Tuesday, January 24, 2012
In a one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Newt Gingrich says God is in control of events and explains that he prays before major speeches and debates.
“I think I had an epiphany in that sense of Christ coming into my heart, in my 20s, and I felt born again. I think it’s a very deep part of me, and something that leads me, for example, to pray before every major speech and before every debate.”
As for God being in control of events he tells me, “It’s always God’s will. That’s a point that my wife reminds me of regularly.”
The interview was done Tuesday morning in Tampa, Fla. Watch the clip below along with the full transcription.
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Before all you Newt haters take shots at him just remember that forgiveness is a central tenet of Christianity. Evangelical Christians had the model of forgiveness displayed when Jesus Christ entered this world. You can judge Newt if you want but you really don’t know his business with God. Plus, evangelicals understand that nobody is without sin and that true contrition is an affair of the heart. God knows our hearts. We don’t.
If you want to understand specifically why many evangelicals are flocking to Newt (excuse the pun) read my detailed analysis here.
Newt Gingrich on Jesus and Catholicism.
David Brody: A lot of evangelicals, when they have their born again experience, they talk about an epiphany. I know it wasn’t an epiphany for you. What was the conversion for you like? It was a kind of process?
Newt Gingrich: I think I had an epiphany in that sense of Christ coming into my heart, in my 20s, and I felt born again. I think it’s a very deep part of me, and something that leads me, for example, to pray before every major speech and before every debate, because I really feel it. I gradually became Catholic, and then made the decision.
And I think it was about eight or nine years of going to the Basilica, supporting Callista, being absorbed by the Mass, beginning to be fascinated with the Eucharist, and communion and the unique role it plays in the Catholic experience, and just feeling the community, if you will. It’s a remarkably absorbing community, and created a sense of fellowship, and of comfort, and of being able to relax in a way that I had never experienced before in my life.
Newt Gingrich on God’s Will:
David Brody: And God’s role in all of this? Where you have been in this presidential race, to where you are today?
Newt Gingrich: Look, it’s always God’s will. That’s a point that my wife reminds me of regularly. I’ll say, ‘We should go do X,’ and she’ll say, ‘If it’s God’s will.’ She’s very Midwestern in the sense of don’t count your chickens until they’re hatched. Like primary night in South Carolina, which looked good on paper, the polls looked good, and I stopped for a minute on the campaign bus late that afternoon and thought, you know, whatever God wants, we have to think through what it means, and how we live it out, because I don’t ask for victory, I ask for God to let me understand whatever happens. And I’ve found that that has guided me through most of my life.
In a one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Newt Gingrich says he can fulfill the promises he’s making to evangelicals because, “I think one of the differences between me and the other candidates is that I have organized very large projects… so I think that my ability to organize and orchestrate things would be vastly greater than a normal politician.”
The interview was done Tuesday morning in Tampa, Fla. Watch the clip below along with the full transcription.
Mandatory Courtesy: CBN News/The Brody File
Stay in the know. Get The Brody File Weekly:
Some may scratch their heads wondering how and why Newt Gingrich could be resonating with a wide swath of evangelicals but it’s a fact. That was proven to be true in South Carolina and if he wins in Florida, it will be in large part to evangelicals who are working tirelessly behind the scenes to spread the good word about Newt. There will be a big pastor conference call this week and many more evangelical type events including some church appearances.
If you want to understand specifically why many evangelicals are flocking to Newt (excuse the pun) read my detailed analysis here.
Newt on Promises to Evangelicals.
David Brody: You’ve made some promises to the pro-life community, and evangelicals broadly. How would you be different from other presidents who have made some of these similar promises? I think of George Bush in 2004. He went and did Social Security instead of the Federal Marriage Amendment. How would you specifically be able to accomplish some of these promises that maybe other presidents haven’t?
Newt Gingrich: I think one of the differences between me and the other candidates is that I have organized very large projects. I have organized the Contract for America, 350 House members. We did 10 major projects in 93 days, the balanced budget amendment, welfare reform, big things.
So, I think that my ability to organize and orchestrate things would be vastly greater than a normal politician. And I think also, that you want to be able to move the country forward on several fronts at once. So I would see a very important issue in the question of using the 14th amendment to define personhood could be moving in parallel with an effort to abolish Obamacare, and an effort to cut taxes and create jobs.
And there’s no reason that 535 elected members in the House and Senate can’t do three or four things in parallel and not just wait for them to come.
In a one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Newt Gingrich says that he has “not hidden from the facts of my life, that I have confessed my weaknesses” and he believes that, in part, is a reason why evangelicals are able to get behind his candidacy.
He goes on to say that, “it may make me more normal than somebody who wanders around seeming perfect and maybe not understanding the human condition, and the challenges of life for normal people.” (Dig at Romney???)
The interview was done Tuesday morning in Tampa, Fla. Watch the clip below along with the full transcription.
Mandatory Courtesy: CBN News/The Brody File
Stay in the know. Get The Brody File Weekly:
Some may scratch their heads wondering how and why Newt Gingrich could be resonating with a wide swath of evangelicals but it’s a fact. That was proven to be true in South Carolina and if he wins in Florida it will be in large part to evangelicals who are working tirelessly behind the scenes to spread the good word about Newt. There will be a big pastor conference call this week and many more evangelical-type events including some church appearances.
If you want to understand specifically why many evangelicals are flocking to Newt (excuse the pun), read my detailed analysis here.
Newt Gingrich on the Forgiveness of Evangelicals.
David Brody: I’m curious; when I talk to evangelicals they bring up the word forgiveness. They say you know what, the media wants to bash you for the past, for some of the marital issues of the past, but yet, when I talk to evangelicals, they’re like been there, done that, regarding forgiveness. And that is very important. What does that say to you? The sentiment of forgiveness from evangelicals?
Newt Gingrich: Well, I think it’s important. It’s also important that they recognize that I have not hidden from the facts of my life, that I have confessed my weaknesses, and that I have had to go to God for forgiveness and for reconciliation. And I think most people can identify, either with themselves or with loved ones, that life has moments that are very sad, you wish wouldn’t have occurred. And you look back on them and you seek forgiveness for not having done everything you could have.
So, I think in that sense, it may make me more normal than somebody who wanders around seeming perfect and maybe not understanding the human condition, and the challenges of life for normal people.
In a one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Newt Gingrich explains why evangelicals are excited about his candidacy, citing his commitment to fight back against the “war on religion” in America.
He also says the media doesn’t understand evangelicals because they “don’t start with a belief in the power of God.”
The interview was done Tuesday morning in Tampa, F'a. Watch the clip below along with the full transcription.
Mandatory Courtesy: CBN News/The Brody File
Stay in the know. Get The Brody File Weekly:
Some may scratch their heads wondering how and why Newt Gingrich could be resonating with a wide swath of evangelicals but it’s a fact. That was proven to be true in South Carolina and if he wins in Florida, it will be in large part to evangelicals who are working tirelessly behind the scenes to spread the good word about Newt.
There will be a big pastor conference call this week and many more evangelical-type events, including some church appearances.
If you want to understand specifically why many evangelicals are flocking to Newt (excuse the pun), read my detailed analysis here.
Newt Gingrich on Why Evangelicals Are Attracted to His Candidacy.
David Brody: Tell me about why you believe you’re appealing to evangelicals, because quite frankly, this is a media scratch the head moment. They have no clue as to why you appeal to evangelicals, they can’t figure it out.
Newt Gingrich: Of course, the media, they can’t figure evangelicals out, period, because you don’t start with a belief in the power of God. You don’t start with a belief in the power of faith, you don’t start with the belief that your faith is at the center of your life. So for a lot of the media, this is all very strange stuff. They understand a lot better friends of theirs that are totally atheist and secular than they do friends that are evangelical.
I think that the two key appeals are passion. I think they instinctively can tell that I care so deeply about this country, and the future of their children and grandchildren, that I’m different than a normal politician. And second, I think the sense that I understand that there’s a war against religion, and that I am prepared as you can see on newt.org in our 54 page paper on judgeships, I am prepared to actually fight back for the first time in our lifetime, and take on the judiciary when it is over-reaching, and when it’s trying to drive God out of life.