Seminary President Better At Politics Than Politician

You can check out the whole article, but I will just show the similarities between the Ergun Caner cover-up and this one.

The article reads:
"Since McKenna's report went out last week, Vaughn has gone step-by-step through the political crisis playbook. His first step was to deny, deny, deny. The delegate insisted to McKenna that he was signed as a free agent in 1980, despite evidence to the contrary. A single, ambiguous newspaper clipping was his only proof."

#1: Deny, using weak counter evidence- been there done that.

"Next up was the tried and true method of distraction with inconsequential facts. Vaughn said he was a member of the NFL Players Alumni Association, a group whose eligibility requirements seem to be only that you have a working credit card. If you'd like, you can join too for $150. "

#2: Distraction- Misstatements, "Their evidence proves I was a Muslim!"- been there done that

"Then Vaughn tried to blame the issue on someone else (the webmaster who made his site), pulled the offending sentence (he says he removed it immediately; McKenna claims he waited six days), released a damage control statement blasting the City Paper's report (it was "unresearched (sic) and inaccurate"), basically blamed the media for all of society's ills ("this incident demonstrates the growing problem that we have in the 24/7 media culture") and, finally, vowed to "explore" how the error was made in the first place. "

#3: Have we heard it is an EXTREME Muslim and EXTREME Calvinist plot?- been there done that too --Didn't we also hear this from supporters? Tim Guthrie.

"But if the report was "unresearched and inaccurate," then what's he exploring? "

#4: Hasn't he already apologized? But he is also innocent, isn't he?


"And why did he take the sentence about playing for the Cowboys off his bio? "

#5: What happened to the debates all over the place?

"Either McKenna is right and Vaughn didn't play for them or the bio was right and Vaughn did. "

#6: Border of Iraq or Ohio? Training centers, where?

"Later on Vaughn admitted he didn't play for three years but that he practiced with the team for five months, yet he's still exploring something. The delegate doth protest too much methinks.
There hasn't been any political fallout yet in Vaughn's district, possibly because the story hasn't gained enough traction with major media outlets or possibly because voters are satisfied with the delegate's performance and don't care about a white lie on a website. That's what makes Vaughn's reaction so bizarre; if he had removed the Cowboys blurb and moved on, nobody would be talking about it. By extending the story, he's running the risk of having more of his constituents hear about his penchant for tall tales. "

#7: Had Ergun Caner truly confessed and repented, it would be over.

"We've gotten away from the most important question though, which is why someone would lie about playing for the Cowboys, especially in the D.C. area? ... Or putting an easily disputed fact on your website and getting into a fight with the media four months before an election. In other words, not too smart. "

#8: Exactly, did Ergun not think anyone would check his facts?

The similarities are striking.

May God bring this to a close.

Can you say Amen at the end of a testimony filled with lies?

This blog really goes in depth into the heart of why the Gospel is hindered by lies relating to a person's testimony. We must not mix truth with lies, especially the ultimate truth.

Please take a moment to consider.

Harvest House says to Ergun Caner, "respond."

Great to hear that a company did not hide or try to deny the issue in an effort to save their publishing dollars.

This shows integrity, and I am glad. It shows that if the book says fiction, it's fiction, but if it says non-fiction, it had better be non-fiction!

I also agree with them: Set it straight soon Ergun, please?

Harvest House statement:
"We are saddened by the controversy that has risen as a result of the self-contradictory statements made by Ergun Caner over the years. And, we are concerned that the allegations surrounding his statements have not yet been adequately addressed by him, and we are hopeful that he will personally respond to them soon."

Ergun Caner on Archive.org

Mkhan used this site to find "factual statements that are self-contradictory."

This schedule of speaking engagements may lead to more information.

Use it well.

"factual statements that are self-contradictory" Need I say more?

Don't put up with liars...If they confess, forgive them.

I will refer you to this article "Don't put up with liars"

This article shows, again, how important it is for your actions and words to be the same. Not that we don't fall, for our theology says as much, but that when we do, we confess and seek forgiveness. And, quickly.

I will insert one quote from the article that says it all:

"These three appear to have fallen prey to the oldest temptation in the world, to not be completely truthful about themselves. We should be able to understand that perfectly, even if we can't condone it, because we've all done the same. But in their case, the sin is worse because they are leaders, and they have a greater responsibility to the truth.

Big Daddy tells Brick how to deal with mendacity: "You've got to live with it. There's nothin' to live with but mendacity. Is there?"

No, evangelicals themselves and the public at large aren't going to put up with dishonesty in their leaders. Souders has faced his consequences. We'll see if Rekers and Caner will face theirs."

Sound familiar?

Another example from the political world should teach Christians something.

It DOES matter whether what you say is true or false!

See Richard Blumenthal

Either you were in Vietnam or you were not. To say that you were, more than once, when you were not is not to misspeak, it is a lie.

Either you grew up in Turkey or you did not.

Same thing.

And yet, Richard Blumenthal is addressing the issue more quickly than a Christian seminary president.

How sad indeed...

I found this excerpt from the Huffington Post, one of the more anti-Christian, news outlets:

"For months, Liberty University refused to investigate Caner's background. Now that local press and even the Associated Press have written about the controversy, the school has set up a committee to investigate the allegations. If they excuse his behavior, they risk tarnishing their credibility. If they punish him, they risk provoking the anger of the evangelical community.
An unrepentant Caner maintains his innocence, saying that he "never intentionally misled anyone." He blames the campaign to discredit him on Calvinists and their Muslim interlocutors. At the same time, many of his duped followers are refusing to accept reality. They are taking their anger out on those who have exposed the fraud and not on the charlatan himself."

Please, excusers of Caner, not defenders, yes excusers, please see that it is not the men who had the courage to hold Caner accountable that have given the unbelievers the occasion to blaspheme. No, it is the unwillingness to deal with the issue properly and promptly that has caused this.

It is indeed sad to see this story on the Huffington Post. It is truly sad to see that it has taken unbelievers bringing light to the issue, when Christians had been attempting to set things right first.

Please, call on Ergun to end this. Please, call on Liberty to end this.

Again, may God help us all to repent quickly, when we are confronted with sin, and, indeed, may God help us to repent even more quickly when we sin.

I know sometimes, to us, it is not enough that God sees our sin, but it should be. God's eyes should be the only eyes we fear to have our sins exposed before.

May God help us and May God forgive us all for our sins.

Will Liberty Do the Right thing or the RIGHT thing?

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.