This was the first commencement without Jerry Falwell who founded Liberty University in 1971. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich spoke to Liberty University's graduating class Saturday in Lynchburg,Va. He said that they should use Christian ideas to confront the growing radical culture of secularism.
The graduation ceremony was held four days after the death of Jerry Falwell, it's founder. The football stadium was packed with about 17,000 somber mourning attendees. In tribute to Jerry Falwell, the graduates chanted, "Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!
Some of the things that Gingrich said were, "A growing culture of radical secularism declares that the nation cannot profess the truths on which it was founded... We are told that our public schools can no longer invoke the creator, nor proclaim the natural law nor profess the God-given quality of human rights... In hostility to American history, the radical secularists insist that religious belief is inherently divisive and that public debate can only proceed on secular terms...Too often, the courts have been biased against religious believers. This anti-religious bias must end..."
Gingrich who might possibly decide to run for President by Fall 2007, made harsh reference to judges' who overreach the law to seperate the church and state. He also understands that just because a Christian dies the battle doesn't disappear. Someone else with lead the battle. The efforts will go on.
Liberty University is a Baptist University founded to project fundamental Christianity & is to train conservative lawyers, politicians and judges. Falwell realized that the country is in a battle for it's Christian beliefs against the evil forces of abortion & liberal culture changes to our lifestyles. Jerry Falwell, Jr. is the new chancellor of the school. They pledge to carry on with Falwell's Christian's Rights legacy.
Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority in 1980. The moral majority was credited with helping elect President Ronald Reagan. He also started many more endeavors. I am sure he will go down in history as a Christian who wasn't afraid to back down in the battle. He stood for the morals taught in God's word. From what I've read he was a humble man, a loving man that his church, school,peers and family appreciated. What a legacy!
Jerry Falwell's funeral is set for Tuesday.
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Link to article that I've commented on.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,273974,00.html
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Sometime back, Neut Gingrich confessed that he had done wrong in the past. This is probably the reason he was able to speak to this group at the graduation ceremony. Gingrich gave a great speech.
