Posted on 08/16/2008 11:59:35 AM PDT by XR7
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — When John McCain and Barack Obama appear on the same stage today, they will vividly demonstrate the reach that has made the Rev. Rick Warren among the most significant evangelists of his generation.
He's a megastar who leads the nation's fourth-largest church and reaches thousands of ministers through the Internet and crusades against poverty and AIDS. That globe-trotting work and his successful book — "The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?" — puts him at the vanguard of a movement that inspires young, socially conscious Christians.
But his willingness to soft-pedal political issues once central to U.S. evangelicals, such as opposition to abortion, has opened him to criticism that he has strayed from his calling to spread the Gospel.
Today's forum also is a sign of religion's importance in the 2008 presidential campaign, and the emergence of a new style of evangelical leadership on the national stage that is not tied to a single party and has broadened its social agenda beyond that of the religious right.
"This is absolutely a changing of the guard, and it suggests that the new guard of the evangelical movement is able to generate the attention and focus of both parties," said D. Michael Lindsay, a sociologist at Rice University and author of "Faith in the Halls of Power: How Evangelicals Joined the American Elite."
Warren personally invited the two candidates — "friends of mine" — via their cellphones. His event at the Saddleback Church will be broadcast live on CNN and Fox News Channel and streamed on the Web. It has among its aims "helping the church regain credibility and encouraging our society to return to civility," he said.
It's likely that fans and critics will be watching closely...
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
What the hell have we been doing since the War on Poverty began??? Excuse me!!! What happened to all that money??? What the hell???
Same here; I’ll tune in next hour to watch McCain (maybe)....I just can’t stand to watch Obama at all, period! He is such a phoney baloney I don’t believe a word he says.
And the whole pre-show stuff I watched (gag). RW says he is “whole life”, well, “whole life” is life, and Obama supports infanticide. How he can even speak to him is beyond me.
“whatever you do to the least of my people you do to me”...well, whoever said that would be happy in the welfare state of America I would think.
Grandma is sitting back inside the bus...
Along with more than a few tire marks
Is he on sedatives?
He said “ I consult with my Grandmother often !”. GOD, she has tire marks squishing her into the ground from the bus as “ that white lady!” Jesus, his lieing makes the Clintoons look like Saints! This is a BARF TSUNAMI!
So far , I like Rick Warren. Obama is floundering though.
Of course I am a big fan of train wrecks
Enjoy your film
No, no bias............ nada nope......... LOL
They are probably hoping that everyone will hear Obama, be satisfied, get bored, etc. and change the channel even before McCain speaks.
is he really saying his best piece of bi partisan legislation is campaign finance reform? HAHAHAHAHAHA the same principle he does not abide by??
Ten years ago? he was sitting in Reverand Wrights Church on Sunday Mornings..
I wonder if McCain will bring up Carol when asked about moral failures, who said he “didn’t want to be 40, he wanted to be 25.”
Well, I'll have to read the thread on this little event, as the 2 men in my life have taken over the TVs in the house.
BTW, there is a prayer thread for cajungirl, she really needs all of our prayers at this time.
MOgirl
Osama Obama looks like he got run over br the entire Russian Tank Column:-P
Bama: I changed my mind about killing unborn babies. We shoud kill ‘em after they are born as well.
Bingo!
Obama seems to be uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh .. alot.
Is granny back in the bus, or in the back of the bus?
Don't tell me barak doesn't know the questions.
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