Every leader needs our prayers, because flattery and the temptations that come along with power and influence have caused many a preacher and politician to fall, much to the Enemy's delight.

The segment with Jim Haggard's wife showed how even the most respected of Christian leaders may struggle with temptations of infidelity. My husband and I were so impressed by the story and presence of Mrs. Haggard. I can't wait to read her book.

maybe Obama Girl can borrow Palin's flaming baton.

For those of you viewing Huckabee on the internet, I added the Haggard clips to the other show clips on page two of this thread.

I feel the same way for Mike as he gains more recognition and influence over others to assist them in doing the right thing for their nation. He is over enemy fire and satan will pull no stops to bring him down. He needs lots and lots of prayers.

I'm a little late to this thread, but I wish I could have read Hannity's thoughts when Obamagirl said she would vote for Huckabee over Palin, Gingrich or Romney.

I'm quite sure those would have not been "family friendly" viewing.

Agreed. An impressive woman. Very inspiring.

Well to each there own. All i can say is that if my wife found out that I had a relationship with a male prostitute, she'd kick me to the curb before I knew what happened.

With that said, however, it was one of his better shows.

Because I don't Hannity in the least, and he mentioned the video three times, I hope Mike Huckabee will be very careful in what he actually accepts in this video. I do remember him mentioning that he will play the bass guitar in the video. That's all Huck would need to have a provocative video spread across the internet with people claiming he isn't a Christian at all and the video proves it.

He is pretty politically savvy, so he will no doubt be careful.

Let me begin by saying that I am not a prude and that I thought the Obamagirl video in and of itself, was a great thing for Obama. But it was wrong of Gov. Huckabee to have Amber on his show and to have the video clips. It was pure sensationalism designed to grab attention. Problem is that Huckabee will receive all the wrong attention for this as it was not presidential. If you listened to Amber in her interview with Hannity, Obama never contacted her during or after the campaign and that was a smart thing to do.

I am glad that so many of Huckabee's Christian supporters and viewers of his show gave him a public rebuke regarding his poor choice. C'mon really, what kind of video would they make that would generate as much hits as the first video she made? And what would that say about a potential POTUS who would ask for such a video? Or even make a video with her? It makes the public conjure up images of JFK, Clinton and every other womanizing POTUS that we have had.

Some would say that Huckabee needs all the support he can get? But again if Gov. Huckabee really does want to run for POTUS again, he is making some poor choices and is losing some of his Christian base. People expect more from their leaders, even more from their Christian leaders. Hopefully Huckabee will take the time, while traveling to and from Israel to read those rebukes and make some necessary changes in his show and in his presidential strategies.

We have a pastor in our community who preaches that there is never a good reason for divorce once the vows are said. He does make consessions during the engagement period if one party is guilty of fornication. i.e.,, like Mary and Joseph where Joseph was going to quietly "divorce" her until he heard from the angel. BUT here is the key, this church doesn't just preach no divorce but does everything they can to support and help marriages, especially ones that are in trouble. Sadly this was missing in the Haggerty's church.

Bless your pastor! It is really sad how many Christians stand before God & witnesses & make marriage vows that they later walk away from.

I realize there are exceptions - one of my sisters married a man who did not tell her that he had been previously married 4 times and had a disabled son for whom he was not providing child support and was injecting steroids as part of his body building (which she found out about because he developed a dangerously explosive temper & tried to hurt her dog). The man she married was not the man she thought she was marrying. You can't have a valid marriage covenant when one of the participants is there under false pretenses to begin with.

That said, though - I have a brother who married a woman and they learned afterward that she could not have any children and he divorced her at the first excuse.

To stand in front of God and vow to stay with that person "for better or for worse" and then walk out when the "worse" part comes - well, covenants are not to be taken lightly and when you look at what Scripture says about unfaithfulness to a covenant, as well as Christians being faithful to their word (let your no mean no and your yes mean yes), it's presumptious to think that God is going to blow it off or excuse you because you married a couch potato or a shrew or whatever.

Your life examples are so profound. I'm very sorry.

I think the key word in what you are lamenting is "covenant." Most today hear no distinction between the word "covenant" and "contract." But covenants are so much more than a list of obligations between two parties. Covenants involve more. God is a party, and/or a greater community is party represented by their "seal" of approval. In the presence of God and these witnesses is covenant. All are party to the agreement and must be considered in its dissolution and fulfillment.

Increasingly we have a society of multiple bi-lateral contracts not covenents. These contracts can be broken unilaterally and without regard to any ripple effect on the greater society. I am happy to be in covenant with my wife. It assures me of who I am and what is expected. It buttresses me through difficult stresses and comforts me in the knowledge that I am not alone. Furthermore it frees me from the self-destructive and joyless life of living simply for self and allows me the genuine satisfaction of knowing real accomplishment fullfilling my role as husband, father and member of something larger than self.

Beautifully said!

I come from a family of 7 so actually I suppose , statistically speaking, my family is ahead of the game? In all seriousness though, what was strongest in my mind on this topic is an old next door neighbor - 5 marriages at last count.

I don't know about the first 2, but she divorced one for doing drugs. She divorced another after he couldn't work laying carpet anymore because his knees were messed up & she decided he was mooching off of her & kicked him out. The last one she divorced just before we moved - he quit his job because he thought he was being called by God to get into Christian music, and when it didn't go anywhere & he lied to her about it, she decided he was using her and kicked him out.

That last time she was just so totally sure it was God's will, and then when things seemed to get difficult, apparently it wasn't anymore. Where do some Christians get the idea that God isn't going to let them suffer? (Esp. the consequences of their life choices?)

Romans 8:17:
“and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him”

And so many of us - me included - run from the cross that we're supposed to be picking up and following him with. But we can't share His glory unless we learn to accept that suffering & offer it up with His -
Colossians 1:24:
“Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church”

That verse kinda freaked me out when I first heard it. It seems to imply some kind of imperfection in Christ's sacrifice. But I realized it's like the participation of Simon of Cyrene. Jesus didn't go it alone - He had Simon of Cyrene help Him carry the Cross. That just goes to show that it was God's will for us to do our part rather than sit back passively & let Jesus do all the work. He'll do the heavy-lifting of course, but we'd better put in our "widow's mite"!

(And I am slipping heavily into amateur philosopher mode which, since I am not drinking, means I am desperately in need of sleep! Night all! )

This was delightful to watch, especially given the fact that Pat Boone was just on Huckabee. Now I could see Pat Boone, Amber and Huckabee doing a fun video like this