http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/libertyu/ en-us Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:10:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993479/posts Several dozen leading members of the Southern Baptist Convention, including its current President and several past Presidents, recently released a "Declaration on the Environment and Climate Change." I attended Liberty University, a school affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and specifically affiliated with Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia. Both the church and the University were founded and led by Jerry Falwell until his death last May. The school and church are now led by Rev. Falwell's two sons: Jerry Falwell, Jr. is the Chancellor and President of Liberty University, and Jonathan Falwell is the senior pastor of the... xjcsa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1993479/posts#comment Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:10:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968465/posts LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Huckabee suggested the Republican Party could meet the same fate as 1976 if it elected a moderate candidate who does not inspire voters. Speaking at a press conference after addressing Thomas Road Baptist Church, Huckabee continued to compare himself to Ronald Reagan, who ran in 1976 against the party establishment, which led to a floor fight at the national convention. When reminded that the Republicans lost the 1976, Huckabee said it wasn’t because the party was divided, but because Gerald Ford did not energize the party. “He never championed himself as a conservative, not a pro-life person... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968465/posts#comment Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:02:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1967628/posts On December 21, 2007 Ergun Caner sent me an announcement about the name change of Liberty Theological Seminary to Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. I gave it only passing notice. From all that I know, Liberty may be the finest Fundamentalist seminary around and I don't care how many times they extract and reinsert the name "Baptist" on their letterhead. When Caner became dean of the seminary in 2004 he took the name "Baptist" out. The rationale given for reinserting it I found mildly amusing, but again, not worth much more than a raised eyebrow. He wrote, [S]ince 2004, much... Founders Ministries Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1967628/posts#comment Sat, 9 Feb 2008 15:02:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935218/posts A group that opposes interaction between religion and government Tuesday accused Liberty University Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. of violating federal tax law by using the school's resources to endorse Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. The group also asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate. In a complaint filed with the IRS, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (AU) noted that Falwell hosted the former Arkansas governor at a university event last Wednesday in Lynchburg, Va, CNSNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935218/posts#comment Wed, 5 Dec 2007 20:57:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931848/posts Lynchburg, VA - He's huge in Iowa, and making headlines everyday. Now a contender for the Republican presidential bid is in the Hill City. Governor Mike Huckabee spoke at Commencement at Liberty University Wednesday morning. ABC 13 WSET http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1931848/posts#comment Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:49:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887200/posts Falwell's insurance policies pay off Liberty University debt Associated Press Staff Reports OneNewsNow.com August 26, 2007 LYNCHBURG, Va. - Dr. Jerry Falwell had life insurance policies worth $34 million and the money has been used to erase the debt of Liberty University, the school he founded. The televangelist's son, Liberty Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr., says his father named the university and Lynchburg's Thomas Road Baptist Church as beneficiaries to protect their future. The policies left $29 million to Liberty and another $5 million to the 22,000-member Thomas Road congregation, which Falwell had led, according to the News & Advance of... Click here for news story http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887200/posts#comment Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:59:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1885747/posts The Rev. Jerry Falwell had life insurance policies worth $34 million and the money has been used to erase the debt of Liberty University, the school he founded. The televangelist's son, Liberty Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr., said his father had named the university and the Thomas Road Baptist Church as beneficiaries to protect their future. The policies left $29 million to Liberty; its debt had reached $82 million in 1992, but the school had succeeded in paying off a significant amount before the elder Falwell's death. Another $5 million went to the 22,000-member Thomas Road congregation, which Falwell had led,... The Chruch Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1885747/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:59:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862992/posts On Monday, July 2, I attended what I can only pray may become a historic meeting. Several weeks ago, I received a call about attending a meeting at the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, D.C. I was told this meeting would be hosted by the ambassador from Egypt and might be attended by representatives of other Arab nations, as well as by 10-15 pastors, evangelists and Christian media representatives. My interest stirred, I agreed to attend the meeting even though I was not quite sure of its purpose. I asked Dr. Ron Godwin, Liberty University's executive vice president, to attend with... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1862992/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:59:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850458/posts There is a proposal to name part of the highway that borders Falwell's Liberty University after him. The local newspaper, very influential in the community of Lynchburg, is taking a poll. I attend Liberty's law school, and would like to see this proposal put into action. If you have time, please vote on the online poll. It is located on the left-hand side of the page. Thank you Freepers. The News and Advance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1850458/posts#comment Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:22:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836370/posts LYNCHBURG, Va. - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich told Liberty University's graduating class Saturday to honor the spirit of school founder Jerry Falwell by confronting "the growing culture of radical secularism" with Christian ideals. Gingrich, who is considering a 2008 presidential run, quoted Bible passages to a crowd of about 17,000 packed into the university's football stadium four days after Falwell's death. Despite the somber tone of the day, graduates who covered the football field chanted "Jerry! Jerry!" in tribute to Falwell. "A growing culture of radical secularism declares that the nation cannot profess the truths on which it was... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1836370/posts#comment Sat, 19 May 2007 17:54:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835702/posts Even in death, the Rev. Jerry Falwell on Thursday was clutching a Bible, which had been his centerpiece for most of his adult life. And to the thousands who filed past his body in the grand lobby of Liberty University’s Arthur S. DeMoss Learning Center, remembrances were deeply personal. They remembered the man who loved to laugh, lived to minister, or simply scared the daylights out of you with his loud truck horn. Beyond his résumé - which includes being the founding father of LU, Thomas Road Baptist Church and the Moral Majority - Falwell’s legacy is built on little... Lynchburg News & Advance http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1835702/posts#comment Fri, 18 May 2007 13:42:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686454/posts FALWELL CONFIDENTIAL Insider weekly newsletter to The Moral Majority Coalition and The Liberty Alliance http://www.moralmajority.com From: Jerry Falwell Date: August 18, 2006 UCLA, Cornell and Liberty In 1971, I started Liberty University (then Lynchburg Baptist College) because of a dream I believe God planted in my heart. In our first year, we had 154 students and four faculty members, including me. Many people said my dream was an impossible one. But I continued to believe that God had directed me to initiate an institution of higher learning where academic excellence, athletic competition at the highest level and Judeo-Christian values could... E-mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686454/posts#comment Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:37:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1672319/posts From: Dr. Jerry Falwell Date: July 25, 2006 Dr. Ergun Caner at TRBC this Sunday, July 30, 11:00 a.m. This Sunday, July 30, Dr. Ergun Caner, a former Muslim who is today the president of Liberty Theological Seminary, will be speaking in the beautiful new Thomas Road Baptist Church Worship Center. Dr. Caner, who has been described as the “Intellectual Pit Bull of the evangelical world,” will be addressing the present turbulence in the Middle East and examining the historic connotations of the Covenant between God and Abraham, a key issue in today’s ongoing turmoil in the Holy Land. Dr.... http://home.trbc.org/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1672319/posts#comment Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:53:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634699/posts Members of Young Americans for Freedom came from as far away as Michigan to support a start-up chapter of YAF at Liberty University last weekend. The YAF-ers came to oppose Sen. John McCain’s immigration policies and rallied along the side of the road. After getting lots of enthusiastic responses from passing cars, they marched to the entrance of the school and demonstrated there, leaving only after the police threatened them with arrest. This action is part of a general effort to revitalize Young Americans for Freedom and create a real right-wing youth movement to mobilize against the Republican leadership for... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634699/posts#comment Fri, 19 May 2006 00:43:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632454/posts The maverick senator seen as the Republicans' best hope for succeeding President George W Bush has taken a major step towards becoming his party's next leader by reaching out to the powerful Christian Right. John McCain swallowed his pride on Saturday when he spoke at Liberty University in Virginia, run by the ultra-conservative television evangelist Jerry Falwell, who he once said had an "evil influence" on the party. His attempt to win over Mr Falwell and other Christian leaders - whose millions of followers dominate the party's grass roots - was a deeply controversial choice as a way-station on the... Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1632454/posts#comment Mon, 15 May 2006 14:44:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631899/posts LYNCHBURG, Va. - Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), looking to heal a rift with the religious conservatives who undermined his 2000 White House bid, told students graduating at the Rev. Jerry Falwell's university Saturday that Americans have a right to disagree on issues but should maintain respect for each other. The Arizona Republican specifically referred to disagreements over the war in Iraq during his commencement address at Liberty University. He noted that the war "has taken innocent life," but he said he has stood his ground in support of it because he believed "my country's interests and values... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631899/posts#comment Sun, 14 May 2006 03:46:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631694/posts Sen. John McCain, looking to heal a rift with the religious conservatives who undermined his 2000 White House bid, told students graduating at the Rev. Jerry Falwell's university Saturday that Americans have a right to disagree on issues but should maintain respect for each other. The Arizona Republican specifically referred to disagreements over the war in Iraq during his commencement address at Liberty University. He noted that the war "has taken innocent life," but he said he has stood his ground in support of it because he believed "my country's interests and values required it." McCain defended the rights of... SEattle PI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1631694/posts#comment Sat, 13 May 2006 17:07:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1629642/posts NEW YORK -- U.S. Sen. John McCain is set to deliver commencement speeches at two New York universities next week -- and that's drawing fire from campus activists who oppose his conservative views and support for the Iraq war. The potential Republican presidential candidate is scheduled to address Columbia's "Class Day" on May 16 and will speak at commencement ceremonies at the New School three days later. At the New School, there's a petition asking that McCain be disinvited from commencement ceremonies. A protest leader said the senator's stands on abortion and gay rights don't reflect the values of the... KOAT TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1629642/posts#comment Wed, 10 May 2006 04:45:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628455/posts MANY have wondered if my invitation to Senator John McCain to deliver the commencement address next Saturday to our graduating class at Liberty University represents my support for his possible run for the presidency in 2008. It does not. The senator's speech does not symbolize an endorsement of an unannounced candidacy on my part, and it does not mark the quest for such an endorsement on his part. Mr. McCain has never sought such an endorsement, and I have not offered one. To understand the significance of Mr. McCain's commencement address, it helps to understand Liberty University. Since I founded... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1628455/posts#comment Mon, 8 May 2006 07:00:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627885/posts Last October, J. David Woodard, a Clemson University political scientist who doubles as a strategist for conservative Republican candidates, polled 450 South Carolina GOP voters, asking: "When it comes to politics, do you consider yourself closer to George W. Bush or John McCain?" Sixty-three percent picked Bush. Twenty-one percent said it made no difference. And just 16 percent chose McCain. The message? "I think McCain has a lot of work to do if he's going to win here," Woodard told me recently. "There is a long-term memory, especially with Christian conservatives, about his comments after the 2000 race." Last September,... WP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1627885/posts#comment Sat, 6 May 2006 17:09:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1622236/posts ROANOKE, Va. - The leader of the largest branch of American Judaism urged evangelical Christians on Wednesday not to compromise church-state separation as a quick fix to the "disturbing collapse of public morality." Prayer in the schools is not the answer to moral decline in America, Rabbi Eric Yoffie told a chapel service at the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University in Lynchburg. Yoffie, president of the liberal Union for Reform Judaism, has publicly criticized the Christian right in the past, drawing the distinction on issues such as abortion and gay marriage, both of which evangelical Christians oppose. "But as significant... Richmond Times-Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1622236/posts#comment Thu, 27 Apr 2006 02:32:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609971/posts Expected to run for president in 2008, the longtime maverick is courting social conservatives. WASHINGTON - It's only April 2006, but John McCain isn't wasting any time in the 2008 presidential sweepstakes. For months, the Republican from Arizona has been blitzing the country, meeting with donors, lending his star power to Republican candidates, building his political team, and courting constituencies who spurned him in 2000. And as a sitting senator with his name on controversial immigration legislation, he's faced some boos. As the early front-runner for the GOP nomination, Senator McCain is no longer the outsider, nipping at the heels... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609971/posts#comment Thu, 6 Apr 2006 01:07:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1607995/posts WASHINGTON - Potential presidential candidate John McCain says he longer considers evangelist Jerry Falwell to be one of the "agents of intolerance" that he criticized during a previous White House run. The Republican senator from Arizona will be the commencement speaker in May at Liberty University, the Lynchburg, Va., institution that Falwell founded in 1971. "We agreed to disagree on certain issues, and we agreed to move forward," McCain said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." In 2000, as he sought the Republican nomination that eventually went to George W. Bush, McCain said: "Neither party should be defined by pandering... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1607995/posts#comment Sun, 2 Apr 2006 21:54:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1607653/posts I t was just last week that the New Hampshire House overwhelmingly rejected an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state's constitution. But that's by no means the last that residents of this or any other state will hear of the issue. This week Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate renewed their push for a similar amendment to the federal constitution. What's striking about the 16-page paper released by the Senate's Republican Policy Committee is that it could have been written for a readership of one: Sen. John McCain. The last time the Senate took up a marriage amendment, in 2004,... Concord Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1607653/posts#comment Sun, 2 Apr 2006 01:17:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594185/posts Lynchburg -- More than 20 gay rights activists were arrested on trespassing charges Friday when they stepped onto the campus of Liberty University, the school founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. Many of the activists were part of Soulforce, a Lynchburg-based group on its first stop of a nationwide "Equality Ride" tour to promote gay rights at the nation's conservative Christian universities and military academies. Most of those arrested were members of the tour, but the group also included supporters from other colleges and the community. Invoking the memory of the civil rights movement, Soulforce member Jacob Reitan said: "We... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594185/posts#comment Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:07:19 GMT