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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Thanks Nana. I needed the kisses and hugs and yep, I can feel the luuuuv!
Ha. yeah that was a good one.
Oh you WERE asked, SW, and I’m happy to have your reply.
Thanks for the link in your post #1452! Hope everyone takes the time to watch it! Short but sure a great one! :)
Ann Lewis: also in charge of bimbo eruptions for the Clintons. I guess that part of her resume’ did not make it on to Wikipedia.
I don’t know how to post an article however I can say for certain that Rick Warren supports the Syrians as well as the So called Palestinians.
Freep Article likely 2 years old or so.
My M in L left his church after I sent it to her.
Come on, he has the black vote sewn up remember?
They wouldn’t even blink about it.
Sad... I remember when they had common sense and looked at how a man treated his family and who they dealt with.
My bad :)
Bishop Harry Jackson!! On Cspan....ripping it up! Not afraid to speak the truth!
Kay Warren, left, wife of pastor Rick Warren,
It could also be that he hates him because Thomas is a conservative justice on the Supreme Court. He knows that Thomas will not rule on the side of Choice. And in his mind, if Obama was president, such a ruling would be seen as Thomas facing the first black president and telling him “NO”. Having risen to the Oval Office, Obama will believe that he has all of black America sitting in the palm of his hand... all except for maybe that man on the Supreme Court.
He would never want to see Thomas as his equal.
A black conservative justice on the Supreme Court trumps a black liberal man in the Oval Office... because Thomas is not just a black man. He represents more than that.
I couldn’t believe this is Cspan.
Yes, the media is spittling their sycophancy for the marxist candidate and some on FOX are telliung the story of the event. McCain proved why he is the candidate whom we need in the WH instead of the Marxist Obama mama.
Ditto!
Hmmm.... Why do I turn the channel when Huckabee speaks?
Right now girlfriend is screaming..
“you **** I could have done sooooooo much better”
We wont see Hillary till she needs to be seen at the convention
(SHHHHHHHH dont tell anyone but she pulled her hair out...
the wig will be delivered next week..)
ROFLMBO
Oh. My. Goodness.
John McCain ate his Wheaties this morning! I may not have to bathe in Lysol after voting this year after all.
That was Game. Set. Match.
And if McCain picks a strong pro-life conservative running mate? GIDDY-UP!
(shakes head)
Don’t they get it? These are things you think about BEFORE having sex. That’s why they should have some self-esteem and know they’re worth waiting for.
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