Tag: God

God to Bachmann: Don’t Run!

Buck Banks

“I considered it for quite a long time. From the very first day when Al Franken had announced his resignation from the U.S. Senate, I went before the Lord and it became very clear to me that I wasn’t hearing any call from God to do this.”

— Former Rep. Michele Bachmannn (R-MN), telling a radio host that after much prayer, she has decided that God does not, in fact, want her to make a bid for U.S. Senate.

Bachmann: Trump Was Chosen by God as the GOP’s Nominee

Buck Banks

I actually supported Ted Cruz. I thought he was fabulous but I also see that at the end of the day God raised up, I believe Donald Trump who was going to be the nominee in this election. I don’t think God sits things out. He’s a sovereign God. Donald Trump became our nominee. I think it’s very likely that in the day that we live in, that Donald Trump is the only individual who could win in a General Election of the seventeen who ran. Maybe I’m wrong, I don’t know but I do know that the Bible is true and that Daniel teaches the most high God which is one of God’s names is the one who lifts up who he will and takes down who he will ….

— Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), asserting that Donald Trump was “raised up” by God to win in the general election, The Hill reports.

Three-Quarters of Americans Believe the Bible is Connected to God

Buck Banks

75%

Of Americans believe the Bible is in some way connected to God, according to Gallup: “Twenty-eight percent believe the Bible is the actual word of God and that it should be taken literally. This is somewhat below the 38% to 40% seen in the late 1970s and near the all-time low of 27% reached in 2001 and 2009. But about half of Americans continue to say the Bible is the inspired word of God, not to be taken literally.”

God Might Tell Herman Cain to Run Again

Buck Banks

I do not know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future. And I trust in God.

— Pizza mogul Herman Cain, “who at one point topped all Republican challengers during the 2012 Republican presidential primary before dropping out amidst allegations of multiple affairs, suggested on Saturday that he would return to the campaign trail in 2016 if called upon God to do so,” the Huffington Post reports.