Rick Perry’s on a mission from God and ‘more spiritual than you think’
CNN interviewed Anita Perry and others close to the governor to examine Rick Perry’s religious roots in mainline and evangelical Protestantism and how they influence his politics. As governor, Texans...
View ArticleAnalysis: Grading the candidates at the values forum
By Joe Holley, Chronicle It was a glorious spring when Chaucer’s pilgrims set off on their trek to the shrine of the martyr (“Whan that Aprille” and so forth), a gray day in autumn when six...
View ArticleBeating Obama a priority for Iowa evangelicals
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich could be the man they believe has the best chance of winning, whatever his baggage.
View ArticlePerry tells church crowd to watch out for the ‘politically correct police’
Everybody knows Gov. Rick Perry isn’t one to keep his Christian faith hidden, even in politics, and he encouraged fellow believers in Iowa to do the same during a church service yesterday. He said...
View ArticleGingrich reminds voters how much he prays
During the final days before Tuesday’s Iowa primary elections, Newt Gingrich told Christian voters he prays “before virtually every speech and virtually every major decision,” ABC News reported....
View ArticleSantorum gets support from reality TV’s Duggars
Rick Santorum’s supporters in Iowa today surged by 19 kids … and counting. Jim Bob Duggar, the dad on TLC’s popular big-family reality show, turned out with 12 of his children to back Santorum, an...
View ArticleEvangelical leaders may be ready to pick their GOP fave
A group of American evangelical leaders will gather in Texas to discuss a possible GOP candidate endorsement, the Christian Post reported.
View ArticleBaylor president Ken Starr says he could vote for a Mormon
The head of America’s biggest Baptist university and former federal judge Ken Starr discouraged voters from ruling out a presidential candidate based on his faith and asked them to remember the...
View ArticleTebow won’t be endorsing presidential candidates
Evangelical all-star Tim Tebow said he won’t make political endorsements, despite multiple requests from Republican presidential candidates who hope his clout could appeal to conservative Christian...
View ArticleStudents chant ‘adios mofo’ at Rick Perry
[nggallery id=2524] A group of South Carolina high schoolers at the evangelical conference held before last night’s debate chanted “adios mofo” at Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the Dallas Morning News...
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