Posted on 03/11/2016 4:18:25 PM PST by drewh
A video featuring Rafael Cruz, father of Republican presidential Ted Cruz, that was originally posted last month is gaining renewed attention, with claims that it features the elder Cruz praying in tongues.
The Drudge Report published a link to the clip on Friday with the headline, ’DAD SPEAKING IN TONGUES.” The video in question features Pastor Kenneth Copeland saying from the pulpit that he believes that Ted Cruz is “anointed to be the next president of the United States.”
After Copeland is seen inviting Rafael Cruz to the stage, the two discuss how Ted Cruz spent six months steeped in prayer with his family before deciding to run for the presidency — a story that the candidate’s father also recently shared with TheBlaze.
It’s what happened next, though, that is capturing attention, as some believe that Cruz is seen in the video “speaking in tongues” (also known as glossolalia) — a religious gift that purportedly permits certain Christians to speak and interpret a special language that comes directly from God.
Or, as Encyclopedia Britannica defines it, “utterances approximating words and speech, usually produced during states of intense religious experience.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
[These days most churches pick and choose what parts of the Bible they’ll preach.]
It’s in the Book. That’s the way it will be.
Speaking in tongues is a Spiritual gift. I am thankful I have that gift.
I am. And I am a Trump supporter.
I have never heard any Pentecostal minister say that a person was “ordained to be a king to reign over America.”
Depends. If you have an interpreter it should be easy.
Thanks to your father. Tell us more. Details. From a plane, when, where, etc?
We need to know about our unsung heroes.
I do too. I did not think the Drudge headline was weird, but many will.
As long as he isn’t speaking with a FORKED TONGUE like a Democrat Silver-Tongued Devil, he can say anything he wants.
PB Martin Mariner - Black Cat Squadron in the South Pacific, 1944.
Let the hate mongering begin. God forbid a christian be elected. I may not be a pentecostal but the whole bible when taken out of context looks crazy to non spiritual people. http://biblehub.com/nlt/1_corinthians/2.htm
True christians can’t quite make sense of the world either such as why or how people can chop children up in the womb without anesthesia for convenience sake then sell them like meat. Or condemn and steal people’s homes so a super rich realtor can build a casino.
“Who believes Cruz is a better candidate in the general?”
CRUZ AND FAMILY.
Who cares?
What's the sarcasm to? I've been posting that sermon from Rafael Cruz talking about his anointed king son for quite awhile. It is the theology of Rafael Cruz, and Cruz has been sending him around-- as part of the campaign-- to get the endorsements of prominent dominionists around the country for quite awhile.
Back in the 80’s, my mother’s secretary was CoG. She was young and unmarried, had just graduated from business college. My mother liked her very much, said she was very sweet, kind hearted, and an honest, hard worker. She didn’t cut her hair and wore rather frumpy dresses as I remember, but she was nice. The previous secretary had stolen from petty cash, more than once.
I do not find this amusing as the elder Cruz is know for his fabrications of what he did in Cuba. I find this troubling.
I do.
Pentecostal is the new Seventh Day Adventist. Being Seventh Day Adventist was bad but it’s okay now because Trump.
“I do not find this amusing as the elder Cruz is know for his fabrications of what he did in Cuba. I find this troubling.”
Irrelevant to our campaigns here. I find something troubling with EVERYONE and/or someone in their families.
So many things are okay now because Trump. Planned Parenthood, anyone?
How do you read the Blaze and get Trump did it?
They are the weirdos who go knocking on Doors on Saturday.
Not even Christians.
When did Trump do that? Drudge is promoting this story, not Trump.
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