And Glenn Beck Shall Lead Them
• Earlier this year, Chuck Colson said the U.S. was weakening its commitment to "freedom of religion" in favor of mere "freedom of worship." For Colson, the change from "religion" to "worship" was a deliberate attempt to restrict religion from the public square. But recent comments by President Obama assuring Muslims that America is committed to "freedom of religion" has Colson "really confused." He said he doubted that his campaign was successful or that the administration considered the words as interchangeable. "Another possibility is that the President was seeking to reassure Muslims that they can practice their religion here, but that he isn't advocating that Muslims give freedom of religion to others in their countries," said Colson.
• Concerned Women for America (CWA) criticized a photo shoot in Elle magazine that featured Kim Kardashian and teen pop star Justin Bieber. CWA called Kardashian a "cougar" and the photo shoot inappropriate. "As a society, America has established a trend of giving female predators a pass; the most notably being female predator teachers. Communities still see women as nurturers and caregivers," said CWA's pornography expert Donna Miller. "However, female predators provide alcohol and pornography to minors and groom them like any male predator would. Will this trend become even more popular as Hollywood, via glossy photo shoots like the one in Elle, continuously romanticizes adult/child relationships?"
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Theodore Dahlquist
Since one cannot separate politics from policies which directly impact believers and their values, then politics have a direct impact on how government attempts to control our God given rights. Therefore it is impossible to separate God from politics. So we pray, read the Bible, talk with our pastor and fellow believers, pray again. There are those who would use politics against us, against our fellow believers, and against our values. For far too long we have let them degrade our society and our government, turning it more and more into an enemy and oppressor of Christians and Christian values. For those who would disregard the call to restore God in civic discourse and are opposed to turning back the tide of godless secularism with its hostility towards believers, you need to understand; Governments are not above God, governments are to serve all of God's people. And if it does not, then it is defective, and it is our duty as Christians to restore it to its proper functioning.
Calvin Robinson
If we would dismiss the veracity of the Gospel message and come into agreement with a Mormon who rejects the Biblical Jesus. If we would do this for love of country. Then we have our reward. None of those men who stoofd with Beck will ever speak for me again. Christ before country
SALLY fARRAR
Christians who otherwise agree with Beck's conservative message but reject him because of his religion are, like the evangelicals mentioned in the article say, being hypocrites. What if Glenn Beck were just a mere non-believer but preaching the same message? Would Christian hypocrites step back from him and his message? No, we would not. What if it were a Jew coming to us with this powerful message? Would we reject him? No, we wouldn't. I don't care that Beck is a Mormon. He is not using his pulpit to preach Mormonism. He is using his pulpit to try to get us spiritually weak and apathetic and immoral Americans back on track.