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...greatest living legacy-aside from the massive Thomas Road Baptist Church-is Liberty University, a growing Christian college that has 100,000 graduates and more than 21,000 students. They will be his final tribute, bearing his standard for decades. As for Falwell's "politics of division," Jesus said, "Do not suppose I have come to bring peace to the earth! I came to bring trouble, not peace" (Matthew 10: 34). As Falwell knew, the word of God is often at odds with the twisted schemes of mankind. Brian Robinette, Van Nuys, California...
...Falwell was a mean-spirited bigot, and the world is better without him. If he was correct that one is judged on adherence to the Gospels, he is in Hell for his failure. Jesus said nothing about homosexuality, yet Falwell delivered famous tirades in Jesus' name against gays. Jesus did say, "Love as I have loved." Falwell promoted his version of Christianity, raised lots of money and built an empire, yet he missed the point of Jesus' rhetorical question "What does it profit a man to have everything, and yet lose his soul?" (The Rev.) Charles Jones, Chicago...
...says things is lost on people." Certainly it is lost on archconservative Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola, who has said that God regards homosexuality as the equivalent of humans having sex with various animals, and who has commented, "We don't have to go through Canterbury to get to Jesus." He also set up his own Anglican body in the U.S. - the Convocation of Anglicans in North America (cana) - flouting Communion rules about stealing other bishops' sheep. Last February, when top Anglican archbishops gathered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Akinola extracted major concessions despite initial deft handling by Williams. The gathering...
...unwed mothers. But his greatest living legacy--aside from the massive Thomas Road Baptist Church--is Liberty University, a college that has 100,000 graduates and more than 21,000 students. They will be his final tribute, bearing his standard for decades. As for Falwell's "politics of division," Jesus said, "Do not suppose I have come to bring peace to the earth! I came to bring trouble, not peace" (Matthew 10: 34). As Falwell knew, the word of God is often at odds with the twisted schemes of mankind...
...Graham's spiritual message was always consistent, a message of gospel love and Jesus's saving grace, his political message changed profoundly. There had been a time where he didn't hesitate to speak out on the issues of the day, on foreign policy, the economy, court decisions. But he had come to see the cost of discussing the issues that divide people...