All posts tagged "Prayer"

An Arizona pastor delivered a benediction laced with vindictiveness ahead of former President Donald Trump's town hall on Thursday.

Luke Barnett, who holds the title of Senior Pastor at Dream City Church, invoked some fire and brimstone alongside the Holy Spirit before the main attraction's MAGA leader was set to take the stage.

"We pray for his health," Barnett stood with his closed eyes. "We pray for his family, we pray for his protection." ...

Donald Trump Friday lashed out at the court system and posted a prayer to himself, all a day after finding out he'd been convicted of 34 felonies in a New York hush money cover-up case.

"After sitting for five weeks through that Rigged Trial in Lower Manhattan, which was surrounded by vast but unnecessary numbers of New York’s Finest in order to keep law abiding MAGA patriots away, and as I watched insignificant numbers of fully funded Radical Left troublemakers, with brand new and gleaming professionally made signs, screaming and cursing from areas said to be closed to us, and all others, I realized that Reason, Truth, and Love of our Country is no longer a force of Good and Change," the ex-president wrote. "These are Dark Days in America!"

He went on to proclaim that he is "THE POLITICAL PRISONER OF A FAILING NATION." ...

An increasingly common feature of Trump rallies is their opening prayer, which in some ways is becoming it own political call to action, according to NBC News.

One opening prayer cited by NBC News was delivered by the Rev. Joel Tenney during a December rally in Coralville, Iowa.

“We have witnessed a sitting president weaponize the entire legal system to try and steal an election and imprison his leading opponent, Donald Trump, despite committing no crime,” he said, adding that Trump must be elected for a "third time" and that the 2024 election is a "spiritual battle" with "demonic forces" at play. ...

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday to prevent Texas Republican Governor Rick Perry from taking part in a planned evangelical Christian prayer rally he initiated in Houston.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), who is flirting with a presidential bid, has issued a "call to prayer" for a nation in "historic crisis" due to what he claims is a lack of humility before the Christian deity.

The progressive advocacy group People For the American Way chastised Texas Governor Rick Perry on Monday for his "inappropriate" plans to host a Christian prayer summit at Reliant Stadium in Houston.