I've been reading some ancient history from the 1990's about Call for Renewal, an attempt to counter the Christian Right and occasionally also the Left with an organized spiritual-political movement that transcended political party lines. It was an outgrowth of the Sojourners community in Washington, D.C., which eventually merged back into it.
The Sojourners history page on their website says that Call for Renewal was focused on the issue of poverty, but Jim Wallis' book "Who Speaks for God?" focused more on opposing Pat Robertson and the Christian Coalition. I'm not very familiar with Pat Robertson, but his quotes in the book have held up quite well.
I also found a speech by Obama, titled "Our Past, Our Future & Vision for America", which was the keynote speech at Call for Renewal's Building a New Covenant for America conference, on June 28, 2006.
Obama related how he became a Christian-with-doubts, and said that Christians must find common moral ground with others in order to achieve political objectives.
I found a copy of the covenant itself on a site that is probably loaded with computer viruses. It leans liberal.
http://obamaspeeches.com/081-Call-to-Renewal-Keynote-Address-Obama-Speech.htm
There is much to be gleaned from old books. Today I learned that the cutting to pieces of Rahab in Isaiah 51 can be understood as part of God's work in parting and securing a passage across the Red Sea for the escape of the Israelites from Egypt.
They weren't just fleeing the Egyptians; there were principalities and powers at work then, just as now.
The Israelites were significantly reminded of the Red Sea passage as they entered the Promised Land, Joshua 4 says, when God stopped the flow of the Jordan River for them to cross over.
There's also the prostitute Rahab who assisted the Israelites, whose God had easily defeated her namesake.
"Three souls flying home because I stayed behind"
One of the souls I've helped toward salvation suddenly flew home recently. This song helped me to really cry for the first time over it.
I happened to read about the Gadarene swine in Mark 3 this morning before coming across this piece, which mentions it.
David Clements mentions Michael Cocchini. A quick internet search tells me that they've worked together before, and that a different Michael Cocchini--and a Susan Clements--went fatally missing in the Smoky Mountains. At separate times.
Feels like a rabbit hole.
Much like Jonathan Cahn connects the major demons of ancient Israel to today's United States, Clements says that the spirits of the Nephilim are here and active.
https://joehoft.com/attorney-david-clements-mkultras-shadow-a-demonic-war-for-humanitys-mind/
