In my first blog, I would like to address the Ergun Caner/Liberty University issue.
If you have been following this, you know that you can find the evidence that Ergun Caner has been changing his past, depending on where or when he is speaking.
We all have or have spoken to someone who has embellished a story. Some of us may even know a seminary president. But, I doubt, we know a seminary president, who has stayed such, after rewriting his past with embellishments and deceit.
You can find the Caner evidence here and here with further links provided.
Now, as to the title, my question is, "Will Liberty do what is God-honoring or what the Right-Wing usually does?"
Liberty could have and can handle things the way God wants us to, i.e. I John 1:9, James 5: 19, 20 and 1 Peter 4:7-9.
But, they seem to be handling the issue as Bob Jones University handled its no interracial dating policy in 2000.
Instead of immediately taking the God-honoring course, BJU had to be pressured into giving up the policy by the secular media. Liberty, basically, gave the same reason, the secular media, in their statement on the Dr. Caner issue.
The one thing Christians should know is that we shouldn't be doing things just because the media wants us to. Secondly, and more importantly, it should not take the mainstream media to shame us into confession. We should be ready as David, when confronted by Nathan, to admit our guilt, 2 Samuel 12:13.
My hope is that Dr. Caner will confess as necessary, Liberty will take the proper action against Dr. Caner, because God requires it, not because of the media, and Dr. Caner will receive forgiveness. Whatever the consequences, the unbelieving, especially Muslim, world is watching and needs to see that Christians do stand for truth, even against our own. May Paul be our example in this, i.e. Galatians 2:10-12. May God be praised.
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I am not so sure LU is motivated by secular opinion. Instead they seem to not take the Calvinist blog world as their impetus to action. I do not blame them in that sense.
ReplyDeleteI just think that when a charge arises and evidence is set forth, someone should check it out.
ReplyDeletePS: BJU has handled similar situations correctly. A prominent individual received a DUI, publicly repented and received biblical counseling. That was a God-honoring event.
Rebuilding is what we want.
I was not aware that Christianity Today, Associated Press, Lynchburg News & Advance, Baptist Press and YouTube users were all members of the "Calvinist blog world".
ReplyDeleteWell then I guess leadership of Liberty is absolved. The Calvinist conspiracy has been thwarted. All is well.
Jay, I am not very familiar with the workings of BJU. If they held the individual accountable for his transgressions then they are doing as scripture requires. However, I do think it is another matter when a theological discipline adamantly opposed to BJU takes up the cause. It quickly becomes another house throwing stones.
ReplyDeleteFor instance in BJU's case, he came to BJU for forgiveness. They did not have to go to him.
ReplyDeleteMy view of the LU issue is that they neglected their duty, so to the church universal it went.
PS to my last comment:
ReplyDeleteTo the church universal, because of the very open, public nature of the allegations, i.e. books that thousands or millions bought, radio shows, tv shows, and other media.
Well, you see, it is not the church universal that became involved. It was a sect of the church (for the most part) that has been in the midst of animosity with LU and Caner long before this incident. I add that rather than the church universal that is waging this battle, it is the sect, the Muslims and some of the secular media. That is what I meant in the other thread about having to wash the stench off hands.
ReplyDeleteAnd, what I meant by the church universal is that the issue was taken to the church universal by the people bringing the charge. And, it is not a battle, it is a request for the truth and repentence, not death or victory, except as it relates to the truth coming out.
ReplyDeleteAgain, the negative subtlty with the use of the word "sect" is ubbecoming.
ReplyDelete"it is the sect, the Muslims and some of the secular media."
Rather, they are Christians, a few Muslims who discovered the untruths, who tried to bring it to Ergun and Liberty's attention, then brought it to the other Christians' attention, and the media, including CHRISTIANITY TODAY, who wrote the first story.