Surely, nothing is certain, but this meet up probably offers a sign about what the kingmakers are thinking.
The Iowa Renewal Project
Cordially invites you to participate in its
Pastors’ Policy Briefing
Rediscovering God in America
With Special Guests
Senator Rand Paul
and
Senator Ted Cruz
and
Historian David Barton
and
Former Congressman Bob McEwen
Who will be accompanied by
Dr. Ken Canfield
Pastor Ken Graves
Gail McWilliams
Mat Staver, Founder & Chairman of Liberty Counsel
Pastor Jason Taylor
Pastor Laurence White
Dr. Don Wildmon
and other guest speakers
To be held at
Des Moines Marriott Downtown
Located at
700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309
on Thursday, July 18th and Friday, July 19th, 2013
Meals and lodging are complimentary
and will be provided by the Iowa Renewal Project
To reserve your space, please RSVP no later than July 17th
by calling (800) 921-1928 or https://the.maxcelreg.net/IABriefing
Hotel information will be distributed the week of July 10th
Reservations are limited and will be accepted on first call basis
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, July 18, 2013
5:00 p.m. Check – in and registration
6:00 p.m. Reception
6:30p.m. Dinner Session
Friday, July 19, 2013
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Morning Session
10:30 a.m. Break
11:30 a.m. Luncheon
2:30 p.m. Close
It was at one of these events that Mike Huckabee famously said he wished all Americans could be forced at gunpoint to listen to all of David Barton’s messages.
The American Renewal Project (and state branches like Iowa’s) is the project of David Lane. Lane is the fellow who recently wrote an article on waging war to restore a Christian America — which was actually removed from World Net Daily(!?). In that article, Lane wrote:
As to the future of America – and the collapse of this once-Christian nation – Christians must not only be allowed to have opinions, but politically, Christians must be retrained to war for the Soul of America and quit believing the fabricated whopper of the “Separation of Church and State,” the lie repeated ad nauseum by the left and liberals to keep Christian America – the moral majority – from imposing moral government on pagan public schools, pagan higher learning and pagan media. Bill Bennett’s insight, “… the two essential questions Plato posed as: Who teaches the children, and what do we teach them?” requires deep thought, soul-searching and a response from Christian America to the secular, politically correct and multicultural false gods imposing their religion on America’s children.
Lane rolls back the curtain and makes very clear the goals of his American renewal — imposition of his view of Christianity on public institutions. Those looking around the potential GOP contenders in 2016 and think Rand Paul might be a friend to libertarian policies need to examine those who are now putting Paul in front of Christian pastors. Lane is showing up all over with Paul, and accompanied him to Israel in January, in what Lane called, “…absolutely the first step in his 2016 White House campaign.”
During the GOP primary season, Ron Paul courted evangelical support and ended up having to back away from dominionist pastors who became a distraction. Will Rand Paul follow in his father’s footsteps? Possibly by virtue of his low profile, Lane has not been an obvious liability to the conservatives he has supported. However, images of Christian America warring on everybody else to impose one particular version of Christianity probably won’t play well outside of Iowa.