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riversedge

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Thu May 22, 2025, 09:34 AM May 22

Hegseth Holds Christian Prayer Service at the Pentagon and His Pastor Says God Chose Trump To Bring 'Moral Clarity' [View all]

So--Hegseth plans to do this once a month!!

Does the #USA no longer have separation of Church and state??
Will other cabinet members hold similar events??
This is so WRONG IMHO!


Hegseth Holds Christian Prayer Service at the Pentagon and His Pastor Says God Chose Trump
To Bring ‘Moral Clarity’


https://www.mediaite.com/politics/hegseth-holds-christian-prayer-service-at-the-pentagon-and-his-pastor-says-god-chose-trump-to-bring-moral-clarity/

Michael Luciano May 21st, 2025, 5:33 pm


Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth held a Christian prayer service at the Pentagon on Wednesday morning in the building’s auditorium during working hours, The New York Times reported.

During the service, Hegseth’s pastor said President Donald Trump had been anointed by God to lead the country and to provide “moral clarity.”

The 30-minute event, which Hegseth said he intends to hold once a month, was called the “Secretary of Defense Christian Prayer & Worship Service.” The main speaker was Hegseth’s pastor, Brooks Potteiger.

“King Jesus, we come humbly before you, seeking your face, seeking your grace, in humble obedience to your law and to your word,” Hegseth prayed as those in the standing room only crowd bowed their heads. “We come as sinners saved only by that grace, seeking your providence in our lives and in our nation. Lord God, we ask for the wisdom to see what is right and in each and every day, in each and every circumstance, the courage to do what is right in obedience to your will. It is in the name of our lord and savior, Jesus Christ, that we pray. And all God’s people say amen.”

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God gave us Trump because he ran out of locusts, gnats and boils. Ocelot II May 22 #1
doG still has fire, flood, & crops rotting in fields in its back pocket. I like your analogy & your point is like mine.n Bernardo de La Paz May 22 #3
tRump will bring moral clarity Bernardo de La Paz May 22 #2
Rev. Potteiger: "President Donald Trump had been anointed by God to lead the country and to provide 'moral clarity.'" sop May 22 #4
The similarities are so clear!--in both cases it is pastors/church leaders!! whow. riversedge May 22 #6
New Testament Jesus said "Love your neighbors" Zorro May 22 #5
"Moral clarity" my ass. (nt) Paladin May 22 #7
I feel great clarity in seeing that those who ally with him have no morality. Nt lostnfound May 22 #8
More like Quanto Magnus May 22 #9
The service appears to be bolstering the Trump admin's efforts to connect government with evangelical Christian riversedge May 22 #10
And they're laying all the brickworks for slightlv May 22 #18
Holy Crap! zanana1 May 22 #11
Clarity or Scarcity? tanyev May 22 #12
There are opportunists at every level RussBLib May 22 #13
I just threw up a little bit... GiqueCee May 22 #14
Pete Hegseth Leads Christian Prayer Service in the Pentagon LetMyPeopleVote May 22 #15
Sounds like he drank the whole bottle of Communion wine Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 22 #16
yeah ... moral clarity Jean Genie May 22 #17
Is this The Onion? PlanetBev May 26 #19
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