- August 25th, 2020, 11:38 am
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rhezick wrote: ↑August 25th, 2020, 10:35 amI was waiting for the "George Soros is funding it all"gerb wrote: ↑August 25th, 2020, 10:30 amDid you just Jesus juke us into Qanon?Sly Fox wrote: ↑August 25th, 2020, 8:46 am I haven't talked to Mark in years. A decade ago he offered me a job at his firm and we used to be in touch regularly for a period of time. He has recovered from his cancer treatments at last check. He would make a strong board member with a track record of holding adminstrators accountable.I don't know Mark but have observed his body of work in the PR business and its revolting. Church after church hiring his firm to do damage control and spinning their disastrous coverup of sexual abusers and abuse of victims.
Gerb - I feel you on your concerns. You will not likely find a more passionate person on this board than me about rooting out sexual abuse in the church. We as Evangelicals have come a long way in acknowledging the horrific nature of this sin and the impact on the victims and the witness of the church to the lost. My grandfather who passed away a few years ago there in Lynchburg bravely exposed covered up sin at the largest church in America back in the '80s. It cost him friendships, financial support and resulted in death threats for years. Interestingly enough the only Christian leader who was willing to stand by my grandfather through this time was Doc. I have counseled churches through staff sex scandals over the years and have been consistent in shedding light on the darkness and supporting the victims the way Scripture demands us.
This only makes the events of the past few days all the more ironic and sad. Doc spent his entire life in full recognition of what a scandal like this would do to the university and his ministry. It is a primary reason he didn't follow the trend at the time of naming his school after himself when Oral Roberts and Jimmy Swaggart had their names front & center. Apparently his eldest wasn't paying close enough attention.
I am sure the board will hire a search firm. A guy I know here in Houston leads the largest Christian ministry leadership search firm. It will be interesting to see if the board hires them or a secular search firm with proven track record. What I hope they avoid us setting up their own internal search committee. The credibility of the board is so low right now that such an endeavor could be disastrous.
I do suspect that the board is consulting with Mart Green who shepherded ORU through their own scandal-plagued recovery.
Doc is my hero but hasn't always been. After graduating, I thought he was over the top for example referring to Ellen as Ellen Degenerate. However, now that pedowood is coming to light, I think Doc was more red pilled than any of us can imagine. Its also probably one the reasons he never hitched his wagon to the SBC. I'm not surprised that Doc defended your grandfather. He was the real deal which is VERY rare as a nationally know Christian.
I agree with those that say we should move away from the attraction of big names in christian circles. After 30 years of observing, running in circles near some of the biggest leaders in the church today and observing mind boggling indifference regarding the sexual abuse of children and members to outright defense and active coverup, I've come to realize the following reality.
- There is a deep church.
- The Vatican is satanic to the core and is covertly pulling the strings of almost every denomination
- Almost every "big name" christian "leader" is a controlled puppet usually controlled via sexual deviancy
- They move their respective organization further and further away from the gospel and truth over time and are incredibly deceptive
- When instructed, the puppets will suddenly consolidate christians behind the pope and a world church
- And most christians will fall for it.
Make no mistake, there are those that are all over LU and the BoT right now putting on a full court press to install their next leader that will carry out their agenda, weaken LU over time and eventually turn us into Baylor or worse.
I believe God blew up Jerry's boat because he loves LU and because of the lifetime of prayers from Doc (and many others), a man who truly loved his savior. I pray the next chancellor of LU knows and loves the Lord like Doc did.