Sen. John McCain: Known as a veteran but also a man of quiet faith –Mike Sproul then RNS
Today was our 49th anniversary of the founding of our church, Tri-City Baptist. My wife and I took the 90yr old founders wife out to lunch today. Mary Westfall Singleton is such a beautiful and wonderful lady. I interviewed her for the whole congregation as we showed slides of the history of our church. At lunch she told me some interesting stories of the late Sen John McCain and her husband. John McCain first ran for office in the Congressional district where I grew up and where our church used to be, in Tempe. John McCain’s first run for political office as our House Representative was my first year to vote, 1982. John and Cindy moved into a house only a couple miles from our church. I heard Sen McCain talk in our church more than once during my college years. Mrs. Singleton said that she and Dr. Singleton went to lunch several times with then Congressman McCain and Cindy. He attended Tri-City and worshiped there many times back in the early 80s. She said that when she and Dr. Singleton would visit DC they would go see him in his office and he always had time for them and would show them around and eat with them. I knew there was a connection there, but never realized how deep until today. (Mike Sproul)
(RNS) — The longtime Arizona Republican senator, a former prisoner of war who embraced patriotism loudly and religion quietly, died Saturday (Aug. 25) at the age of 81.
Asked by Warren what being a Christian means, McCain simply replied: “It means I’m saved and forgiven.”
Source: Sen. John McCain: Known as a veteran but also a man of quiet faith – Religion News Service
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Sad to say, I don’t believe this is accurate. SC Rep. Terry Haskins, a BJU grad and co-chairman of the SC organization of the McCain for president campaign leading to the 2000 presidential election said he had witnessed to McCain several times and remained unconvinced of his spiritual state. Haskins withdrew from the campaign because, as some of you may remember, he used George W. Bush’s visit invite to the BJU campus as a way to distance himself from the “religious right.” Haskins called it “religious baiting.” They remained friends until Haskins passing in October of 2000, but as far as I know, McCain never trusted Christ. I sure hope I’m wrong about that.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Haskins