1.0Steven Waldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldmanswaldmanhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/author/swaldmanThe Mystery of Cameron Strang's Non-Invocation - Steven Waldmanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="L8P5ioxmhR"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2008/08/the-mystery-of-cameron-strangs.html">The Mystery of Cameron Strang’s Non-Invocation</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/stevenwaldman/2008/08/the-mystery-of-cameron-strangs.html/embed#?secret=L8P5ioxmhR" width="600" height="338" title="“The Mystery of Cameron Strang’s Non-Invocation” — Steven Waldman" data-secret="L8P5ioxmhR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The Obama campaign was very proud that it had scored several evangelical Christian leaders to do benedictions or invocations at the convention. But they were embarrassed when one of them Cameron Strang, backed out shortly after the announcement. Strang, the editor of Relevant, a magazine for young evangelicals, explained to me what happened. Strang had…