What Happened When Phil Robertson Shared Jesus with Trump
“Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson lived his life unashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Since giving his heart completely over to Christ at the age of 28, Robertson, who passed away this week at 79 years old, had rarely missed an opportunity to share the good news with those around him.
That remained true, even as the “Duck Commander” and his family gained fame and notoriety through their successful A&E show.
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Earlier this year, his son, Jase Robertson, recalled the time Phil shared the gospel with Donald Trump in 2016 and even predicted the assassination attempt that would take place eight years later.
“He’s like, ‘Hey, you are not getting any younger… there’s people after you. He was like, ‘Somebody will try to kill you,'” he recounted, adding, “It is actually really profound when I think about that.”
Jase and his brother, Al Robertson, shared that story on Allie Beth Stuckey’s podcast, “Unrelatable,” when they came on to give an update on the health of their dad after his recent diagnosis.
What Happened to Phil Robertson’s Health
As CBN News reported, the senior Robertson was battling a form of Alzheimer’s disease along with a blood disease.
Jase announced the diagnosis earlier this year on the “Unashamed with the Robertson Family” podcast.
“Phil’s not doing well. I think I spoke on the 1,000th podcast, we were trying to figure out the diagnosis, but according to the doctors, he has some sort of blood disease causing all kinds of problems,” he said at that time.
“It’s like accelerated, and it’s causing problems with his entire body. And he has the early stages of Alzheimer’s. So, if you put those things together, he’s really not doing well. He’s struggling,” Jase said.
But while on Stuckey’s podcast, he went into more detail.
“Basically, the diagnosis that was given to us is he has some kind of blood disorder, and they likened it to blood cancer where it kind of attacks his bones,” Jase described.
He continued, “So he’s had multiple back fractures and even one on in his tailbone and so he’ll have to go do these procedures because they’re not really correctable. They just do a procedure that makes it stop hurting, which is from my understanding…they’re basically just putting cement in his back but your back is not designed to have cement…it’s supposed to be flexible.”
“Meanwhile, you have another diagnosis, which they said he has the early stages of Alzheimer’s,” he said, adding that the two diagnoses are “working against each other.”
“Every time he has to go under for a procedure, and they say sometimes that going under anesthesia progresses these mental states, it’s harder for him to come back to reality,” Jase shared.
He added that seeing his father decline was difficult over the last few months, but it became the “new normal.”
“That’s kind of where we are cuz overall when people say well, ‘How’s Phil doing?’ you know it’s hard to explain that in one sentence. Overall, not great.”
The Time Phil Wrote Down the Gospel for Trump
The brothers then shared about their father’s legacy and his heart to share the gospel whenever he had an opportunity, including the time he first met Donald Trump.
Jase said that at the time, his father wrote the story of Jesus on a sheet of paper for Trump.
“So he handed the paper to President Trump, and he’s like, ‘You, you need to move on that. This needs to be the core of everything you do,'” Jase recalled his father saying.
Phil Robertson Also Told About the Time He Shared Jesus With Trump
While Jase also gave a big update to that story, the senior Robertson had shared about his encounter with Trump on Stuckey’s podcast a few years ago.
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Phil: “When I first met Donald Trump, I did the same thing. I wrote this on a piece of paper and I said, ‘Whatever happens’ – he was running for office at this time – I saw him a couple of times after that, but while he was running for office I said, ‘Whatever happens, Trump, don’t miss this.'”
“I said, ‘There’s a cross. Jesus died on the cross.’ I said, ‘For the sins of the world. I said, ‘You do have sins, Don’t you?’
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