Sexuality Politics No Trump Card for Younger Evangelicals
Tomorrow will be the first--and last--time that presidential candidates BarackObama and John McCain will appear together before they're nominated by their parties for top executive office. The draw? It's the Saddleback Civil Forum on Leadership and Compassion. Rick Warren, founding pastor of Orange County's 22,000-member Saddleback Church, and author of the bestseller The Purpose-Driven Life, will moderate back-to-back conversations with Obama and McCain, focusing on "faith and the common g read
Rick Warren, the pastor at Saddleback Church in Orange County, California, will host the first presumptive presidential candidate debate this Saturday at 8 p.m. EDT. This is the first time Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain will appear together since each informally cinched their party's nomination. The Saddleback Church is an evangelical mega-church which has over 22,000 members. Rick Warren, the pastor, is also the author of the best-selling book "The Purpose Driv... read
Even better, the McCain campaign blames Jenna's pastor's comments on Obama (because Obama is now somehow responsible for McCain cheating on his first wife? - that's a new one), and McCain calls these "disgraceful person attacks." Really? First off, it was Evangelical leader Rick Warren who seemingly alluded to McCain's adultery in the past 24 hours, while speaking to ABC's Jake Tapper. And it was God himself, I believe, who included the admonition against adultery in Leviticus, so unless Rick W read
As the countdown continues until Saturday’s Saddleback Church “Civil Forum on the Presidency,” journalists continue to probe the ministry of Rick “Purpose Driven Pastor” Warren. To no one’s surprise, the big news kid on the preacher’s block has weighed in on his new, improved, nuanced, broader take on the Gospel. Guess what? The Los Angeles Times struggled to handle the religion and doctrine details in this scene. This is becoming par for the course. Take the lede, for example: When John McCa read
[Guest post by DRJ] Faith and religion will be the hot topic this weekend as Southern California Pastor Rick Warren interviews Obama and McCain in back-to-back interviews Saturday: “Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Orange County and best-selling author of “The Purpose Driven Life,” will interview the presidential hopefuls for an hour each, back to back Saturday night in a forum that will be broadcast live from 8 to 10 p.m. EDT on CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC.” Warren was recen read
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