“I implore every member of the Body of Christ to vote according to the word of God. And vote for the candidate that stands for the word of God and the Constitution of the United States of America… The alternative could be the destruction of America.”

But one thing that worked for Cruz in Wisconsin has also been working in Indiana, and that is the quiet engagement of ministers across the state. When the campaign moved to New York and Pennsylvania, Cruz’s father, Rafael, a minister himself, spent a couple of weeks here in Indiana meeting with small groups of pastors, recruiting them to support his son.

Rafael talked about some political issues like the Supreme Court, but his larger message was about character, leadership, and faith. “He was giving a message about what the Bible says about leadership,” said Micah Clark, executive director of the American Family Association of Indiana, who attended a couple of the meetings. “He said we need to be biblically correct, rather than politically correct…He impressed the pastors with his knowledge of the Bible, which was diverse and strong; he would quote a dozen or more verses on character in his talk.”

In a brief video conversation with Clark posted on the AFA Indiana Facebook page, Rafael Cruz made the case for Ted. “I implore, I exhort every member of the Body of Christ to vote according to the word of God, and vote for the candidate that stands on the word of God and on the Constitution of the United States of America,” Cruz said. “And I am convinced that man is my son, Ted Cruz. The alternative could be the destruction of America.”

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Well, it's not comforting at all, when I hear this guy talk as if he's a visitor from God. Raphael really thinks he knows the will of God, not just for himself, but for us as well. Ted, at age 45, and only two years public service, will be the best president and stave off our destruction. But that's not all, he gives Ted's candidacy the seal akin to the "word of God."

Well I've heard talk like this before. I voted for Jimmy Carter because he and I were both evangelical Christians and that appealed to me as a young man. That choice proved to be a big mistake. One term later I was so glad to vote for Ronald Reagan, against the evangelical who pledged he'd never lie but it didn't matter because he was incompetent . That's when I learned, it takes more than a profession of faith to make a great president.

I'm not drawn to Ted at all! But does his father Raphael's profession of knowing God's will influence me favorably? No, sorry. I think back to the upstart Jimmy Carter when I hear that.

What makes Raphael think he's a credible spokesman for the Lord's will for us?

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Well I am a member of the Body of Christ, and I do vote according to the Word of God, and that word isn't complementary to pathological liars so sorry Cruz - God said NO.

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