Colorado Springs - Ted Haggard still wakes each morning at dawn to read the Bible. His core beliefs haven't changed. He believes this city is special, a new Jerusalem. He believes in the power of prayer, that prophets still exist, that evangelism is the answer.
He thinks of himself as a local church pastor first, even though his newfound prominence has placed him in the company of presidents and on the pages of national news magazines, singled out as a powerful new voice of evangelical Christianity.
Haggard tells himself over and over that influence is on loan. In an instant, it could be gone. The men he moves with now - Tony Blair, Ariel Sharon - know it too, he believes. Being a preacher, Haggard believes his influence is on loan from God.
He intends to use it now, while he can, to transform the way evangelical Christians think about their engagement in public life, even if it means...