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Ted Cruz's Rally for Religious Liberty Wasn't A Campaign Event: It Was an American Revival
Barbwire ^ | 8/23/2015 | Steve Deace

Posted on 08/23/2015 7:48:18 AM PDT by conservativejoy

Tonight I attended the best candidate event I’ve ever attended in Iowa, and the candidate wasn’t even the main event.

The Holy Spirit was.

We’re hearing a lot from candidates these days about the need for revival, but Ted Cruz is the first candidate I’ve ever seen put on an event trying to ignite one.

Tonight’s rally for religious liberty was moving, challenging, convicting, and entertaining. Tears were shed for those persecuted for their faith, but there was also joy at the end as the Newsboys brought the house down to close it out. Reminding us at the end that God’s not dead.

Mere campaigns aren’t capable of this kind of event — only movements.

The Cruz team, including state director Bryan English, should be very proud of this effort. But humbled as well, because they clearly have something more than a presidential campaign on their hands now. They have a mission.

Tonight’s spectacle confirmed we made the right decision to support Cruz and do so early. There’s never been an event like this for a candidate in Iowa, and it seriously ups the ante on the other campaigns.

The price of poker just went up. Cruz 2016 ain’t playing.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: cruz2016; cruzcristian; cruzrally; cruzrevival

1 posted on 08/23/2015 7:48:18 AM PDT by conservativejoy
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To: conservativejoy

Along with Making America Great Again, we need the Spirit of God with us, to help us along the way, and it doesn’t matter what religion you are, we all pray to the same God.

Thank you Ted Cruz for starting this, and your the only candidate that can do this the right way...

We all need to be thankful everyday for what we have, and we have stood by and watched other people take the Spirit of God away from our schools, our States, and our Country, it’s time to stand up and bring God back!!!


2 posted on 08/23/2015 7:54:40 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ("It's the hard working, tax paying citizens of the United States that are suffering...")
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To: conservativejoy

Cruz sounds like the real deal. He’s had my support from the get go.


3 posted on 08/23/2015 7:55:19 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: HarleyLady27

Well said.

I pray that we are all able to see and hear.


4 posted on 08/23/2015 7:55:54 AM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Eagles6

An elderly neighbor told me that she knew only that Ted Cruz was a rabble rouser until she got a chance to hear Rafael Cruz speak a few weeks back.

She says that after hearing the Sr Cruz speak she decided that he was unlikely to raise a bad son so she has been watching Ted Cruz and now says “Maybe its time to raise some righteous rabble”.


5 posted on 08/23/2015 8:08:24 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: cripplecreek

That’s the spirit!


6 posted on 08/23/2015 8:11:01 AM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: HarleyLady27

Beautiful post. Thanks.


7 posted on 08/23/2015 8:14:51 AM PDT by conservativejoy (We Can Elect Ted Cruz! Pray Hard, Work Hard, Trust God!)
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To: conservativejoy

“there was also joy at the end as the Newsboys brought the house down to close it out.”

Well don’t that just beat all. The Newsboys. Having the Newsboys close it out. The leftists will probably have Mily Cyrus. What a contrast!!

Go Cruz Go!!!


8 posted on 08/23/2015 8:18:25 AM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Eagles6

Mine, too!


9 posted on 08/23/2015 8:26:12 AM PDT by basil
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To: HarleyLady27
and it doesn’t matter what religion you are, we all pray to the same God.

That's not true.

10 posted on 08/23/2015 8:53:52 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle; HarleyLady27

true balding eagle. It should not matter what “Christian denomination” you are but it very much matters what religion you are. the muslim’s ‘god’ is satan. that is NOT the same God I pray to.


11 posted on 08/23/2015 9:58:06 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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You have deeply offended me by your account....I never mentioned anything to do with muslim god's or god...and for you to ‘imput’ that ridiculous statement is beyond me!
12 posted on 08/23/2015 10:07:28 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ("It's the hard working, tax paying citizens of the United States that are suffering...")
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To: Balding_Eagle; HarleyLady27

this is what you said harley:

“...and it doesn’t matter what religion you are, we all pray to the same God.”

you do not believe this do you? islam is a RELIGION. do you believe they pray to the same God as a Christian?


13 posted on 08/23/2015 10:20:44 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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I have repeatedly said on here that I am Catholic and if you go to my page on here it says the same thing also, I think you just want to cause problems because you think people don't think like you do...

Never ONCE did I say anything about muslims on my post....NOT ONCE and anyone with any common sense can see what I meant.....this is the end of this conversation with you...PERIOD!!!

14 posted on 08/23/2015 10:27:41 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ("It's the hard working, tax paying citizens of the United States that are suffering...")
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To: HarleyLady27

take a chill pill. I have no clue who you are. I’m going by your words and your words are completely erroneous. If you don’t want people calling you out on talking out of your ass, I suggest you watch what you say


15 posted on 08/23/2015 11:00:32 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: spacejunkie2001
we all pray to the same God.

Depends on who their god is. Mormons and the Jehovah Witness don't share the same God as mainstream Christianity. And some of the gay churches have made up their own god to fit their sinful lifestyle.

16 posted on 08/23/2015 11:26:06 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Philippians 2:10)
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right. and that’s what I told the lady who gave birth over being caught saying something completely stupid and wrong.


17 posted on 08/23/2015 11:31:01 AM PDT by spacejunkie2001
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To: spacejunkie2001

Good call.


18 posted on 08/23/2015 11:33:19 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Philippians 2:10)
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