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Palin nomination offers peek at Pentecostals: Messages from pulpit not atypical

The blogosphere was abuzz with sermon snippets from Pentecostal and charismatic churches once attended by GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. In them, pastors declare that people who die without Christ “have a horrible, horrible surprise” awaiting them and refer to America as a “Christian nation.”

Such views might strike some as offensive, even radical, but they’re not atypical for a Pentecostal congregation, experts say.