically by taking away our civil liberties," he argues. "Now more than ever it is imperative that the president get reelected."

Dr. Mohler's discussion and explanation about the 2020 election

begins at 41:01 in this YouTube video.