Posted on 08/16/2008 11:59:35 AM PDT by XR7
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — When John McCain and Barack Obama appear on the same stage today, they will vividly demonstrate the reach that has made the Rev. Rick Warren among the most significant evangelists of his generation.
He's a megastar who leads the nation's fourth-largest church and reaches thousands of ministers through the Internet and crusades against poverty and AIDS. That globe-trotting work and his successful book — "The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?" — puts him at the vanguard of a movement that inspires young, socially conscious Christians.
But his willingness to soft-pedal political issues once central to U.S. evangelicals, such as opposition to abortion, has opened him to criticism that he has strayed from his calling to spread the Gospel.
Today's forum also is a sign of religion's importance in the 2008 presidential campaign, and the emergence of a new style of evangelical leadership on the national stage that is not tied to a single party and has broadened its social agenda beyond that of the religious right.
"This is absolutely a changing of the guard, and it suggests that the new guard of the evangelical movement is able to generate the attention and focus of both parties," said D. Michael Lindsay, a sociologist at Rice University and author of "Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite."
Warren personally invited the two candidates — "friends of mine" — via their cellphones. His event at the Saddleback Church will be broadcast live on CNN and Fox News Channel and streamed on the Web. It has among its aims "helping the church regain credibility and encouraging our society to return to civility," he said.
It's likely that fans and critics will be watching closely...
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Yeah.
Remember when the Dade County, Florida election offices were FReeped?
LOL! They didn't know what to do when the offices were stormed by protesting FReepers en masse when Algore tried to steal the election.
Lots of lurkers joined the FR ranks during that time.
well, that makes one of you
Rick Warren also appears to be the author of the Pork Chop Driven Life.
You seem to know the subject. How would you put Joel Osteen into the mix?
Wow. He really has a ways with words, doesn’t he?
What you just posted has all the substance and relevance of an Obama post.
Feel free to pass that on to Dr. Keyes.
Oh my. That can't be good for The Chosen One.
Not so anymore, I can assure you.
http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net : "Saddleback Civil Forum Thread"
Barry's got his work cut out in uniting his party. :)
There are actually quiet a few English versions of the Bible that can past muster - including some that don’t have the obvious mistranslations of the KJV.
Thomas is by far the most articulate and intellectual of any of the justices as demonstrated by the clarity and economy of his decisions.
Yes.
And by criticizing Justice Thomas, Obama revealed what a brilliant jurist he is.
I got the book and looked up every Bible reference. That was eye-opening.
A subtle Christian way to oppose abortion would be to celebrate the birth of your children on the day they were conceived.
Wow..Do I feel better about McCain!
Er, um. uh, would you like an er, um uh, French manicure, for your er, um hands.
lol...and we could hold the party out of the back of that 2005 GMC Dually I had to get even more precise on that note...
the end result is on my homepage....not bad for a couple of old farts if I say so myself
man..they must hate Obama to be gaggling over McCain
Oh so “you will be voting for neither” BUT OUB’SSAMA was more relax following the advises and training of his new “Guru”(among others)Georgy CLOOWN(EY) (and i forgot P.HILTON)....
Right i think you got the big issue! OUSSBAMA looks relax!
Think you remark is relevant and helpfull!(sarc)
Nobody knows really how you are going to vote BTW...
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