“What Voters Don’t Know About Sarah Palin’s Last Days Religion”
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Sarah Palin’s religious beliefs about the “Last Days” have received almost no attention in mainstream media and as a campaign issue. Beyond a brief mention in a Saturday Night Live skit, Sarah Palin’s religion has been treated as off-limits. Part of the problem is that most reporters don’t understand fundamentalist religious beliefs enough to ask good questions. Read more…
Categories: In The News, Main Tags: apocalyptic, armageddon, Assemblies of God, end time, fundamentalism, latter days, religious world view, Sarah Palin
“Hiding The Pentecostal Faith Of Sarah Palin”
One of the fascinating elements of this political campaign is the juxtaposition between the present ”bible-believing Christian” Sarah Palin and the past “Pentecostal” Sarah Palin.
It is clear that she was chosen as the Republican vice-presidential candidate to appeal to Evangelical Christians. She was promoted to the “conservative, Christian base” as one of them, without making clear her Pentecostal roots. Read more…
Categories: In The News, Main Tags: alaska, Amy Sullivan, Assemblies of God, Bible, bible-believing, christian, evangelical, John McCain, pentecostal, Sarah Palin
“My God Is Bigger Than Your God: Does God’s Reputation Depend On Your Vote?”
Today, at a John McCain rally, a pastor prayed a prayer.
Unhelpful for establishing the tone McCain sought in Davenport was the Rev. Arnold Conrad, past pastor of the Grace Evangelical Free Church. His prayer before McCain arrived at the convention center blocks from the Mississippi River appeared to dismiss faiths other than Christianity and cast the election as a referendum on God himself. Read more…
Categories: In The News, Main Tags: Allah, Buddha, God, Hindu, John McCain, political prayer, prayer, Rev Arnold Conrad, theology
