Dr. Couch, what will be the legacy of Dr. Jerry Falwell?
ANSWER: I think it will be great. Of course he was not perfect, as is true of
all spiritual leaders. He felt starting the Moral Majority organization
would get Christians active in politics for the moral good. However that
did not last. We will never win the world by Christian activism, though
I do not fault believers for attempting to be light and salt in the
public arena. Unless hearts are changed, there will be no change!
I am concerned about Liberty University, from
which my wife graduated with her MA. A monster school will overwhelm
good leadership. And the tug will always be to conform, to a degree, to
follow the world in the field of sports and academics. The Bible
departments then shrink and the school will carry the name Christian for
a period but then apostate away from its biblical roots.
I am not wishing that on Liberty but this is
the way almost all Christian universities have gone in the past. This
can take years and decades to happen.
Dr. Falwell had his day, his generation to serve. Pray that good leadership comes behind him.
Thanks for asking!
Dr. Mal Couch
