It's been interesting watching the media cover the death of Jerry Falwell. I watched a great show on Larry King the other night. They interviewed the likes of Larry Flint, James D0bson, Rev. Al Sharpton and Ralph Reed. Larry King also interviewed the guy who ghost wrote two books for Jerry Falwell and is today an outspoken gay. (I believe his last name is Winter.)
None of them really had anything bad to say about Mr. Falwell. They all may not have agreed with him, but did agree on the fact that at least he was willing to speak his mind. I believe that Jerry Falwell was actually Biblically correct with his convictions and theology, he just may not have spoken those convictions in the most loving way.
Hopefully the media coverage will cause people to dig deeper into the issues Mr. Falwell pushed for and come to their own convictions from a Biblical standpoint.
That is always the challenge and quest of every Christian, to read the Bible for themselves and let God speak to them individually to form their convictions.
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Evan,
I really enjoyed reading your blog. I especially related to your statement about the manner in which Jerry expressed the Bible and how it was not in a very loving way. For myself I know I think about this dilemma often.
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