The Presidential Transition and What It Means For America and You

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In Hour 2 of The Christian Worldview this Saturday, we’ll analyze some of the news stories of the week from an always-biblical perspective: more “inauguration invocation situations” involving gay bishop Gene Robinson and Rick Warren’s praise for Robinson’s inclusion (huh?!), the man-made global warming myth, and a report card on President Bush for his two terms.  We’ll also take your phone calls in both hours so be ready to contribute to the show.

Psst, Gay Bishop Gene Robinson – God Ain’t Listening (Ps. 66:18)

Blogger Bio: Jan Markell is an author and radio host of Understanding the Times.  Find out more at OliveTreeViews.org.

The Obama administration and America are heading into treacherous territory.  There are certain kinds of behavior that seem to anger God more than others and at this point, America is already on shaky ground. President-elect Obama has asked V. Gene Robinson, the openly gay Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, to deliver the invocation at a pre-inaugural event this Sunday on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Bishop Robinson said he had been reading inaugural prayers through history and was “horrified” at how “specifically and aggressively Christian they were.” He states, “I am very clear that this will not be a Christian prayer, and I won’t be quoting Scripture. The texts I hold as sacred are not sacred texts for all Americans, and I want all people to feel that this is their prayer.”

Robinson said he might address the prayer to “the god of our many understandings,” language that he said he learned from Read more