[adam42381]

I decided to actually do 10 minutes of research on this past Spring just to see if any of you actually had looked at the list of Convo speakers. From the results above, I'm going to guess that you did not. As you can see, politicians are one of the least represented groups on campus. One of the "LU Speakers" was Dr. Ed Hindson. The rest in this group were what is called "Alternative Convocations" where typically the separate colleges/schools hold their own convocation and invite their own speaker that is specific to their industry. So, we do get plenty of people on here from various industry professions, it's just they only speak to those who are most likely to be interested in such topics.

All of you here are making convocation out to be like a mini Republican Convention that we hold 3 times a week... perhaps you should pay closer attention to the convocation schedule before going on rants that you apparently have no idea about. I don't always tote the university line, but I happen to think that Moore does a great job with convocation and the speaker selection overall.

By the way, 1 of the 3 politicians that spoke on campus was Senator Mark Warner (D-Va). There has and always will be a standing invitation to ANY Democrat politician at the university... even I remember that from my time in UG. Also, Michelle Bachmann spoke on the importance of protecting the state of Israel, and even tied it to biblical references and she looked comfortable doing it, so even though she was a "politician," her discussion was very relevant to the times.

[SuperJon]

I only looked at this semester's convo schedule when making my post. I didn't go back through the other semesters so if I was reaching then I was wrong. I also think that convo is only one part of this as well. It's by no means the whole picture.

I fully acknowledge part of my dislike has to do with my view and my passions. Jerry Jr has a huge passion for politics so it's obvious why politics plays a big part at Liberty and why it will continue to play a huge part for as long as he's the president. He inherited the business and political side of his dad while Jonathan got the pastoral and leadership side. (Note: that's not saying Jr doesn't have leadership skills. It's more of a complement to Jonathan.) You go in the direction of the leader who is taking you somewhere, and Jr is a businessman and conservative leader, not a pastor.

[rogers3]

I decided to actually do 10 minutes of research on this past Spring just to see if any of you actually had looked at the list of Convo speakers. From the results above, I'm going to guess that you did not. As you can see, politicians are one of the least represented groups on campus. One of the "LU Speakers" was Dr. Ed Hindson. The rest in this group were what is called "Alternative Convocations" where typically the separate colleges/schools hold their own convocation and invite their own speaker that is specific to their industry. So, we do get plenty of people on here from various industry professions, it's just they only speak to those who are most likely to be interested in such topics.

All of you here are making convocation out to be like a mini Republican Convention that we hold 3 times a week... perhaps you should pay closer attention to the convocation schedule before going on rants that you apparently have no idea about. I don't always tote the university line, but I happen to think that Moore does a great job with convocation and the speaker selection overall.

By the way, 1 of the 3 politicians that spoke on campus was Senator Mark Warner (D-Va). There has and always will be a standing invitation to ANY Democrat politician at the university... even I remember that from my time in UG. Also, Michelle Bachmann spoke on the importance of protecting the state of Israel, and even tied it to biblical references and she looked comfortable doing it, so even though she was a "politician," her discussion was very relevant to the times.

:I chortle audibly.:

Totes their bags, though?

[jcmanson]

Here's an email from Johnnie Moore responding to a complaint about Beck's recent visit - http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com ... ck-sermon/

[adam42381]

Here's an email from Johnnie Moore responding to a complaint about Beck's recent visit - http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com ... ck-sermon/

Beautiful.

[SuperJon]

Thanks Johnnie.

[Purple Haize]

Here's an email from Johnnie Moore responding to a complaint about Beck's recent visit - http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com ... ck-sermon/

At first, when I saw the link I was like

Then when I read the first paragraph I was

And then the last paragraph was

He could have done well by getting rid of the first and last paragraph and rewording the second paragraph/sentence.