CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
LIBERTY UNIVERSITY HAS HIRED AN OUTSIDE FIRM TO INVESTIGATE THE TENURE OF ITS FORMER PRESIDENT, JERRY FALWELL, JUNIOR. THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL NECESSARY STEPS THE WORLD’S LARGEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERTSITY MUST TAKE IN ORDER TO RESTORE CREDIBILITY TO A VERY GOOD SCHOOL.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY, FALWELL RESIGNED AFTER NEWS OF AN ALLEGED AFFAIR BETWEEN HIS WIFE AND AT LEAST ONE, POSSIBLY SEVERAL, YOUNG MEN CAME TO LIGHT. THERE ARE OTHER ALLEGATIONS TOO SORDID TO MENTION HERE, AS IF THESE AFFAIRS ARE NOT SORDID ENOUGH.
AS I WRITE IN MY COLUMN FOR TOMORROW, ONE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF DESIRING TOO CLOSE AN ASSOCIATION WITH EARTLY POWER IS THAT IT TEMPTS TO COMPROMISE AND WORSE. FALWELL’S TOTAL ENDORSEMENT OF ALL THINGS TRUMP HAS CAUSED SOME PEOPLE TO BELIEVE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN MEANS ADOPTING PARTISAN POLITICAL VIEWS. JESUS SAID MY KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.
LIBERTY’S MOTTO HAS BEEN “TRAINING CHAMPIONS FOR CHRIST.” IT SHOULD RETURN TO THAT GRAND GOAL AND ALSO GET RID OF THE BOARD THAT IGNORED, EXCUSED AND POSSIBLY COVERED-UP THE SINS OF ITS FORMER PRESIDENT. I’M CAL THOMAS
