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A Christian university in the north Georgia mountains is taking a very public stand in affirmation of the U.S. Constitution and the belief that we are one nation under God. “We recognize the hand of God upon our country throughout our history,” said Emir Caner, president of Truett McConnell University. The university, affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention, recently held a celebration of faith and freedom featuring Fox News Channel host Oliver North and your friendly neighborhood commentator. It was one of the most incredible displays of patriotism I have seen in a long time — complete with a moving...

This evening, Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia released by email this updated statement about Dr. Ergun Caner, president of the university seminary: Liberty University Provost Dr. Ron Godwin is forming a committee to investigate a series of accusations against Ergun Caner, president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. The Internet allegations have questioned public statements Caner has made regarding the details of his personal life story. Godwin is forming a committee to conduct an official inquiry with a goal of issuing its conclusions by the end of June. Following inquiries from several members of the mainstream media, Liberty decided to initiate...

RALEIGH, N.C. - The Southern Baptist minister who leads Liberty University's seminary made a career as a go-to authority on Islam for the evangelical world, selling thousands of books and touring the country as a former Muslim who discovered Jesus Christ. Now Ergun Caner is being investigated by the Lynchburg, Va., university...over allegations that he fabricated or embellished his past. An unlikely coalition of Muslim and Christian bloggers, pastors and apologists has led the charge with video and audio clips they claim show Caner making contradictory statements. Caner has since changed the biographical information on his website and asked friendly...

David Limbaugh speaks at 9 AM & 10:45 AM. Lt. Col. Oliver North will speak at 7 PM.

A former Sunni Muslim has been elected as the new president of Truett-McConnell College in Georgia. Dr. Emir Caner, who was the founding dean of the College at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, was voted by Truett-McConnell’s board of trustees to become its eighth president on Aug. 8, according to the Cleveland, Ga.-based college. His new appointment makes him the first former Muslim to be elected as president of a Southern Baptist college or university. He will officially begin his duties on Aug. 18. “It’s a great day in the life of Truett-McConnell College and Georgia Baptists!...

A new film on Jesus, told from an Islamic perspective, has drawn mixed reactions from the Christian community over its claim that Jesus did not die on the cross but was replaced by Judas Iscariot. “The Messiah” – written, produced and directed by Iranian filmmaker Nader Talebzadeh - was filmed in the Islamic Republic of Iran with Iranian actors to portray how Muslims understand the life of Jesus based on the teachings of the Qur’an and the Gospel of Barnabas – a book not included in the Christian Bible and in which the Prophet Mohammed appears. The movie features two...

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...

Ever since today's free world first crossed swords with regenerated Islamic imperialism, the word cancer has been a predictable metaphor in the lexicons of many pundits. We can't ignore it and we can't argue with it, they say; we've got to cut the cancer out. Comparisons began in earnest on the heels of the 9-11 attacks. On Sept. 26, 2001, New York Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski wrote: "Terrorism is like a cancer, and you never make peace with cancer. Certain battles you don't have the luxury to grow tired of. Terrorism is a malignant tumor, and you don't make peace...

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....

FORT WORTH - Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees elected a Muslim convert to Christianity as dean of the seminary's new undergraduate college.Emir Caner, 34, was brought up to be a devout Sunni Muslim. His father, a leader of the Islamic Center in Columbus, Ohio, disowned Caner after he became a Christian.Caner earned his undergraduate degree at Criswell College in Dallas, his master of divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., and his doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Texas at Arlimgton.He was associate professor of church history and Anabaptist studies at Southeastern Seminary and...

After a 20-year search, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution scientists on an expedition to the Bahamas that covered some 1300 miles have discovered the hideout of a mystery sponge that harbors a chemical with a remarkable ability to kill cancer cells in laboratory tests. In 1984, exploring deep waters off the Bahamas in one of the institution’s submersibles Harbor Branch scientists discovered a small piece of sponge that contained a chemical with a remarkable ability to kill cancer cells in laboratory tests. Despite almost two decades of searching, the group was never able to find enough of the sponge to fully...