promiscuity. not at all. she is about political satire. her performance as the obama girl was frankly quite tame. and i was pleasantly surprised to find her a highly informed and very articulate young person. i honestly wish that all voters were so knowledgeable of the issues. now, to those who felt that her brief appearance on her show signalled my abandoning jesus, i would strongly beg to differ. some of the emails forcefully stated that jesus wouldn t have anything to do with obama girl. i guess because of her song or maybe her attire. well, i must have read a different version of the new testament because jesus was all about focusing on the very people that the religious people rejected. whether it was a ner do well tax collector zacchaeus. a woman at the well who was caught in adultery. a woman at the well. or even social outcasts like lepers. jesus said that like a physician he didn t come for the people who were feeling all good about
door then for me to make good decisions. so i m grateful for that. mike: you brought your family an enormous level of humiliation and pain and your congregation that you had literally started in your own basement. well, and the national national association eevangelicals. i was serving as their president. i had a network of churches that were wonderful. i was serving them. i brought shame to everybody that was associated of with that. actually, i brought shame to everybody who called on the name of christ because i was in many ways the highest elected representative of born-again christians. and, of course, that was very embarrassing. but the foundation of our faith is that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god. and certainly jesus died on the cross for a reason. it s because all of us need that. and so i was embarrassed that i went through that. now that that s over three years old, i am grateful because it opened the door for me to be healed. mike: you were at th
disappointment in his presidency. she was a guest on this show a couple of weeks ago. but her appearance sparked a very strong and mostly critical reaction. much of the heat was directed at me for what the viewers perceived as an abandonment of my christian principles. look, i don t hide the fact that i am a jesus person. a true believer in him. this show is always going to treat faith in a positive and encouraging way but it s not a religious show, nor is the fox news channel a religious network. now, our viewers do tend to be typical of most america, which means they believe in god, traditional moral values, and they love their families and country. miss et jerry is a very intelligent, kurt tus, and thoughtful person who brilliantly navigated herself from being a young obscure aspiring entertainer by-to-a national celebrity by other own clever creativity. some thought she was promoting
valued. and so it was a process for me. but i really did resort to the teachings of jesus. and i learned in that process that as i forgave ted, over and over and over again, and as i loved him again, my own heart healed. and so that s what i encourage people to do. and the scripture says that if we listen to what jesus is telling us, and put into practice the things he has told us to do, then it s as though our lives are built on a rock. i really believed that i feel as though that s what happened in me. it was a rough road. it did hurt. and it took a process. but i am so glad to be where i am today. i am so glad our marriage is where it is and our family is where they are. and that in the process our faith was deepened. mike: the story of the brokenness is not as remarkable as the story that you have been able to stay together and with many couples, particularly those in the public eye, who are abandoning their vows and
promiscuity. not at all. she is about political satire. her performance as the obama girl was frankly quite tame. and i was pleasantly surprised to find her a highly informed and very articulate young person. i honestly wish that all voters were so knowledgeable of the issues. now, to those who felt that her brief appearance on her show signalled my abandoning jesus, i would strongly beg to differ. some of the emails forcefully stated that jesus wouldn t have anything to do with obama girl. i guess because of her song or maybe her attire. well, i must have read a different version of the new testament because jesus was all about focusing on the very people that the religious people rejected. whether it was a ner do well tax collector zacchaeus. a woman at the well who was caught in adultery. a woman at the well. or even social outcasts like lepers. jesus said that like a physician he didn t come for the people who were feeling all good about