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When Can We Expect Our Apology?
Elmer Towns of Liberty University, prior to conducting an investigation of the facts surrounding the Ergun Caner scandal, alleged: “The arguments of the bloggers would not stand up in court.” (source) The outcome of the investigation was that the committee found: “found discrepancies related to matters such as dates, names and places of residence” (source)…
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Ergun Caner, Rick and Bubba, and Daisy Duke: How LBTS Does Apologetics
Ergun Caner was on the nationally broadcast “Rick and Bubba Show.” The name may sound a little backwoods to my urban readers, but Ergun Caner’s own web page makes a big deal about this show (link to discussion). This is touted on that link as being an example of how LU does apologetics: “As you…
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New Biography for Caner
There is a new biography of Ergun Caner posted at Liberty University’s website. It is only five sentences long, but two of the five sentences in the biography are troubling. The first troubling sentence is this: “Raised as a devout Sunni Muslim and the son of an Islamic leader, Caner came to faith in Jesus…
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Unity, Liberty, and Charity – Who said it first?
Introduction I happened to be reading LP Cruz’s blog today, and noticed an article in which he ascribed to “a 17th century Lutheran pastor” the famous saying, “In the essentials, unity, in the non-essentials, liberty, and in all things, Charity,” or something to that effect. It seems like sound-thinking and appeals to our softer side;…