First off, I want to apologize to the group of @LibertyU students who were going to meet me at 7am for prayer tomorrow outside the library.
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This is a crucial moment in history, & what you do with it matters--so I hope you will still come & seek divine wisdom to be faithful in it.
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Tonight after the @JOHNNYSWIM show, 3 armed @LibertyU police officers (& I think 2 not in uniform)came & escorted me out of their green roompic.twitter.com/eigyE1LjaG
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They served me papers & took my picture, told me I would be immediately arrested if I ever stepped foot on
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This was evidently in response to my strong criticism of @JerryFallwellJr's alignment not only with the darkest contours of Trumpism, but
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expressly with Steve Bannon & the alt-right he represents. I came to the show tonight as guests of
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I committed no crime except perhaps to sing too loudly to my favorite
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I was openly considering some sort of future action oriented around prayer & repentance, but came this time only for the show & for...
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a time of prayer tomorrow morning to seek divine guidance as to what faithful, humble-but-clear Christian resistance might look like.
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What does it mean for a college administration to be this afraid of free speech? What precisely is @JerryFallwellJr afraid of?
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This confirms what I've heard repeatedly of the authoritarianism of Falwell from from students & faculty
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Like the president for whom he serves as a full-time apologist, Falwell does not easily tolerate robust dissent.
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One might rightly ask what sort of Christianity Falwell represents, or what it has to do with "liberty."
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I encourage those students who rightly discern his syncretistic blend of nationalism & Christianity to still come & pray in the morning at 7
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The power of God's Spirit inside of you is greater than the forces that conspire against your faithful witness.
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After that, if any students want to meet for further prayer & conversation, I will be in the lobby at the Lynchburg Fairfield Inn at 8am.
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This is a heavy moment in history. Sons & daughters of the church, those of us who have gone before you have overwhelmingly lost the plot.
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I am sorry for the ways in which we have failed you (& by we I do include "me"). We need your voice, your wisdom, your courage, now.
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It seems much of evangelical faith in America has been hijacked, doesn't it? But the future is worth fighting for, friends. Press on.
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On vacay so I can’t report this story but a quick thought: Falwell claims to champion free speech but it’s pretty severely restricted at LU
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The ONLY person at Liberty U who can give a political interview w/o clearing it with Falwell is Falwell himself = NOT free speech.
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