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The Supreme Court has revived a Christian college's challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, with the acquiescence of the Obama administration. The court on Monday ordered the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., to consider the claim by Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., that Obama's health care law violates the school's religious freedoms. The…
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Novelist Frank Peretti may be known for his tales of spiritual warfare, but the New York Times bestseller delivered a lighter rhetoric to the crowd at Liberty University Convocation on Monday, using a surprising amount of energy, humor, and silly voices to ignite conversation about the state of today’s church. Peretti’s message unofficially kicked off…
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Actor/producer Kirk Cameron received a warm welcome at Liberty University Convocation on Friday — more than what he expected from the 10,000 students who weren’t even born when he starred as Mike Seaver on ABC’s “Growing Pains” in the 1980s. But Cameron has perhaps left an even larger mark on culture than he did in…
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I inadvertently stirred up quite a theological controversy. I happened to, in a sense, agree with Donald Trump when he advised the Liberty University student body to “not let people take advantage of them.” Instead, he said, “get even.” Or, in its greater oratorical context, “Be tough. In the end – win.” At least, that’s…
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Tucked inside the Supreme Court's lengthy list of orders on Monday was an indication that the fight over President Obama's health care law soon could be back before the high court. Since the court's June decision upholding the law's individual mandate to buy insurance, one of the first Obamacare plaintiffs has been fighting for a…
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Celebrity real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump will speak at Liberty University's Convocation in Virginia on Sept. 24 to share with students his business experience and views on free enterprise and the role of faith in society, according to university president Jerry Fallwell, Jr. Although the choice of Trump, known for his…
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It's no wonder that Mitt Romney won plaudits from evangelical bigwigs for his commencement speech at Liberty University on Saturday. It showed he's learned how to talk to them–or at least, learned to listen to the people who know how he's supposed to talk to them. When he was running for president last time, Romney…
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Legal documentation obtained by Witnesses Unto Me establishes a biographical sketch of Dr. Ergun Caner. On September 13th, 1969, Ergun Caner arrived in New York as a two year old with his family, according to immigration paperwork obtained by Witnesses Unto Me. Acar Caner immigrated as Acar Martin Caner, then later changed his name to…
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Wednesday was Ergun Caner's final day as president and dean of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, but Liberty University officials are mum on the leadership future of the Lynchburg, Virginia, school. In a seven-sentence statement to Christianity Today on Friday, Liberty University announced that Caner would no longer serve as head of the seminary, which had…
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