Falwell is a false prophet who is so far in debt to the devil that he has to retract truthful biblical statements in order to be in good standing with the system of the anti-Christ.
9/11 Apology:
LYNCHBURG, Virginia (CNN) -- The Rev. Jerry Falwell said late Thursday September 13, 2001 he did not mean to blame feminists, gays or lesbians for bringing on the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington this week, in remarks on a television program earlier in the day. On the broadcast of the Christian television program "The 700 Club," Falwell made the following statement: "I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'" Falwell said he believes the ACLU and other organizations "which have attempted to secularize America, have removed our nation from its relationship with Christ on which it was founded." "I therefore believe that that created an environment which possibly has caused God to lift the veil of protection which has allowed no one to attack America on our soil since 1812," he said.
Falwell apologizes to gays, feminists, lesbians September 14, 2001 Posted: 2:55 AM EDT (0655 GMT) Falwell told CNN: "I would never blame any human being except the terrorists, and if I left that impression with gays or lesbians or anyone else, I apologize." Falwell, pastor of the 22,000-member Thomas Road Baptist Church, viewed the attacks as God's judgment on America for "throwing God out of the public square, out of the schools. The abortionists have got to bear some burden for this because God will not be mocked."
The Bible says in Deuteronomy 6:24 - And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25 - And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
Deuteronomy 32:29 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30 - How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? 31 - For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. 32 - For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: 33 - Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. 34 - Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? 35 - To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 36 - For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. 37 - And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, 38 - Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
God says in His holy scriptures if people will not fear God, listen and do His will, then God will turn people over to their false gods. Those false gods can be the protection of the rebellious people. If people reject God and do not want His blessings and protection then they get what they want. But God is saying those false gods are not able to protect people.
Who Owns Falwell?
Falwell bailed out by Reverend Moon
"The donation, and several Falwell appearances at Moon conferences, raised eyebrows because Moon (see Moon page) claims to be the messiah sent to complete the failed mission of Jesus Christ, a doctrine sharply at odds with Falwell's fundamentalist Christian theology."
This article appears in the October 25, 2002 issue of Executive Intelligence Review. "Democrats Now Venture To the Dark Side of the Moon," by Jeffrey Steinberg and Scott Thompson. The Falwell bailout by Moon was first exposed by investigative journalist Bob Parry in a 1997 series, titled "The Dark Side of the Moon," which were published on the Internet by the Consortium for Investigative Journalism.
During the 1980s, Falwell accumulated $73 million in debt, largely in the form of bonds, sold by a Texas company (Church & Institutional Facilities Development Corp.), which marketed the commercial paper to finance Falwell's operations and the expansion of Liberty University. All told, 2,500 fans of Falwell's Moral Majority and Old Time Gospel Hour TV show, gave up their hard-earned money to purchase the bonds. Falwell burned through the money, and, by the end of the 1980s, when the political might of the Christian Right began to decline, Falwell found himself on the verge of financial ruin. At first, according to a U.S. Senate source familiar with the case, Falwell was able to fend off his creditors, by turning to such Christian fundamentalist deep pockets as the Arthur DeMoss Foundation.
According to court records on file in Bedford County, Virginia, by the Summer of 1993, two Virginia associates of Falwell, Dan Reber and Jimmy Thomas, began devoting most of their time and energy to finding a bigger "financial angel" to bail out Liberty University and Falwell's other operations. Reber and Thomas were the sole proprietor of the non-profit Christian Heritage Foundation of Forest, Virginia, and they also ran a small outfit, Direct Mail Communications (DMC), which they founded in 1989, located in a strip mall in the same rural town.
Just months after DMC had been created by Reber and Thomas, it was purchased by one of the Moon fronts, Mail America, for $2.5 million, a hefty sum for a company that was only a few months old, with no track record of making money. What DMC had was the line into Falwell, handling direct-mail solicitations for Falwell's entire empire; but, according to court records, the firm was never even compensated for the postage costs. Was Moon, then, already subsidizing Falwell's operations in the early 1990s? What is confirmed by the court documents, obtained by Bob Parry, is that in the Summer of 1993, Reber, Ronald Godwin, the architect of the Moon buyout of DMC, Falwell, and Dong Moon Joo, the publisher of the Washington Times, met in Lynchburg, Va. to discuss Falwell's financial dilemma. The Summer of 1993 meeting led to Falwell's January 1994 trip to Seoul.
Clearly, a bailout deal was hatched during the South Korea session. On July 26, 1994, Falwell made his first appearance at a Moonie event, sitting next to Reverend Moon at the head table of a gala affair for the Youth Federation for World Peace. It would be the first of many appearances that the televangelist would make before Moon-manufactured organizations.
In January 1995, Reber and Thomas bought half of Falwell's Liberty University debt—for pennies on the dollar. The total that the duo shelled out was $2.5 million. The purchase of the Falwell debt came shortly after Reber and Thomas' Christian Heritage Foundation received a contribution of $3.5 million from Moon's Women's Federation for World Peace. Federation vice president Susan Fefferman confirmed, in a Parry interview, that the $3.5 million had gone to "Mr. Falwell's people" for the benefit of Liberty University.
One of the attorneys in a Bedford County court case that evolved out of the DMC-centered financial shenanigans, had a different take on the "bailout." Doug Hudman told Parry that most of the bondholders, who lost their shirts, were "moms and pops" cashing in their IRA [individual retirement account] money because their local minister and Falwell's letters said they'd be doing God's work. The true victims are the ... believers who think their money was going to a good cause. All it was doing was going to fund Mr. Falwell's continued indebtedness.
- Because of these monetary problems, Liberty University has compromised whatever "Christian" standards it might have had left. In 1993, Falwell's Liberty University relaxed evangelical requirements in an effort to preserve state of Virginia tuition assistance grants for students. As requested by the Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Liberty amended its publications and informed faculty members and students of its new policies. New school policy now specifies that faculty members are free to take positions in their teachings or publications that may be contrary to Liberty's doctrine. Neither faculty members nor students will be required to sign any statement that they believe or accept Liberty's doctrinal positions.
Cult leader Sun Myung Moon is the founder of the Unification Church (the "Moonies"), and is the self-proclaimed Messiah to the world. In 6/85, one of Moon's organizations held several rallies, one of which was in Washington, D.C. Falwell joined a group of religious leaders at a Washington news conference dubbed as a "welcome home" party for Moon, who had just been released from prison after serving 13 months for evading federal income taxes. At this conference, Falwell suggested that President Ronald Reagan issue a pardon to clear Moon's name.
Moon hosted another of his D.C. vanity banquets at the Omni-Shoreham Hotel on 7/26/94. The occasion was his founding of the Youth Federation for World Peace, another of Moon's Socialist front organizations for young radicals. He lined up an all-star cast of political has-beens to lend his self-aggrandizement some much-needed credibility. Alexander Haig, Walter Fauntroy, Edward Heath, Maureen Reagan, and Jerry Falwell sat at the head table with the convicted felon. Falwell is featured in a front-page photo along with Moon and his wife and a group of other public figures (9/30/94, Washington City Paper).
In December of 1995 in Montevideo, Uruguay, Falwell spoke at a conference sponsored by Moon's Inter Religious Federation for World Peace and Washington Times Foundation, and titled, "Christian Ecumenism in the Americas: Toward One Christian Family Under God." In his speech, Falwell said, "It is my observation and personal conviction that conferences and seminars like this one can be very beneficial for building bridges of communication." ("Bridges of communication"? What does that mean! Christ didn't say, "Go into all the world and build bridges of communion." He commands us to "preach the gospel"! Any lesser "communication" is compromise and a denial of our Lord.) (Source: 5/96, TBC.)
By Their Fruits...
Falwell's greatest deviation from true Christianity has to do with his part in the PTL Network scandal. On March 20, 1987, Falwell announced that the reins of the charismatic PTL conglomerate had been turned over to him by the "Reverend" Jim Bakker. Falwell was quoted as saying that Bakker's resignation was a "blow to the cause of Christ," that "God would not want me to allow the collapse of this ministry," that he was "trying to save a sister ministry," that his goal was to "rebuild the credibility and guarantee the ongoing testimony of Jesus Christ," and that "the entire cause of Christ is at stake." All of these statements gave credibility to an enterprise which had been a spacey combination of tongues, healing, prosperity gospel, success testimonies, and unabashed deceit. Later revelations exposed all types of immorality, drug addiction, high living, and misappropriation of funds. In the takeover which ensued, Falwell personally chose new board members including new evangelicals such as Ben Armstrong of the National Association of Religious Broadcasters, Southern Baptists such as Sam Moore of Thomas Nelson Publishers, Dr. Baily Smith and Richard Lee Common, and charismatics Richard Dortch, Rex Humbard, and James Watt (New Neutralism II, p. 93).
- Reggae, gospel, and rock bands entertained at the 4/96 Washington for Jesus (WFJ) rally -- organized by hyper-charismatic John Jimenez, pastor of the Rock Church (Va. Beach). Women preachers and tongue-speaking were featured. Falwell promoted this "Christian Woodstock" rally in his 4/96 National Liberty Journal. Falwell, Benny Hinn, and Kenneth Hagin, Jr. were featured speakers. Following the lead of Oral Roberts Univ., Falwell said Liberty would give $5,000 for the expenses of the WFJ meeting. He earlier told Jimenez: "We must network together or we will lose this country." (False prophets networking with false prophets will not save this country, but repenting of evil deeds towards God, in sackcloth and ashes, is a good start!) Falwell sat on the platform while Richard Roberts was publicly claiming that God had physically touched him and given him a prophecy that needed to be delivered at this WFJ rally. The rally concluded with a "Signs and Wonders Miracle Service" led by Benny Hinn. (Reported in the 6/15/96, Calvary Contender.)
Falwell and a group of members of Thomas Road Baptist Church attended the 1998 Southern Baptist convention in Utah and voted as messengers. They gained voting status by donating to the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (SBCV). In the 7/98 issue of the National Liberty Journal, Falwell praised the SBC, claiming that its six national seminaries "have fundamentalist presidents and faculties." Falwell erroneously defines fundamentalism merely as a belief in key Biblical doctrines such as the inerrancy of Scripture and the deity and vicarious atonement of Jesus Christ. In reality, fundamentalism has always been characterized not only by commitment to Biblical orthodoxy, but also by separation from unorthodoxy. By the latter definition, neither Falwell nor the SBC are part of fundamentalism.
The SBC does not practice Biblical separation or discipline, and even its most conservative leaders reject the label of fundamentalist. SBC congregations are literally filled with heretics. Former president Jimmy Carter is a Sunday School teacher in an SBC congregation, yet he is modernistic in his theology and believes that Mormons are genuine Christians. President Bill Clinton is a member of an SBC congregation, yet he has done more than any former president to defend abortion and to exalt homosexuals to power in the United States government. Evangelist Billy Graham is a member of an SBC congregation, yet he has done more than any other man alive to break down the walls between true churches and false churches and to confuse the Gospel by holding hands with heretics such as the Pope of Rome.
Other new evangelical visitors to Falwell's pulpit have included Josh McDowell, Harold Lindsell, Adrian Rogers, Warren Wiersbe, Woodrow Kroll (Back to the Bible), E.V. Hill, Billy Kim, Jesse Jackson, Clyde Narramore, Eldridge Cleaver, Charles Colson, Chuck Swindoll, Howard Hendricks, Larry Ward (World Vision), and Jack Wyrtzen. Billy Graham was the Liberty University 1998 commencement speaker. Perhaps the low point of Falwell's guest list came in 1983 when he wined, dined, and dialogued with Senator Edward Kennedy and featured him in an address to the student body of Liberty Baptist College -- shades of Jehoshaphat sitting down with Ahab! (New Neutralism II, p. 93).
In a 10/2/87 letter to Christian bookstore owners promoting a film on the Catholic pope ("The Power of Faith -- The Planet is Alive"), Falwell said he was "deeply moved" by this film. Falwell claims that it "is not a Roman Catholic film." Technically, Falwell's correct. It's a New Age, "Global Peace" propaganda film. It is supported by the "Planetary Initiative for the World We Choose." This group consists of a broad international group of organizations founded in January, 1981, a coalition of over 200 organizations whose motto is "Thinking Globally, Acting Locally." Their intentions are to create a positive "force" for change. The film is a production of Robert Evans Productions and the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. It is a journey through the life of Pope John Paul II. The film is a "visual musical" which Robert Evans says "speaks directly to the heart without the benefit of words." The film portrays the pope as the personification of love and forgiveness. A true Christian is not going to "push" this type of falsehood.
In his letter, Falwell extols the pope: "... this man's commitment to the dignity of human life and his strong opposition to tyranny and bigotry provide a shining light for the people of our generation who need such reinforcement." At one point in the film, the image of Jesus is shown, then it dissolves into the image of the pope. At another point we see a cathedral or church, then that, too, becomes the pope's image. Finally, we see the globe which becomes the pope with outstretched hands, blessing the viewers. The main message of the film is that the pope will be, or is, the savior of the world.
(a) In his January 1985 Morality Majority Report, Falwell called the pope and Billy Graham great moral and religious leaders. Falwell has also said that the pope is "the greatest in my lifetime," and that he knew "
... many Catholic priests who are born again and who preach the same message I do."
In October of 1989, Falwell announced another new psychology program (for his school), "The Liberty Institute for Lay Counseling" (LILC) in order to train by correspondence courses, laymen interested in helping "victims" of such "psychologically damaging afflictions" as child abuse, stress, family crisis, AIDS, depression, addictions, drug abuse, aging, etc. Courses offered (all with a heavy emphasis on Freudian and humanistic approaches [not biblical principles] to counseling) included:
- Overcoming a Painful Past
- Building Self-Esteem and Self-Control
- Counseling and Mental Illness
- Helping the Sick and Grieving
- Focusing on Feelings and Depression
- Managing Stress and Anxiety
- Counseling Hurting Parents
- Identifying and Counseling Victims of Family Violence
Gary Collins, a licensed clinical psychologist, left the faculty of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School to head up the LILC program. [Collins has since left Liberty University also.] Twelve other licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, clinicians, and/or medical doctors made up the remainder of the faculty. Included on the LILC faculty -- Dr. A.D. Hart, Dean of the Graduate School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary, and a certified biofeedback practitioner! LILC advertised that Dr. Hart brings to LILC his "expertise in the treatment (not the use of the holy scriptures) of stress and depression."
The stated purpose for starting the LILC program was because, "There are simply not enough trained Christian Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and Pastors to meet the counseling needs of the teeming masses who are crying out for help. Liberty Institute for Lay Counseling will provide the necessary training so lay people can now be equipped to do something about the hurt, confusion, neglect, abuse, and suffering that is sweeping this nation like a sinister plague" (10/89 letter to prospective LILC enrollees). (Emphasis added.)
- Psychology 200 (General Psychology) has been a required course of all students for AA and BA degrees at Liberty University since at least 1985. The course text has been Introduction to Psychology by Atkinson, Atkinson, Smith, and Hilgard. That book boasts that psychology has been able to redefine morals for society, even changing what was once viewed as perversion to normal. It treats humans as highly evolved animals, promotes situation ethics, and neither acknowledges God nor sin. It exalts self and legitimizes sodomy. A student wrote in 1989, "I have completed the entire General Psychology course [with] grade of A (I add this to show that I closely listened to and studied the material presented) and never heard the professor even once, to my recollection, correct the false, devilish, unbiblical claims of the textbook." (3/89, Berean Call).
Mel White (a homosexual) ghostwrote Jerry Falwell's 1987 autobiography, Strength for the Journey. (White also wrote Billy Graham's Approaching Hoof Beats; and Pat Robertson's America's Date with Destiny.) It is not known whether Falwell knowingly allowed a homosexual to help write this book. However, he says he still considers White a friend and has no regrets about their collaboration on two books. A paragraph on p. 371 has Falwell saying: "Although I see homosexual practice as a moral wrong ... I do not want to deny [them] their civil rights or take away their civil rights or take away their right to accommodations or employment or even their right to teach in public schools as long as they don't use the classroom to promote homosexuality."
- Falwell has apparently become quite the fan of so-called Christian rap music. A 4/9/91 Wall Street Journal article reported that Falwell can take some credit for rap's rebirth -- the popular "Christian" rap groups DC Talk and Transformation Crusade were started by undergrads at Falwell's Liberty University in the 1980s. Falwell calls himself a "convert of rap," and says, "I'm for it." DC Talk says it uses rap to "cool with the Creator and 'dis' with the devil," and yet claims that its lyrics are "based on the Word of God," while set to a "beat you can dance to." (DC Talk's "music" is a mix of soul, rap, hip-hop, and rock, performed with strobe lights and psychedelic smoke.) The article also refers to Transformation Crusade's "throbbing rap beat" and its borrowed "hip-hop rhythms and slanging styles."
The Council also asked Liberty to drop compulsory attendance at campus religious services -- the Council said Liberty could keep about $1.3 million in yearly state tuition aid (roughly $1400 per student) only if the school met a list of requirements, including the dropping of compulsory attendance at religious activities. (Under Virginia law, students who attend schools that have a primary purpose of religious or theological training are banned from receiving financial help from the state under its Tuition Assistance Grants program.) The day the agreement was announced, Falwell issued an incredulous statement that University officials were pleased the state "made no effort to require Liberty to compromise its Christian convictions." [In reality, Liberty has basically agreed to exchange its unique religious character for a government handout. Even liberals were surprised at this compromise, but Falwell said the policy change will not alter the University because the regulations never were enforced (7/19/93, Christianity Today).] (This is not the first compromise for Liberty in conforming to state of Virginia requirements. It changed its name from Liberty Baptist College, "convocation" was substituted for "chapel" in its catalog, and "community service" was substituted for "Christian" service requirements.)
Why Jerry does what he does
An organization established upon common moral beliefs has to be religious in nature. In actuality, the Moral Majority joined believer and unbeliever, Mormon and Methodist, Catholic and charismatic, in an unholy union "to save the country." But rather than the country being saved, the cause of Christ was damaged. The line of demarcation between the godly and the "do-gooder" was blurred beyond recognition. (Reported in New Neutralism II, pp. 70-71.) Jerry is in a long line of false prophets which include Balaam. Jerry's job for the anti-Christ is to bridge the gap for the ecumenical movement bringing "Baptists" into the one world church for the anti-Christ.
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