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Obama and ill wishes

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Here we go again.  Dateline Arlington…
Drake…said June 2 on “The Alan Colmes Show” that unless Obama repents, he is praying that God will kill the president. Drake said he believes that is what happened to slain abortion provider George Tiller, who was shot to death while attending church in Wichita, Kan., on Sunday, [...]

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You can head my country, but not my house

From the Christian Post…
RALEIGH, N.C. – Within the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a woman may not lead a church or a home. But prominent Southern Baptists see nothing wrong with Sarah Palin serving as vice president — or perhaps even commander-in-chief someday.
In other words: A woman can run the White House, just not her own [...]

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Bono at the National Prayer Breakfast

As you are probably aware, Bono spoke a few years ago at the National Prayer Breakfast.  I had seen bits and pieces of the talk, but never the whole thing.
Recently, looking for something else, I stumbled into it on YouTube.
I would encourage you to watch it.  For what it is worth, he does swear in [...]

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Focus on the Family Prays for Rain, and then backs off

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From my morning Rocky Mountain News…
Focus on the Family Action pulled a video from its Web site today that asked people to pray for “rain of biblical proportions” during Barack Obama’s Aug. 28 appearance at Invesco Field at Mile High to accept the Democratic nomination for president.
Stuart Shepard, director of digital media [...]

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Are Evangelicals moving towards Obama?

Perhaps.  In an unscientific Christianity Today online poll, they have found that their readers are gravitating towards voting for Barack Obama over John McCain.

What do we make of that?  Here are a few of my guesses.
1.  Christians may be getting sick of the antics of the “religious right.“  Fruitcake anyone?
2.  The more likable candidate is [...]

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On Fruitcakes, Bullying, Confusion, and Dragging Hermeneutics through he mud

Yesterday James Dobson talked about Barack Obama…it was not flattering in the least.  According to the A.P. story, Dobson is quoted as saying that Obama has a, “fruitcake interpretation” of the Constitution.  Also regarding his Biblical understanding, Dobson said…
“I think he’s deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own worldview, his [...]

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