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Hidden Camera Captures Pastor Admired by Talarico Criticizing Evangelical Christians

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A Texas reverend that state Rep. James Talarico said had an impact on him as a Christian has been caught on camera saying that evangelical Christians are not smart. Talarico, a Democrat who is in a highly contested race against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton for the Texas U.S.

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  1. Breitbart News

    James Talarico's Pastor and Mentor Doubts Resurrection of Jesus in Easter Message: 'Maybe Jesus Rose from the Dead, but Maybe Not' (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Controversial pastor Rev. Jim Rigby, head of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, and mentor to Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico, once rejected the entire cornerstone of the Gospel, stating during an Easter message that Jesus may have not risen from the dead and that, perhaps, J…

  2. Blaze Media

    Exclusive: Hidden-camera footage captures Talarico’s pastor saying evangelical Christians are 'not smart' and comparing Trump to Hitler (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) has made no secret of the impact that Jim Rigby, the pastor of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, has had on his thinking. Talarico, the Texas Democrat now battling state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for a seat in the U.S.

  3. Charisma Magazine Online

    James Talarico’s Twisted Rhetoric on Faith Makes Sense When You Listen to His Pastor’s Easter Message (opens Charisma Magazine Online)

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    Charisma Magazine Online's feed description

    It’s amazing how much mileage the two-word construct “Presbyterian seminarian” has gotten in the Texas Senate race. That is invariably how James Talarico, the state representative who is the Democratic nominee and hoping to upset Republican nominee and state Attorney General Ken Paxton, is described…

  4. The Daily Signal

    Hidden Camera Captures Pastor Admired by Talarico Criticizing Evangelical Christians (opens The Daily Signal)

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    A Texas reverend that state Rep. James Talarico said had an impact on him as a Christian has been caught on camera saying that evangelical Christians are not smart. Talarico, a Democrat who is in a highly contested race against Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton for the Texas U.S.

  5. Conservative Review

    Exclusive: ‘We all got in by lying’: Hidden camera shows Talarico’s pastor rejecting Christ’s virgin birth, other foundational Christian beliefs (opens Conservative Review)

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    James Talarico, the Democrat nominee hoping to succeed Republican John Cornyn in the U.S. Senate, is a part-time Presbyterian seminarian who has emphasized , “My politics grows out of my faith.” That faith was apparently greatly shaped by Jim Rigby, the pastor of St.

  6. CBN

    James Talarico's Pastor Makes Shocking Statements: 'No Way of Knowing if Jesus Really Existed' (opens CBN)

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    Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico's pastor was recently recorded saying some shocking things about Christian doctrines, expressing skepticism about the virgin birth of Jesus and even questioning his very existence.

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