Evangelist Franklin Graham resigned from the Republican Party and declared himself an independent voter Monday over the “wasteful” GOP-led $1.8 trillion spending bill passed by Congress last week. Graham, who is the eldest son of Billy and Ruth Bell Graham, as well as president and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, also […]
Dec 23 2015 | Posted in
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Move over President Obama. Conservatives are not talking so much about the president’s address at Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast, but rather remarks from Dr. Benjamin Carson, a black pediatric neurosurgeon with Johns Hopkins Hospital who took over the stage for 25 riveting minutes. Mr Carson spoke of his disdain for political correctness, calling it a […]
Employing faith, whether calling for nationwide prayer or healing the nation by quoting scripture, is a presidential tradition as old as the office itself. The nation’s first president, George Washington, was also the first to call for a National Day of Prayer, one of “fasting, humiliation and prayer” to “acknowledge the gracious interpositions of Providence.” […]
Washington DC – There is a split in American pews over gun control. In the weeks since the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, many Christians are wrestling with gun control, an issue they once held as a sacred, untouchable right. For years gun control was championed by Catholic and mainline Protestant churches, but now many evangelicals […]
