This week’s Weekend Plug-in opens with five frightening headlines involving evangelicals. Plus, as always, catch up on all the best reads and top headlines in the world of faith.
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Inside the latest changes rocking Liberty University: the unconventional replacement of longtime board chairman Allen McFarland came on the same day that Liberty filed a lawsuit against its former president and founder’s son, Jerry Falwell Jr. As the school works to remove Falwell Jr.’s influence, it shows signs of returning to its foundational roots.
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(OPINION) As Liberty makes shifts in both leadership and academics, how will they save their community from the “impurities” thrust upon them recently? Will Liberty University’s values be changed after fitting under the shamed prosperity gospel under Jerry Falwell Jr.?
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(OPINION) The Jerry Falwell Jr. scandal represents a problematic side of evangelical Christianity — particularly evangelical Christian education. According to Liberty alumna Kaitlyn Schiess, Liberty’s evangelical education was missing the tools for being a successful Christian in the workforce.
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The reason for the cuts appears to be more related to falling enrollment after the Liberty president Jerry Falwell Jr.’s support for President Donald Trump than the economic impacts of the coronavirus.
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(OPINION) Liberty University’s administrators should reevaluate their control over the campus newspaper. Their academic integrity and reputation, and their students, would be better for it.
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