{"id":18656,"date":"2012-11-26T13:48:22","date_gmt":"2012-11-26T18:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=18656"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:02:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:02:04","slug":"give-an-honor-to-our-lord-and-savior-barack-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/11\/give-an-honor-to-our-lord-and-savior-barack-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"“Give an honor to our Lord and Savior Barack Obama…”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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We don\u2019t have to wait until Christmas for the Messiah<\/a><\/strong> after all:<\/p>\n

Actor, comedian and singer\u00a0Jamie Foxx<\/a>\u00a0caused a stir when he proclaimed\u00a0President Obama<\/a>\u00a0a messiah as he spoke at the annual\u00a0Soul Train Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like church over here. It\u2019s like church in here. First of all, give an honor to God and our Lord and Savior Barack Obama. Barack Obama,\u201d to a cheering audience.<\/p>\n

The show, which aired Sunday night, was taped in Las Vegas a few days after the president\u2019s reelection. Foxx, a longtime comedian and actor whose credits include comedic television series \u201cIn Living Color\u201d and motion pictures \u201cAny Given Sunday,\u201d \u201cRay\u201d and \u201cAli,\u201d stars in a soon-to-be-released movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino called \u201cDjango Unchained<\/a>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read more.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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