Yes, he is.
Yes, he is.
The Body of Christ should be awakened and energized for the sake of Jesus himself, not for some politician.
Cruz wants Jesus to play second fiddle to his candidacy.
This is creepy on many fronts and hints at some serious issues with Cruz. I have no issue with a candidate affirming his religion and faith and belief in Jesus. Nor do I have any issue with a politician staunchly defending religous liberty. But for Cruz to compare in effect, his campaign rising up by using the “Body of Christ” is beyond troubling. It’s borderline sick. It’s either shameless pandering to the reliogious voters of Iowa or narcissism of the highest order.
It’s amazing anyone would fall for the reliogious act. How long has Cruz been in the public eye? Three years or so. Until he ran for president, was anyone aware of his steadfast Christianity? Don’t think so. Has he ever gone full on religion on the Senate floor? Has he ever invoked God or Christ in any of his speeches in the Senate? Don’t remember that. So if Ted wants to talk about energizing the body of Christ on the Presidential campaign trail, you’d think he might want to do that in the Senate chamber. Ted is a fraud through and through and another politician that will do or say anything to get elected.
A brilliant conservative Christian for president. I know the doubters will say he is too smart, he is too conservative, he is too Christian so he cannot possibly win. No, let us have a rich man because he is rich even though he is no conservative and he has a Bible.
‘Name it and claim it’ is still around I guess.
I’m old school and don’t buy it. “If it be your will” underlies every hope, prayer and aspiration.
Cruz haters trying to sound impartially critical. HA!
We Can Win ‘If We Awaken And Energize The Body Of ChristFor some reason you Cruz clowns take a holier than thou attitude.
The truth is you're too stupid to realize Trump can do the same thing to get the desired result. But I don't think he'd stoop that low
We need a Christian to lead this country. It is this time or we are finished as a Christian country. Cruz has offered to serve this country with his belief
In a risen Christ. While we don’t all think alike, we all should believe that light is better than darkness.
He’s a good man and probably a good Christian. But he’s made some bad decisions for America after being elected to make correct decisions. (I know; everyone running has made bad decisions.) Can we trust him to not sell out again, to not say, “I trusted McConnell”, etc.?
It seems that bringing God into his campaign is some last-ditch effort for credibility. Having grown up surrounded by relatives and acquaintances in the ministry, and knowing how they behave when no one is watching, I’m skeptical. We aren’t a mega Pastor Search Committee and we aren’t hiring a preacher. We’re electing someone bold enough to turn around the mess created by Obama, Clinton and Bushes.
The best we can do is pray for God’s will to be done in November, and hope that He hasn’t abandoned America yet.
For now... go Trump!
Ted Cruz Presidential candidate for all people?
or
Elmer Gantry bible thumper?
and it’s quite frankly, pissing Liberals off.There's some real Christian language there...Hypocrites!
I’m leaning towards your side.
I stand with Cruz, but I am devoted to Christ. I can part ways with Cruz but I have seen no reason yet. The other candidates? ‘Meh’ to ‘Blech’.
This is now the 32nd umpteenthing time this factoid has been posted here; my response is the same as with the other posts:
Sadly enough, this strikes me as pandering, and worse, pandering to such a relatively small group as evangelicals, and even more worse, there are many groups bigger than evangelicals who are pretty much just automatically turned off by any politician who emphasizes their religion too much. Basically, pandering to evangelicals turns off way too many other people and limits Cruz’s broader appeal.
TODAY – Sen. Ted Cruz Tells Volunteers: We Can Win ‘If We Awaken And Energize The Body Of Christ” (link)
“PROSELYTIZE”: using faith to recruit someone to join one’s party, institution, or cause…
There is a strategy, albeit a rather divisive strategy, which can be deployed politically by those intentionally selecting a very specific gathering of supporters.
In a highly fractured presidential bid, this proselytizing strategy may even garner enough of a base to mount a bid amid a larger field of candidates. However, it is exceptionally narrow -hence works only amid large numbers of possible options- and can ultimately only gain the advocate a small percentage of the overall audience.
The strategy can NEVER win a general election.
Current evidence reflects this approach is the preferred direction of Team Ted Cruz and the presidential campaign therein.
When such a strategy is deployed amid the reality of an increasingly toxic and divisive anti-religious populist leftism – the approach is strengthened. Indeed, the narrow appeal, when contrast against examples of football coaches unable to bow their heads in prayer, actually broadens the base of sympathy from an objective audience.
There is a market for the approach; religion can be quite an effective business model as evidenced by the scope of many evangelical organizations.
However, in the larger political deployment the polarization becomes self-defeating and presents with risks that should be consequentially avoided.
The alignment of Ted Cruz with Glenn Beck and David Barton speaks to both a profitable business branding/marketing approach, and simultaneously affords candidate Cruz an almost captive audience.
The intersection of religion as a business (2015 Beck Media) and presidential politics (2015 Cruz campaign) is a road that narrows with each mile traveled. It would serve all non-Cruz candidates, and specifically Donald Trump, to avoid the pitfalls within it.
Ceding ground to an opponent willing to stake their campaign almost exclusively on religious based affiliations is not only prudent, it is wise.
Candidate Cruz has isolated himself from effectiveness within the very institution he holds membership, the Senate. In essence, for the sake of a nail -which may or may not be- based upon purity, he has diminished his influence. Senator Cruz, by his chosen approach, is now relegated to the echo-chamber of his own inconsequential staff.
Unfortunately, Cruz’s constituents are now the victims of this decision-making; and if history serves any predictive sense, he will be challenged and defeated based on an ineffectual record. How can candidate Ted Cruz attack Marco Rubio on his ability to be effective, when Cruz’s approach to legislation has made him the most ineffective Senator in DC.
Thus we fully understand both the praise and admonition from former Harvard Law Professor Alan Derschowitz who cast Cruz as a brilliant mind, but warned of an inability to accept, or move toward, counter positions. Put another, more familiar, way: “at what cost do you desire to be right“?
There is no doubt that 5 to 8% of the “conservative” electorate will support a Cruz campaign. It is also entirely possible for that figure to grow to around 15% when you add those willing to provide a faith-based opportunity.
However, beyond that element – you hit a dead end where the crowd evaporates, and expenditures to garner additional support are weighed amid the law of diminishing returns. We are not selecting a Preacher-in-Chief, we are nominating a candidate for the Executive Office.
Glenn Beck has carved out a business model, a media-market, where an audience is willing to accept a soccer ball and teddy bear, illegal alien compassion tour/campaign almost entirely on faith alone. The religious community is very generous and provides Glenn Beck, Ted Cruz and Benny Hinn with great wealth, affluence.
Candidate Cruz is following a business model, which can provide affluence, but cannot provide presidential influence – there is absolutely no winning presidential road map there; nor is there a reason to chase it.
Stick with what works 100% of the time….
This Donald Trump rally -pictured above- was in Michigan a week ago with approximately 6,000+ supporters. The MSM would like to advance a narrative that women, or minorities, or ( ___ fill in the blank ___) don’t support Trump. However, if you want a good idea of how broad candidate Trump’s base of support is….
…..Look at the Picture Gallery HERE
Heidi was raised a Seventh Day Adventist.
Seventh Day Adventist Officil StatementsThe Dangers of Climate Change
..."The world membership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church requests that the governments concerned take steps necessary to avert the danger": ...
..."The ecological crisis is rooted in humankind's greed and refusal to practice good and faithful stewardship within the divine boundaries of creation. "...
Ban on Sales of Assault Weapons to Civilians
..." In addition, with public safety and the value of human life in mind, the sale of automatic or semi-automatic assault weapons should be strictly controlled. "...
Dominion Theology is a theocratic ideology that seeks to implement a nation governed by conservative Christians ruling over the rest of society based on their understanding of biblical law. Dominion Theology is related to theonomy, though it does not necessarily advocate Mosaic law as the basis of government.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Theology
I don’t see a big problem with this. Any Christian should hope that he has Christ on his side.