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Steven Waldman

Convention Prayers, Republican Style

posted by swaldman | 8:23pm Tuesday September 2, 2008

In Denver, the evangelical preachers who offered prayers to the Democratic convention (Joel Hunter and Donal Miller) searched for creative ways to worship “in Jesus’s’ name” — and still being inclusive of different faiths.
Tonight at the Republican convention, Miles McPherson of the Rock Church in San Diego, preached about how God is always watching:

“You may not see God, but He is here, and He is always watching, and like a loving parent, He desperately wants us to call to Him for help.
“In Jeremiah 33:3 – God says, “Cry out to me and I will tell you great and mighty things you do not know.” If there was ever a time when we needed to call on God, it’s now.”

In the official text released by the convention, it says he closed the prayer by saying, “We pray these things to the Lord our God. Amen.”
But in the hall, he actually closed the prayer by saying, “We pray these things in Jesus’s name.” The invocation from the yesterday closed the same way.



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Michael

posted September 2, 2008 at 9:56 pm


It would be interesting to see the religious demographic breakdown of the GOP convention and compare it to the Democatic convention.



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Bob

posted September 9, 2008 at 8:07 pm


Good job for Miles!!!!!!!!!He proved that Christians love and worship through Jesus Christ.Ending with “the Lord our God” could relate to any Lord and any God.Our God is reached through Jesus Christ the son of God!!!!!!! Way to go Miles!!!!!!!!



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