The most important Christian value is that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. Didn’t see much mention of that value in Obama’s answer. It makes me wonder, if he was asked directly, “Is Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior?”, what do you think his answer would be? I think he would reel off about three or four sentences about helping the poor, and so on. But he would not answer that question with a “ Yes.”
FALSANI: Who’s Jesus to you?
(He laughs nervously)
OBAMA: Right.
Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he’s also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher.
And he’s also a wonderful teacher. I think it’s important for all of us, of whatever faith, to have teachers in the flesh and also teachers in history.