SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017
This Sunday in America…… at the Church of The Compassionate Conservative, Beloved Whistleblower Publisher, the Right-Wing Reverend Charles Foster Kane was asking Political Parishioners to Pray For Political Patriotism, after President Trump used his Inaugural Address on Friday as a stirring call for National Unity and a Declaration of War against the establishment in Washington, D.C.
Matthew Continetti called the speech vintage Trump: politically incorrect, critical of both parties, amped up, biting, strongly delivered, and wildly ambitious. Anyone who believed Trump would change his beliefs or style when he assumed the office of the presidency was proven wrong. He’s not going to change. And he’s not going to let up.
Trump delivered his combative speech in the midst of the very establishment he is attempting to overthrow. Surrounded by Bushes, Clintons, Obamas, Bidens, and Ryans, Trump aligned himself with the crowd against the celebrities and VIPs on the dais. Mass rallies, social media, and sheer force of personality are his weapons as he attempts to defenestrate the ruling class in Washington and bring a new spirit of patriotism to America. He draws strength from his gut connection with Jacksonian America—a connection deepened and enriched by one of the most combative, polarizing, bold, evocative, and indeed revolutionary inaugural addresses in American history. (MORE)
President Donald Trump had more prayers read during his inauguration ceremonies than any president in American history. Trump, who began Inauguration Day at St. John’s Church for a service, had six religious prayers, three invocations, and three benedictions during Friday’s ceremonies, including:
A Catholic, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, the archbishop of New York.
A Hispanic evangelical, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference.
A woman, Pastor Paula White, of New Destiny Christian Center in Apopka, Fla.
A Jew, Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in Los Angeles, which teaches about the Holocaust, anti-Semitism and prejudice.
A white evangelical, the Rev. Franklin Graham, son and successor of the evangelist Billy Graham.
An African-American, Bishop Wayne T. Jackson of Great Faith Ministries, in Detroit.
Pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress dismissed criticism over his sermon at President Donald Trump’s private service on Friday, saying God placed the new president in power. Following his sermon at St. John’s Episcopal Church near Washington, D.C. before the inauguration ceremony, Jeffress was targeted by the media and critics as anti-Muslim, anti-gay and called the “inflammatory pastor” by CNN, Martha MacCallum reported on Fox News.
Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, delivered a sermon called “When God Chooses a Leader,” and compared Trump’s candidacy to the Biblical story of Nehemiah who was called by God 2,500 years ago to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect Israel.
Trump “got a big kick out of that” similarity, Jeffress noted.
The pastor of the Dallas megachurch backed Trump early on in the campaign because he felt he was the only one with leadership skills to “reverse the downward spiral of the country” and he was the only candidate who could defeat Hillary Clinton.
Now let’s watch Pastor Jeffress’ interview with Bill O’Reilley on the night before President Trump’s Inauguration.
