Diana Butler Bass, popular speaker and the author of several books including Christianity After Religion: The End of the Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening, labeled President Obama's second inaugural speech "the first spiritual-but-not-religious inaugural sermon," while recognizing such is "a twenty-first century expression of American civil spirituality, embedded in but not dependent upon the ancient vision of American Protestant theology of and for God’s Read More …
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Christianity is Bigger Than (#0737)
Some people are certain Christianity can only be formed into a rather specific image of their choosing. Any religious person or group claiming to be Christian is only found worthy of such when conforming to that image. Sadly I have encountered this type of thinking many times. Last week, Cal Thomas' editorial used this rationale to label Barack Obama as a fake Christian or as one "preaching another gospel" because the President used the Bible to support his view of Read More …
The World’s Most Powerful People (#0541)
Forbes recently released its latest list of the world's most powerful people. Americans and politicians both fared well this year, and an American politician received the highest overall ranking. Rank Name/Title Organization Age 1 Barack Obama President United States of America 50 2 Vladimir Putin Prime Minister Russia 59 3 Hu Jintao President People’s Republic of China 68 4 Angela Read More …
Five Days Later: Thoughts and Prayers (#0241)
Five days ago in Tucson, Arizona six people were killed and 14 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona. These deaths and injuries occurred because of the violent actions of one man. Regardless of your political affiliation or citizenship status in this country, I invite you to take a few moments to consider these thoughts and prayers today. Thoughts Last night, President Obama started his speech with these words: To the families of those we've Read More …
Most Pastors Don’t Identify Obama as Christian (#0206)
Almost every American with a television or access to the internet has been exposed to stories questioning the sincerity of President Barack Obama's Christian faith. According to research conducted by the Pew Research Center, those indentifying President Obama as a Christian have declined from 51% in October of 2008 to 34% in August of 2010. During that same time period, those labeling him a Muslim have risen from 12% to 18%. Among those who state that President Obama is a Read More …