{"id":3450,"date":"2024-06-28T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/?p=3450"},"modified":"2024-06-28T15:46:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T19:46:19","slug":"dr-ben-carson-a-godly-and-honorable-man-in-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/?p=3450","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Ben Carson: A Godly and Honorable Man in Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carson-Ben-Candy-2000x1450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3452\" width=\"800\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carson-Ben-Candy-2000x1450.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carson-Ben-Candy-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carson-Ben-Candy-1536x1114.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carson-Ben-Candy-2048x1485.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carson-Ben-Candy-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Dr. Ben Carson and his wife Candy Carson: Dr. Carson is a renowned neurosurgeon, author, and served as the director of Housing and Urban Development during the Trump administration<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ben Carson and his wife Candy visited World Outreach Church this past Sunday and I was privileged to have him sign a copy of his latest book &#8211; <strong>The Perilous Fight <\/strong>&#8211; which I had read in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Carson also addressed our church during the Saturday and Sunday worship services, presenting a timely message on the challenges that face families in the midst of our difficult and declining society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>The Perilous Fight<\/strong>, Dr. Carson presents &#8211; in his usual thoughtful and carefully spoken manner &#8211; a number of issues that resonate with those who care about families and the overall direction of our nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personally, I have always been impressed with Dr. Carson. Some years ago, I read his autobiography, <em>Gifted Hands<\/em>, which tells of his younger years and his work as a neurosurgeon. He is a devoted Christian, faithful husband and father, and has proven himself as a responsible leader who gets results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a man of character and integrity and it&#8217;s my hope that he will be offered a position in the Trump administration next year. How about Surgeon General of the United States? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a9 Jeffery J. Michaels \/ Plain English Publications 2024<\/strong><br><strong>(Quotations allowed with attribution to this blog)<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Ben Carson and his wife Candy visited World Outreach Church this past Sunday and I was privileged to have him sign a copy of his latest book &#8211; The Perilous Fight &#8211; which I had read in advance. Dr. Carson also addressed our church during the Saturday and Sunday worship services, presenting a timely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/?p=3450\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dr. Ben Carson: A Godly and Honorable Man in Politics<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3450"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3496,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3450\/revisions\/3496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffmichaels.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}