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But I didn't happen to see the late D. James Kennedy's signature on that document.

Fowler White is the document's author. Luminaries such as R.C. Sproul and James Kennedy are signataries. The document is still in circulation in Presbyterian circles, and still invites signatures of pastors, theologians etc. Knox Seminary was Kennedy's seminary.

Kennedy was a serious supercessionist. The reason I brought it up was one poster's connecting Kennedy and Schaeffer; one that theologically cannot be made.

..the document on the link you posted didn’t have Kennedy’s name on it. I knew Sproul was in this camp.

Dr. Schaeffer spoke at Coral Ridge shortly before his death in the 1980s—a tape of which is frequently repeated on t.v.

If you have something solid, let’s see it. I do question the propriety of your posting—it is ill-timed if not out of line.

Kennedy was a serious supercessionist. The reason I brought it up was one poster's connecting Kennedy and Schaeffer; one that theologically cannot be made.

Connection? Not quite. My portion of the text of the original post is as follows:

What can I say? This is still a shock to me. Dr. Kennedy helped me to understand the deep-seated Christian--not Judeo-Christian, Mr. O'Reilly--foundation of this nation. He was a man who understood that God's people ought to be active in their government, while not advocating theocracy, understanding from whence our principles of civil liberty and freedom are derived.

I'm still in search of a contemporary Francis Schaeffer. D. James Kennedy wasn't him, but he made his mark.

Any comparison made between Schaeffer and Kennedy is one of intellectual leadership in the traditional, Reformed end of the Church. Kennedy was, as I will reiterate, no Francis Schaeffer.

However, I do respect Dr. Kennedy for the contributions that he made during his ministry, but not without questioning some of the teachings and doctrines he may have held and professed.

I read Dr. Schaeffer while at the same time listening to Dr. Kennedy. Both men were great apologists for the Lordship of Jesus Christ and the life changing redemption offered by God through Him. Meaning - they reached many whom others could not reach. God has all kinds of fishers whom He has trained to be fishers of all kinds of men, women, and children. Dr. Kennedy and Dr. Schaeffer no doubt will have been meeting in heaven many whom to whom God revealed Himself through their ministries. I praise God for both of them and the impact they each have had on so many lives, including mine.