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Walt said:Tarheel Baptist said:Walt said:Tarheel Baptist said:ItinerantPreacher said:I suspect neither does he, but he expresses much gratitude for what he did learn and how he was helped. A man with a sweet spirit.Tarheel Baptist said:ItinerantPreacher said:A Liberty Graduate, he has some discipleship material I use and very much appreciate. He would have graduated around 83/84 ish. (I know all grads don't know all other grads, just a question of curiosity)Tarheel Baptist said:ItinerantPreacher said:Tarheel, are you familiar with a Pastor by the name of John Yates?Tarheel Baptist said:On May 15, 2007 Dr Jerry Falwell entered the presence of the Lord he loved and served during his time on earth. It was at Liberty University that My wife and I learned to live by faith and trust God. Dr Falwell's ministry and his example gave me a thirst for and love of Scripture. Like so many other Liberty students, I felt his heart, envied his faith and caught his vision. Later, he unselfishly gave me his time, advice and encouragement during some dark days in my life. He was a visionary, a great leader and a man of great faith in his Savior. The world is a better place because Jerry Falwell once lived in it.
I don't believe I know him.
Why do you ask?
I don't know him. I was a LU student in the 70's and am still in contact with many of my classmates. I seldom have contact with the University these days.
His work and life honours Bro Falwell's legacy
While I don't hide my Liberty affiliation, I certainly don't walk in lockstep with them philosophically. But, at Liberty, being in lockstep isn't required to be 'in fellowship'.
I appreciate much of what he accomplished, even though HAC graduates I ran across thought him a compromiser.
He did lose a lot of respect when he inserted himself into the Jim Bakker stuff.
Many IFB's still think of him as a compromiser. But Jack Hyles is a bastion of fundamentalism. Jerry, for all his faults....and the PTL debacle....never had a taint of immorality about him or the ministry he led.
As opposed to Dr Hyles.
Well said. The solution is to stop putting men up on pedestals; we can honor them for the good that they did, but we should also, in truth, acknowledge their faults, all the more so when they were public figures. I don't mean that all men must be torn down. In my opinion, JF did become a compromiser, at least as far as the IFB goes. But... on the good side, he never had the morass of putrid corruption that surrounded Hyles.
I agree that we need to be careful how we exalt men. I loved and respected Dr Falwell, but disagreed with him on many things. And have issues with Liberty today as well, but Jerry didn't care and neither does Liberty.
On the other hand, many of the same IFB's who call Falwell a compromiser defend Hyles and consider women who wear pants, Pastors who preach from the ESV and churches who have drums in their music program to be "compromisers".
Perspective is a wonderful thing!