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    Wow! That's awesome.

    The Presbyterian church in America has affirmed BLM. It's very sad. The Presb church on the corner here hasn't met in person at all, and has a big BLM sign on their lawn. These are the same ones that put up signs of all the major religions because they don't know the Gospel, and frankly Jesus Christ is not Lord of that church.

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    The PCUSA is comparatively the religious counterpart to the leftist democrats. We have one not far from here. They allow lesbian "pastors" and only God knows what.

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    Stephen Strang: Why Trump's 'Non-Denominational' Label Doesn't Surprise Me

    When Donald Trump told Religion News Service he now considers himself a nondenominational Christian, even though he was confirmed a Presbyterian as a boy and was once a member of Norman Vincent Peale's Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, the news did not surprise me.

    That's because I've followed Trump's spiritual odyssey since I interviewed him about it in 2016. I've since written four books about the president, three of which have "God" in the title — the most recent being God, Trump and COVID-19.

    In God and Donald Trump I researched President Trump's Presbyterian roots going back to Scotland where his mother was born and how she raised her family in America as devout Presbyterians. As a boy, Trump apparently took his confirmation seriously, based on how he likes to talk about it and show a picture of himself with the other children confirmed with him. In fact, he chose the Bible his mother gave him at that time to use at his swearing-in ceremony as 45th president of the United States.

    In God, Trump and the 2020 Election, I dealt with "where is God in all of this?" I explored how could God use such a flawed man as Trump and how this New York ladies' man became a champion of religious freedom, constitutional rights and other causes near and dear to conservative Christians such as pro-life and pro-Israel.

    I document how he seemed to get more serious about life and began watching Christian television programs such as Jim Bakker, Paula White and Ken and Gloria Copeland in the early 2000s. Each of those hosts has said the president told them he'd watched their programs for years.

    A Trend Towards Nondenominational
    All these ministries consider themselves nondenominational. Indeed, that's the trend I've been covering in Charisma magazine for the past 40 years. Most growing churches are often started by eager young pastors focused on winning their communities to Christ. They set up a nondenominational church rather than go through a denomination that may be liberal or, at the very least, is stifling. Even denominational churches such as Rick Warren's Saddleback Church don't use a denominational name and appear to be nondenominational.

    Trump once attended a David Jeremiah conference and told him he watched his program. He also speaks fondly of his relationship with Norman Vincent Peale, and Trump's brand of Christianity seems upbeat like Peale's — think positively and you'll have a winning life.

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    It happened just days before the election.

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    Quote Originally Posted by victoryword View Post
    Stephen Strang: Why Trump's 'Non-Denominational' Label Doesn't Surprise Me

    When Donald Trump told Religion News Service he now considers himself a nondenominational Christian, even though he was confirmed a Presbyterian as a boy and was once a member of Norman Vincent Peale's Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, the news did not surprise me.

    That's because I've followed Trump's spiritual odyssey since I interviewed him about it in 2016. I've since written four books about the president, three of which have "God" in the title — the most recent being God, Trump and COVID-19.

    In God and Donald Trump I researched President Trump's Presbyterian roots going back to Scotland where his mother was born and how she raised her family in America as devout Presbyterians. As a boy, Trump apparently took his confirmation seriously, based on how he likes to talk about it and show a picture of himself with the other children confirmed with him. In fact, he chose the Bible his mother gave him at that time to use at his swearing-in ceremony as 45th president of the United States.

    In God, Trump and the 2020 Election, I dealt with "where is God in all of this?" I explored how could God use such a flawed man as Trump and how this New York ladies' man became a champion of religious freedom, constitutional rights and other causes near and dear to conservative Christians such as pro-life and pro-Israel.

    I document how he seemed to get more serious about life and began watching Christian television programs such as Jim Bakker, Paula White and Ken and Gloria Copeland in the early 2000s. Each of those hosts has said the president told them he'd watched their programs for years.

    A Trend Towards Nondenominational
    All these ministries consider themselves nondenominational. Indeed, that's the trend I've been covering in Charisma magazine for the past 40 years. Most growing churches are often started by eager young pastors focused on winning their communities to Christ. They set up a nondenominational church rather than go through a denomination that may be liberal or, at the very least, is stifling. Even denominational churches such as Rick Warren's Saddleback Church don't use a denominational name and appear to be nondenominational.

    Trump once attended a David Jeremiah conference and told him he watched his program. He also speaks fondly of his relationship with Norman Vincent Peale, and Trump's brand of Christianity seems upbeat like Peale's — think positively and you'll have a winning life.

    Read more:
    Stephen Strang: Why Trump's 'Non-Denominational' Label Doesn't Surprise Me | The Stream
    Everybody should read the rest of the article. Very interesting?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colonel View Post
    It happened just days before the election.
    So? If you mean it's a strategic move, you really think that's gonna sway votes? Certainly not enough to register on any scale.

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    So? If you mean it's a strategic move, you really think that's gonna sway votes? Certainly not enough to register on any scale.
    Seriously. Come on.

    Any day one leaves the church of abominations is a good day. This move reflects what God is doing in the heart of the President. "Days before the election" would signify to the godly remnant that this is anything but a political maneuver....it is a godly maneuver. The President wants the favor of God. He does not fear what mere man thinks, this is most obvious. That is something ungodly democrats do and they are falling all over themselves polishing the pig for a vote.

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    Seriously. Come on.

    Any day one leaves the church of abominations is a good day. This move reflects what God is doing in the heart of the President. "Days before the election" would signify to the godly remnant that this is anything but a political maneuver....it is a godly maneuver. The President wants the favor of God. He does not fear what mere man thinks, this is most obvious. That is something ungodly democrats do and they are falling all over themselves polishing the pig for a vote.
    Exactly! The so-called "Pro-Life for Biden" group is a prime example that President Trump is not exactly winning political points by professing His Christianity. Most of us Christians were voting for Trump based on his anti-abortion and anti-socialist agenda, not on his denominational affiliation. Therefore, his profession is, to me, a heart-felt decision.
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    Quote Originally Posted by firebrand View Post
    seriously. Come on.

    Any day one leaves the church of abominations is a good day. This move reflects what god is doing in the heart of the president. "days before the election" would signify to the godly remnant that this is anything but a political maneuver....it is a godly maneuver. The president wants the favor of god. He does not fear what mere man thinks, this is most obvious. That is something ungodly democrats do and they are falling all over themselves polishing the pig for a vote.
    amen amen amen!

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