Herman Cain’s Gospel: ‘He Looked Beyond My Faults’
EmailOne of the more interesting moments during Herman Cain’s appearance today at the National Press Club came not when he struck back hard against reports that he sexually harassed an employee of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, but when he burst into song at the end.
The song, “He Looked Beyond My Faults,” was written by Dottie Rambo. Watch Cain’s performance at the end of a news conference in Washington.
Read more about harassment allegations that Cain has forcefully denied.
Cain is no amateur at Gospel or singing. He released a gospel album in 1996. Read more about his music career.
And he has sung “He Looked Beyond My Faults” at other events on the campaign trail. ABC News’ Susan Archer recorded this version at a campaign stop this month in Tennessee.
Here are the full lyrics of the song.
Amazing Grace..Will always be my song of praise.
For it was grace, that brought me liberty,
I do not know, just why He came to love me so.
He looked beyond my faults and saw my need.
I shall forever lift mine eyes to Calvary,
To view the cross, where Jesus died for me
How marvelous, His grace that caught my falling soul
He Looked beyond my faults and saw my need.
(Instrumental)
I shall forever lift mine eyes to Calvary,
To view the cross, where Jesus died for me
How marvelous, His grace that caught my falling soul
He Looked beyond my faults and saw my needs,
He Looked beyond my faults and saw my needs.
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Well that settles it. Who would believe that a man who sings gospel songs would sexually harass women? Convincing evidence, I say…Let him sell his book, and his gospel album, and his crappy pizza, and then go away. I’m sure the Christian Conservatives will ignore the reports of financial settlements to the women (you know how much they love giving away money). Heck, he sang a gospel song…Charlatan…lie, deny, and in the end, cry…He’s been forgiven!!!
Posted by: Jimbo | October 31, 2011, 5:31 pm 5:31 pm
This type of crap is exactly why many do not believe or participate in organized religion. I don’t like this man, his views, or his payoffs to bail himself out of situations where he looks guilty. When do the American people get their payoffs for following the rules that this man seems to feel he is above? Singing a christian song at all of his appearances does not change the fact that all the money being raised for his campaign and being spent by his campaign could buy a lot of medications for America’s senior citizens who have to make the difficult choice of paying for their basic needs or paying for their meds. He is a total waste of oxygen – get real and face the reality that his songs are not helping anyone.
Posted by: Sherri Gabel | October 31, 2011, 6:14 pm 6:14 pm
Some scripture for Herman Cain who claims to be a Christian:
James 4:17 ESV
So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.
Proverbs 12:22 ESV
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
Proverbs 19:1 ESV
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
Hebrews 13:4 ESV
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Matthew 5:27-28 ESV
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Galatians 6:7-8 ESV
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Colossians 3:9 ESV /
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
Luke 6:31 ESV
And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
Proverbs 28:6 ESV
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
James 1:26 ESV
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless.
Luke 16:10-12 ESV
“One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own?
Proverbs 20:22 ESV
Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
Proverbs 10:9 ESV
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out.
Ephesians 5:5 ESV
For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous (that is, an idolater), has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.
Romans 2:21-24 ESV
You then who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you preach against stealing, do you steal? You who say that one must not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law. For, as it is written, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.”
Hebrews 13:5 ESV
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Proverbs 16:28 ESV
A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
Posted by: Ed Smith | November 3, 2011, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
Let those that among you that are without sin cast the first stone. Jesus Christ
Posted by: B. Brown | November 4, 2011, 11:07 am 11:07 am
The parable that Jesus told about the farmer who needed hired help and hired in men for a certain wage for a days work and then hired in later in the day another worker at the same wage infuriated those who worked all day for a wage and another late comer worked less but got the same wage…..does that not show you how God’s love works? You who deride Herman Cain for deeds you deem sinful and say “Charlatan…lie, deny, and in the end, cry…He’s been forgiven!!!” Do not understand the Grace and Mercy given by our Heavenly Father…..Shame on YOU all…..get down on your knees and thank the Lord for what he has forgiven you for…….your sins are many also. Without God’s grace to you…..where would you be?
Posted by: joni | April 28, 2012, 10:38 am 10:38 am