Lofton / Falwell Not Preacher He SHOULD Have Been

[Volokh, Eugene]

    Folks:  Please remember that this is a list devoted to the law of
government and religion -- not on whether some people (recently dead or
otherwise) acted in sad or sinful ways, except insofar as that pretty
closely connects to the law of government and religion.
 
    Eugene


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	The sad thing about Jerry Falwell is not that he never did
anything good (which is to say Godly). The sad and sinful thing about
him is that, publically, instead of preaching God's Word to public
officials (elected and running for office) and telling them what God
required of them, he was a Republican Party cheerleader, a "dumb dog"
that was not barking (Isaiah 56:10), a "eunuch in the palace of the king
of Babylon" (II Kings 20:18). John Lofton, Editor, TheAmericanView.com;
Recovering Republican.
	 
	"Accursed is that peace of which revolt from God is the bond,
and blessed are those contentions by which it is necessary to maintain
the kingdom of Christ." -- John Calvin.
	 
	 
	-----Original Message-----
	From: JMHACLJ at aol.com
	To: religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu
	Sent: Wed, 16 May 2007 3:19 PM
	Subject: Falwell: Not Necessarily The Person That You Think
	
	
	
	Shortly after Lee vs. Weisman, Jerry Falwell, two
separationists, and I were invited to participate in a debate that was a
feature of the annual convention of the Virginia Bar Association.  In
addition to the opportunity to enjoy a visit to Williamsburg, it was a
once in a lifetime opportunity to meet Falwell.
	 
	To facilitate the debate, the VBA arranged for a private
luncheon between the four of us.  And in that luncheon I got an insight
into Falwell that has served as a balance to all the rancor that has
been thrown toward him as a consequence of his very public stances.
	 
	It seems that, as a drove to Thomas Road one day, he noticed a
sign being erected in front of a small home.  The sign proclaimed the
opening of a Palmistry shop.
	 
	Folks who think they "know" Falwell from his public stances, me
included, may think that he would have sprung into action by organizing
public protests, etc.
	 
	He didn't.
	 
	When he got to work, he called for the junior-most pastor on the
staff at Thomas Road.  When the young associate appeared, Falwell
slipped him twenty dollars and instructed him to go get his palm read,
meet the owner and develop a relationship.
	 
	Ultimately, the woman, through that friendship, came to faith in
Christ, closed her shop, and pursued further education . . . ultimately
becoming a licensed counselor . . . something that she had obviously had
a penchant for previously.  
	 
	Jim Henderson
	Senior Counsel
	ACLJ



	
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