My thoughts really don't matter any more than anyone else on this board, and, in 13 pages of posts, anything I say will probably be lost in the fray, anyways. But still, I just wanted to share this.
I work for the Christian Broadcasting Network, doing the news for The 700 Club, and I'm an LU Alum. When we were making our arrangements to cover Dr. Falwell's death, I volunteered to go to Lynchburg, even though I've never been sent on a news assignment before.
When I was at Liberty, and up until recently, I was always concerned about the fate of the school and what would happen with it when Jerry died. After all, no man can fill Jerry's shoes. None.
I arrived in Lynchburg with a camera crew and our reporter, George Thomas at around 8:30. We started speaking with some students to get their reactions and impressions on Jerry, and sometime around that moment I think I realized something.
Jerry's legacy will never be carried on through one person. Instead, his legacy lives on through each and every one of us... And while it's going to be hard for Jonathan and Jerry, Jr. to live up to their father, I think that the tens of thousands of us -- the people whose lives he touched -- may be able to do just that.
And after speaking with dozens of students on Tuesday night, I think we're willing to do just that.
I know that I'm in.
By the way, three things and then I'm done:
1) On Tuesday night as I was getting comfortable and ready to edit video, I took off the polo shirt I was wearing. Underneath, and I didn't realize it until then... I had been wearing a gray "Liberty University" shirt all day long.
2) On Wednesday, the daily devotional that I get in my e-mail was entitled "training the future generation" and led off with Deuteronomy 1:6... which says "You have stayed long enough on this mountain" -- which was God's words to the Israelites before they were to move into the promised land.
3) In any event, it wouldn't surprise me if some of you are disappointed in the media coverage that Falwell got (Ann Coulter had a line that summed it up, "unless you knew better, you would assume that Dr. Falwell's first name was 'Whether you agreed with him or not"). If that's the case, you may want to check out how CBN handled it. Follow the link (or go to CBN.com) and check out the May 16 show. I know, uh... it was a little dusty in my room when watching parts of it.
http://www.cbn.com/vod/index.aspx?s=/ar ... gm=700club
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