Obama and McCain at Saddleback
“Today we’re going to be live-blogging the Saddleback Civil Forum, with presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain. The candidates will appear at the Lake Forest church this evening and give back-to-back, hourlong interviews with Pastor Rick Warren.
As our Maeve Reston reports today, the event will be an important preview of what’s to come in the three presidential debates, the first of which takes place next month at the University of Mississippi. This will be the first time since the general-election campaign kicked off that the candidates will share a stage together. …”
– This liveblog from the LA Times gives a feel for the Saddleback meeting. (As is usual in reading a live blog, start at the bottom.) The BBC has video excerpts.
If they build it, will He come?
Last Thursday, in Jerusalem’s Old City, around five hundred Jewish teenagers signed a declaration – to spend at least half an hour each week working towards building the Third Temple.
If they ever succeed, it’s going to be a day to remember. For Jews, it will be the trigger for the coming of the Messiah – who will descend from the Mount of Olives, break through the sealed Golden Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City, and redeem the people. …
– ABC Correspondent Ben Knight reports from Jerusalem. (Photo: ABC.)