When it comes to Glenn Beck and his God-centered patriotic Tea Party message, here’s the question facing conservative Christians: Will they view Glenn Beck as “Patriot-in-Chief” or “Pastor-in-Chief” or both?
Clearly, Beck’s message of, “Turning back to God” resonates with Evangelicals and if you think it was an act think again. God saved Glenn Beck and he knows it. His speech this past weekend was truly from his heart.
There are going to be conservative Evangelicals who get caught up in the fact that Glenn Beck is a Mormon and they’ll be concerned that he’s up their preaching about God. They’ll say that his rhetoric may confuse people because he doesn’t view God the same way Evangelicals do. That’s true and valid but look, here’s the deal: Glenn Beck IS NOT your Senior Pastor. He’s not the Apostle Paul or Billy Graham even though Beck’s message on Saturday may have sounded like all three of them combined. If Glenn Beck went up there talking about the tenets of his Mormon faith, that would be one thing. If he started to whip out the Book of Mormon and started reading from the biography page of Joseph Smith then there would be a problem. But he didn’t. When he talked about God and Moses and the Apostle Paul, we Evangelicals know that he’s talking about the one true God: The God of the Bible. If others interpret it differently there’s nothing that can be done about that.
Glenn Beck did something very important this past weekend. He injected God directly into the equation. It is now part of the national discourse. He used his influential megaphone to give God the glory. And while Glenn Beck’s view of God may be different than that of Evangelicals don’t you think it’s about time someone with true influence stood up and wasn’t ashamed to say that putting God first in your life is the only way to real change? After Beck’s rally on Saturday, you can be sure that more people may start to inquire about who God really is. They really may start to search. Glenn Beck deserves credit for that. God can and will use anybody so that people will be drawn to him and If those folks who are searching for answers approach us, are we as Evangelical Christians ready with an answer? We better be.
Let me play a video clip that President Obama will NOT refer to tonight when he addresses the nation on Iraq. Watch below.
Reality check: Candidate Obama was AGAINST the surge of troops in Iraq. Tonight he will basically take credit for bringing the war in Iraq to a close. Huh? Oy-gevalt. You can easily make the case that the surge is the main reason for America being able to pull our troops out in the first place.
This Oval Office address is serious business tonight. But frankly, it has all the makings of a Saturday Night Live skit where the actor who plays President Obama is sitting at the desk in the Oval Office and in walks George W. Bush to take credit for the surge. I can see the President Bush character trying to put a “Mission Accomplished” banner up behind Obama in the background.
I should be a comedy writer. Actually, maybe I’ll just stick to my day job.
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Brody File Show Menu:
The Brody File thrown into San Francisco Bay: (55 seconds into the show)
Carly Fiorina interview: (1:32 into the show)
Brody File hairpiece falls off into San Francisco Bay (8:20 into the show)
Gay Marriage debate in San Francisco (8:45 into the show)
The story of Damon Dunn, an African-American Republican Christian running for Secretary of State in California. ( 13:24 into the show)
Obama Muslim story (16:25 into the show)
Letter from Christian Leaders defending Obama (17:20 into the show)
Romney bobblehead (18:45 into the show)
Florida Senate race 20:15 into the show)
"Bless Your Heart" Moment of the Week (Wait until you see this video!)(21:03 into the show)
Commentary on Michelle Obama and her family trip to Spain (22:27 into the show)
A Preview of my one on one interview with Michael Savage (25:55 into the show)