CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 8, 2026
CNN FOUNDER TED TURNER HAS DIED. I FIRST MET HIM IN THE LATE 70S AT A JOURNALISM GATHERING IN WASHINGTON. HE TOLD ME HE WAS PLANNING TO START A CABLE NEWS NETWORK. I SAID I DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CABLE BUT IF HE WAS BEHIND IT, I WAS SURE HE WOULD SUCCEED. CNN WAS A SUCCESS BUT AFTER HE SOLD IT, THE NETWORK WENT LEFT.
LATER I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH HIM. HE TOLD ME HE ASKED GOD TO HEAL HIS SISTER, BUT SHE DIED AND HE STOPPED BELIEVING IN GOD. I SAID THAT GOD HAS A SON, WHO ASKED HIS FATHER IF IT WERE POSSILE TO ALLOW THIS CUP – MEANING THE CROSS – TO PASS FROM HIM, BUT NEVERTHELESS NOT MY WILL, BUT YOURS BE DONE, HE SAID.
FOLLOWING TURNER’S DEATH SOME PEOPLE SAID HE WAS IN HEAVEN FOR HIS ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AND THAT THE ANIMALS HE HELPED SAVE WERE WITH HIM.
THAT MIGHT MAKE SOME PEOPLE FEEL GOOD, BUT NO ONE GOES TO HEAVEN UNLESS THEY HAVE CONFESSED THEIR SINS AND ACCEPTED CHRIST AS SAVIOR. GOD GAVE US THIS GOOD NEWS SO WE WOULD NOT PERISH.
I AM NOT TED TURNER’S JUDGE, BUT ANYONE WHO THINKS WORKS WILL GET THEM TO HEAVEN HAS REJECTED THE ONLY WHO CAN GET THEM THERE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
