first, susan mcguiness on what happens tenext. rep after the vote disrupted several times, t final tally was read by t president. thefi cation is a victory forresident trump. the confirmation flows a month long battle. judge kavanaugh s confirmation is a low moment for the senate, the court and the century. ignored by the mia circus was judge kavanaugh s extraordinary record as a judge. reporter: both sides now look to another place where they can look to a difference, the midterm elections. h will be sworn in tonight and after that swearing in, justice kavanaugh will be able tove s on the court immediately. we told you about the demonstrations. thousands of peopleg makin their voice here. this is where darcy spencer is live. reporter: i want to show you what is happening right now. demonstrators are continuing to protest. hundreds of people onhe front steps. they areilling outnto the plaza area and into the street. expressing their anger. there are also people he
key to the supreme court s review. next, a look at the history of evangelicals in american politics from the early 19th century to present day. we ll hear about christian leader henry ward beecher, prohibition and the 18th amendment. and the u.s. supreme court abortion case roe v. wade. this is about an hour and a half. well, good evening. and welcome to bob jones university and our first of a series of three forums. evangelicals and politics. we really appreciate you being with us here this evening. if we could, let s begin our program tonight with a word of prayer. heavenly father we do thank you for the opportunity we have here to learn more about our civic responsibilities and the great nation that you have blessed us to be a part of. we do pray for our nation. we pray for our erected leaders. we pray for president obama particularly as he leads this nation, that you might grant him a wisdom and that your sovereign hand might be directing the decisions he makes. we th
for president obama particularly as he leads this nation, that you might grant him wisdom and your sovereign hand might be directing the decisions he makes. we think of tragedies that have happened recently, attacks, and life of many citizens, we pray you would protect a life i pray that those of us who know you would live godley lives. i pray we would do that for your glory. we pray now that you would bless this discussion tonight that we might learn something that would make us more effective citizens. we ask this in christ s name, amen. before i introduce this evening s panelist, i want to take a few minutes and set the context and purpose for tonight s discussion it s my opinion that believers or evangelicals should engage in political activity on the basis of their faith commitments. i hold this opinion for a couple reasons opinion scripture assumes that a follower of christ will seek opportunities for influence. god instructs his people who are in exile to seek the peac
we think of tragedies that have happened recently, attacks, and life of many citizens, we pray you would protect a life i pray that those of us who know you would live godly lives. i pray we would do that for your glory. we pray now that you would bless this discussion tonight that we might learn something that would make us more effective citizens. we ask this in christ s name, amen. before i introduce this evening s panelist, i want to take a few minutes and set the context and purpose for tonight s discussion it s my opinion that believers or evangelicals should engage in political activity on the basis of their faith commitments. i hold this opinion for a couple reasons opinion scripture assumes that a follower of christ will seek opportunities for influence. it s just one example, god instructs his people who are in exile to seek the peace or welfare of the city where i ve caused you to be carried away as captives. and pray unto the lord for it. the peace or welfare ther
responsibility and the great nation that you have blessed us to be a part of. we do pray for our nation. we pray for our elected leaders. we pray for president obama particularly, has he leads this nation, that you might grant him wisdom, and that your sovereign hand might be directing the .ecisions that he may makes we think of the tragedies that have happened recently, the attacks on the well-being of citizens. we pray that you protect the life come and pray that those of us who know you, who live godly lives will be able to influence those horror around us. i pray that we can do that for your glory. we pray that you bless this discussion tonight that we might learn something that would make us more effective citizens. we ask this in christ s name. amen. this evening s panelists, i want to take a few minutes and set the context and purpose for the tonight s discussion. it is my opinion that believable s believers, or evangelicals, should engage in civic responsibilities