Posted on 11/26/2007 10:34:49 PM PST by Plutarch
FOUNTAIN INN, South Carolina (CNN) Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee stepped into a familiar role on Sunday morning: that of Baptist minister.
Huckabee, who was a minister before he served two and a half terms as governor as Arkansas, took to the stage for about half an hour at two Baptist churches in South Carolina and told the congregations: "I am here today to talk about Jesus and not to talk about me."
"I always try to remind people that there is a place for politics, but when I come to church, it's to worship," he said at Gateway Baptist Church in Irmo, where he was mistakenly introduced as "Governor Hucklebee..."
(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...
Mike Huckabee disses Americans, Mexicans, promotes illegal immigration: http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/005609.html
Christians Need To Beware Of Mike Huckabee:
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20071102.html
While Gov. of Arkansas, Huckabee was AGAINST proving citizenship in order to register to vote. He called those who were in favor of this racists...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050218/news_lz1e18perkins.html
Huckabee fought hard to kill an Arkansas bill which would have cut off social services for illegal aliens. Huckabee called the bill, anti-Christian and un-American...
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/01/28/News/316347.html
Huckabee supported in-state tuition for illegal aliens...
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/03/11/News/318458.html
Huckabees opposition to the illegal aliens bill:
http://www.diggersrealm.com/mt/archives/000718.html
Going with both should throw up a large red flag.
"Take heed that no one leads you astray. For many will come in My Name."
Christian Conservatives beware, Duckabee is a FALSE PROPHET!
Not only is he a fiscal liberal, but I don’t think that the President should be running around the country preaching about Jesus. Leave that to the ministers.
Just like they sold us Jimmah.
In the Evangelical-conservative political marriage, both sides have been cheating - and it's not at all clear who's fooling who.
If I knew nothing about what the Bible said I would have come away from the preaching still NOT knowing anything about what the Bible says.
I agree. Mixing politics and religion means those who disagree with your politics will assume they also must oppose Christianity, and vice-versa.
Your beliefs about God will invariably shape your world view, but preaching while running for President can only end in mud getting tossed at Jesus.
The First Amendment requires that expressions of faith be neither prohibited nor preferred. We should not banish religion from the public square, but should guarantee access to all voices and views. We should share and debate our faith, but never seek to impose it. When discussing faith and politics, we should honor the "candid" in candidate - I have much more respect for an honest atheist than a disingenuous believer.
My faith is my life - it defines me. My faith doesn't influence my decisions, it drives them. For example, when it comes to the environment, I believe in being a good steward of the earth. I don't separate my faith from my personal and professional lives.
Real faith makes us humble and mindful, not of the faults of others, but of our own. It makes us less judgmental, as we see others with the same frailties we have. Faith gives us strength in the face of injustice and motivates us to do our best for "the least of us."
Our nation was birthed in a spirit of faith - not a prescriptive one telling us whether to believe, but one acknowledging that a providence pervades our world.
The guy is running for President, but can't stay away from the pulpit to start preaching about Jesus. We know he can do that, what we don't know is if he could be a decent GOP Presidential candidate, and this tends to show that he wouldn't.
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