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Bryan Fischer, an evangelical radio host with the American Family Association said Friday that God did not stop the tragic shootings in Connecticut because America has told Him to "get lost."
“Where was God when all of this went down?” he asked. "Here’s the bottom line: God is not going to go where he is not wanted.”
It's the time of the year when Christians around the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It's also the time when lawyers from groups like the Freedom from Religion Foundation go on the prowl, looking to squash anything that might be construed as a public display of Christianity.
On Wednesday, Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx told Entertainment Tonight that he was only joking when he called Barack Obama "our lord and savior" during last Sunday's broadcast of the annual Soul Train awards.
In her new book, "The Gospel According to Apostle Barack: In Search of a More Perfect Political Union as 'Heaven Here on Earth," Florida A&M professor Barbara A. Thompson says that Barack Obama is an "apostle" sent by God to create a political heaven on earth. The longtime professor also says that God revealed this message to her in her dreams.
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax TV last week, Rev. Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, said the country is in the economic shape it is in because, "we have turned our backs on God."
“The more we turn our backs on God, the bigger our problem becomes,” he said.
After Tuesday's elections, WND editor and CEO Joseph Farah was quite clear — the results are God's judgment on America.
Farah wrote that Obama's re-election represents, at least to him, "God’s judgment on a people who have turned away from Him and His ways and from everything for which our founders sacrificed their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor."
An ad published in papers across the country urges Americans to vote for biblical values and traditional marriage.
The advertisement, put out by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, features a picture of the soon-to-be 94-year-old evangelist with a message urging Americans to pray for the country and vote for candidates who "protect the sanctity of life and support the biblical definition of marriage between a man and a woman."