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Evangelical Publishers Score Big with Palin Books

Tyndale picks up earlier title, and Zondervan taps Christian mystery writer.

G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Religion News Service | posted 9/17/2008 11:15AM

In this high season for political books, two evangelical publishers are leading the race to capitalize on fascination with Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

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Jason

Posted: September 19, 2008 2:44 PM

Palin, like McCain and Obama, has grovelled at the feet of AIPAC, the anti-Christian Zionist power that controls Washington. Just over a century before the birth of Christ, the Edomites, a nation of people who are utterly condemned by all the major prophets, ‘became Jews’. See for example Isaiah chapters 34 and 63, Jeremiah chapter 49 and the entire book of Obadiah. According to Flavius Josephus, the Jewish historian who lived just after the time of Christ, 'They (Edom) were hereafter no other than Jews' (Josephus Antiquities of the Jews, XIII ix 1; XV vii 9). Yahweh Himself, the God of Israel and Creator of the Universe, ‘hated Esau (Edom)’, a people ‘against whom he has indignation forever’ (Malachi 1:2-4). According to the Jewish Encyclopedia (1925) "Edom is in Jewry" (Volume 5 p. 41). Revelation 19:13 describes Christ’s cloak as soaked in blood. Bibles with marginal references and other reference Bibles virtually all link this to Isaiah 63:1-6, so Christ Himself will destroy Edom.

homebuilding

Posted: September 18, 2008 7:52 PM

A cutie with special spectacles won't move me from my concern with McCain's bottom of the class intellect and his cozy with big business sycophancy. Before he was for Wall Street bailouts, he was for unbridled free markets. He has kept his Bush non-intellectual gang of Karl Rove thugs as his campaign staff--and they are delivering the goods--a massive manipulation of the uncritical so called Christians who jump on cue when "anti abortion" is so much as murmured. The best government is that which governs the least just came crashing down this past month. Adult supervision is needed. McCain and group stand for minimal oversight--and the hapless rest of us have to pay the piper, rather our kids and grandkids finally will. I'm tired of the dishonesty and raising a down's syndrome kid doesn't clean up all the dirty laundry from the past. Nice try, though in manipulating those more given to flash than substance.

jsharp

Posted: September 18, 2008 2:04 PM

I'm happy Palin is against abortion and is pro-family. I love her tough-girl, hard-working image and her tough-talking communication skills. She's someone I'd love to hang out with. But that isn't necessarily enough to make her a good president should the need arise. She has yet to show me she can handle economic and diplomatic issues on a global scale or that she has even thought about them before McCain called her up. In fact, she professed ignorance of such matters on TV just this summer. Her history of appointing unqualified high school chums to statewide office (her secretary of agriculture was a real estate agent before being appointed and has no background in agriculture ) gives me little confidence she'll select qualified cabinet members. She's much more interested in complete loyalty than experts who'll confront her when they think she's wrong. I love her but I'm not thrilled about electing her. Having these concerns does not make me a liberal. I'm not one. I'm just concerned.

KJ	Posted: September 17, 2008 5:44 PM

I think L. Jay has been drinking a bit of the hateraide. It's unfortunate when people with left leaning agendas presume to know that conservative Christians are both stupid and thus the reason for all that is bad in the world. Typical leftist drivel. I'd much rather have a vp with Palin's experience as a mom of 5, mayor and a governor who espouses conservative values and politics then ANY leftist, liberal candidate. One simple look at the issue of experience-- McCain is clearly more experienced than Obama and can fill the "Commander and Chief" position easily. Obama's "present" voting record in the senate shows no history of conviction to take hold of. Palin has more executive experience than Obama so any arguments about her lack of experience by democrats/liberals are worthless! And Biden? Where's he been? An occasional typical democrat rant about how everything bad can be accredited to Bush, of course frosted over with a big smile.

L. Jay

Posted: September 17, 2008 2:11 PM

For some reason or other a declaration of Christian faith coupled with adherence to or memberhip in a conservative denomination - Assemblies of God in Sarah Palin's case - is deemed by many believers as sufficient qualification for almost any office, even the second highest post in the most powerful country in the world. This uncritical approach by coservative Christians has helped lead America into 8 years of an administration that brought us unnecessary war, loss of global credibility and an economic mess that threatens to make the Great Depression of the 30's the second worst financial crisis in American history. Instead of swooning every time someone in a position of national influence identifies themselves as an evangelical Christian, we need to assume our rightful role as prophets who speak truth to power regardless of who wields the sceptre.

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