Most Christians at large are pretty upset with the first one. The “God of many understandings” follows the line of thinking that we all worship the same God, so plenty of people believe that this god that be prayed to is no god at all.

I’ll actually stick up for Rick Warren here. He used language that alluded to Judaism (Hear, O Israel, the Lord is one…) and Islam (Compassionate and merciful God) while never straying from the name of Jesus. The fact that he said Jesus in Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, and English shows that he’s willing to acknowledge diversity in this country, but he’ll still say he’s doing what he’s doing in the name of Jesus.

The prayer by Rev. Lowery was pretty good too…everyone was up in arms about what he said at the end, but I don’t really think that was racist to say. I just didn’t like this line: “Let us take that power back to our homes, our workplaces, our churches, our temples, our mosques, or wherever we seek your will.” Certainly not as blatant as the “god of many understandings,” but I really regret that he didn’t stop at ‘churches.’

I think Christians were well represented. I enjoyed it!