{"id":289,"date":"2008-01-25T08:49:23","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T08:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jazztheologian\/2008\/01\/is-obama-a-musl.html"},"modified":"2008-01-25T08:49:23","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T08:49:23","slug":"is-obama-a-musl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jazztheologian\/2008\/01\/is-obama-a-musl.html","title":{"rendered":"Is Obama a Muslim?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is an email circulating claiming that Barack Obama is a Muslim.  In attempt to set the record straight he’s done a series of interviews.  Here’s an excerpt from the conversation he had with Christianity Today.<\/p>\n

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I am a Christian, and I am a devout Christian. I believe in the redemptive death and resurrection of Jesus Christ…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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I believe that that faith gives me a path to be cleansed of sin and have eternal life. But most importantly, I believe in the example that Jesus set by feeding the hungry and healing the sick and always prioritizing the least of these over the powerful. I didn’t ‘fall out in church’ as they say, but there was a very strong awakening in me of the importance of these issues in my life. I didn’t want to walk alone on this journey. Accepting Jesus Christ in my life has been a powerful guide for my conduct and my values and my ideals.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He also answers questions about abortion and the evangelical vote.  Click here to read the whole interview.<\/a><\/p>\n

(I found this over at Ed Gilbreath’s Reconciliation Blog<\/a>.  He’s a wise and insightful man be sure to make him regular read.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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