On this edition of Grace and Truth, listen as host Paul Perrault and Craig Von Buseck discuss the latest on the upcoming presidential elections as well as the attacks on a convention in Garland, Texas.

Four more candidates have announced that they are running for President in 2016. Paul and Craig discuss what is developing into a crowded field in the race for the Republican nomination.

Who are the new candidates?

  • Republican Mike Huckabee
  • Republican Ben Carson
  • Republican Carly Fiorina
  • Republican Mark Everson

Paul and Craig discuss the anti-Christian and anti-religious bias that Mike Huckabee and Ben Carson are up against as a result of the fact that they stand on biblical principles.

Some candidates, like Carly Fiorina, who is the first female to announce her candidacy from the Republican Party, has not suffered quite as much opposition.

Fiorina is considered by conservatives to be more liberal than her fellow Republican running mates.

How can I pray?

  • Pray for wisdom for the American people when voting in the 2016 election.
  • Pray for God’s will to be done in the 2016 Presidential election.

ISIS in the news again.

The terrorist organization known as ISIS seems to be making the news on a weekly basis and this week was no different.

They have claimed responsibility for an attack on a cartoonist convention in Garland, Texas.

Two men attempted to set an ambush for those participating in the event, which reportedly featured controversial cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed.

These cartoons are considered to be highly offensive and blasphemous by many Muslims, including those affiliated with ISIS.

The two gunman were both killed by police before they were able to harm anyone at the convention.

Paul and Craig discuss whether or not the events in Texas that led to an attempted attack from ISIS are an example of freedom of speech and expression being taken too far by those who share in such freedom.

As Americans, we have freedom to speak our minds but with freedom comes the responsibility to use that freedom in a loving way.

How can I pray?

  • Pray for diminished presence of ISIS in America and around the world.
  • Pray for success for FBI agents and police officers in rooting out ISIS sympathizers in America.
  • Pray for Americans to use their rights in a loving, biblically based manner.

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