The halls of the Washington Hilton, the hotel that hosted the National Prayer Breakfast, buzzed last Thursday as people discussed the speech — Metaxas’ speech, not President Obama’s, which followed. Outside the hotel, a Occupy Wall Street protestor asked, “Is it true what I’m hearing, that Eric Metaxas talked about Jesus?”
It was true. And then, to end his speech, Metaxas led those in attendance in the singing of the hymn, “Amazing Grace.” The author attacked “phony religiosity,” which he struggled through as an agnostic studying at Yale before he became a Christian.
“Jesus was and is the enemy of dead religion,” Metaxas said. “He came to deliver us from that.” Prayer emanates from “real faith in God,” he said, adding that faith in Jesus leads to courageous acts like those of Bonhoeffer and Wilberforce.
The video below is set to start at approximately the 35 minute mark which is where Metaxas’ speech begins.
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Eric Metaxas is incredible. Smart, hilarious, gutsy, and moving. Cracks me up every time I hear him. Thanks for posting Steve. I listened to the whole thing….found it encouraging, inspiring, and convicting.
How sad! It seems that C-SPAN has killed this link. I watched the speech the day after it was delivered and recommended it to several friends. Now the video has disappeared from the web.
Hey Eric, it seems to be playing when I click above.