President Obama has mentioned Jesus Christ during several recent high-profile speeches while former President George W. Bush usually talked about his faith in less prominent places, Politico reports.

Writer Eamon Javers makes the case uses three recent speeches:

- In his speech last week in Cairo:

"All of us have a responsibility to work for the day when the mothers of Israelis and Palestinians can see their children grow up without fear; when the Holy Land of the three great faiths is the place of peace that God intended it to be ... when Moses, Jesus, and Mohammed, peace be upon them, joined in prayer."

- At the University of Notre Dame commencement:

"I found myself drawn - not just to work with the church but to be in the church," Obama said. "It was through this service that I was brought to Christ."

- Making the case for his economic policies in April:

"We cannot rebuild this economy on the same pile of sand," Obama said. "We must build our house upon a rock."

Obama could be trying to ...

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