Why would the ministers mention Jesus Christ when Ronald Reagan never mentioned him?
Reagan, also, was sensitive to the fact that he was president to all Americans, not just Christian Americans.
Referring to "God" when praying seemed to work for Abraham and Moses.
Huh?
In January 1984, President Reagan dared to utter the “J word” before the annual convention of the National Religious Broadcasters. “No matter where we live,” Reagan began, “we have a promise that can make all the difference—a promise from Jesus to soothe our sorrows, heal our hearts and drive away our fears. He promised there will never be a dark night that does not end. Our weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. He promised if our hearts are true, His love will be sure as sunlight. And by dying for us, Jesus showed how far our love should be ready to go: all the way.”
Many Christians when speaking to GOD are speaking of Jesus Christ...When asking for forgiveness and giving your heart to the Messiah that can reconcile you with the one true living GOD you refer to Jesus.... To me Jesus is GOD in the flesh of a human being...GOD made man in his own image
So who's image do you think that would be?
GOD is a Spirit, If GOD could speak to Moses in a form of a burning bush he surely could incarnate himself to a mortal sinless man..
There is sin and evil in the world, and we're enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might. Our nation, too, has a legacy of evil with which it must deal. The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens for equal rights, once a source of disunity and civil war, is now a point of pride for all Americans. We must never go back. There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country.
President Reagan's Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals Orlando, Florida March 8, 1983
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/resource/speeches/1983/30883b.htm
Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida
March 8, 1983
“Now, obviously, much of this new political and social consensus I've talked about is based on a positive view of American history, one that takes pride in our country's accomplishments and record. But we must never forget that no government schemes are going to perfect man. We know that living in this world means dealing with what philosophers would call the phenomenology of evil or, as theologians would put it, the doctrine of sin. “
“There is sin and evil in the world, and we're enjoined by Scripture and the Lord Jesus to oppose it with all our might. Our nation, too, has a legacy of evil with which it must deal. The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens for equal rights, once a source of disunity and civil war, is now a point of pride for all Americans. We must never go back. There is no room for racism, anti-Semitism, or other forms of ethnic and racial hatred in this country.”
Note: The President spoke at 3:04 p.m. in the Citrus Crown Ballroom at the Sheraton Twin Towers Hotel.
Following his appearance before the convention, the President attended a Florida Republican fundraising reception at the hotel and then returned to Washington, D.C.
The President went on to talk about why a nuclear freeze would not be good at this time for America.
“The truth is that a freeze now would be a very dangerous fraud, for that is merely the illusion of peace. The reality is that we must find peace through strength.
I would agree to a freeze if only we could freeze the Soviets' global desires. A freeze at current levels of weapons would remove any incentive for the Soviets to negotiate seriously in Geneva and virtually end our chances to achieve the major arms reductions which we have proposed. Instead, they would achieve their objectives through the freeze.
A freeze would reward the Soviet Union for its enormous and unparalleled military buildup. It would prevent the essential and long overdue modernization of United States and allied defenses and would leave our aging forces increasingly vulnerable. And an honest freeze would require extensive prior negotiations on the systems and numbers to be limited and on the measures to ensure effective verification and compliance. And the kind of a freeze that has been suggested would be virtually impossible to verify. Such a major effort would divert us completely from our current negotiations on achieving substantial reductions.”