[egarvue]

I didn't get to hear the speech, as I'm here trapped in my cubicle at work. But this is an incredible speech, very powerful. Unfortunatly, my very conservative minister father wholly disapproved of the speech and service; he said that Jesus Christ was not mentioned once, and that he was disappointed that Bush left off "...in Christ Jesus" from the verse "As we've been assured, neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities, nor powers nor things present nor things to come nor height nor depth can separate us from God's love."

I swear, I thought it was great - what do you do with two old grumpy fundamentalist parents? Of course he wouldn't mention Jesus at a national service; the founding fathers in their writings didn't much either. I don't know, I was so high after reading this speech, and I'm bummed because my parents can't share in the joy. *sigh*

[EternalVigilance]

Our Lord Jesus Christ was mentioned many many times throughout the service...He truly had the preeminence throughout...and at the end, the color guard filed out with the Stars and Stripes, closely followed by the Cross (NBC did a close up that had a remarkable symbolic meaning).

[ohioWfan]

Unfortunatly, my very conservative minister father wholly disapproved of the speech and service; he said that Jesus Christ was not mentioned once

Tell your father that he wasn't listening very carefully. Billy Graham talked clearly about Jesus' death on the cross for our sins, and the Resurrection.

God was glorified in this service, and the President's faith in Jesus Christ was abundantly clear!

Joy is an elusive thing to crusty old fundamentalists.....which may explain why so many of their children rebelled and turned away from God, and we lost most of a generation. I'm glad you didn't though, and that you feel the joy in having a brother in Christ as our President!
It's absolutely wonderful!

[LinnieBeth]

"father wholly disapproved of the speech and service; he said that Jesus Christ was not mentioned once, and that he was disappointed that Bush left .."

Sorry, Jesus was mentioned several times, by several of the speakers. Dr. Graham even inserted, "for Christian.." with his remarks that were purely Christian.

But the service was for all faiths, the faiths of the dead and dying as well as those in attendance.

There should be a recording of it somewhere, and you father should not continue to believe and communicate that Jesus was not mentioned.