“So, you call James Kennedy’s beliefs heretical”
Like the vast majority of multi-million dollar televangelists James Kennedy worshiped money.
Woa there, NKP_Vet! I just can't let this vile statement sit here without contesting it. Have you ever, even once listed to Rev. Kennedy or visited his church? Do you really know anything about him? I have, and I can attest first hand of the deep commitment to Christ that this man had.
Rev. Kennedy was not a televangelist in the style of Falwell, Jim Bakker, Pat Roberson (all who I detest). He broadcast his church services/sermons over the air for outreach to millions more people. What started as a tiny church meeting in an Elementary School cafeteria in the late 50's. They grew, built a modest church sanctuary seating around 500, in the early 60's. That is where I visited several times.
Now listed carefully, because this is where you will find out why they became a "mega-church". In 1978 Coral Ridge left the denomination known as the Presbyterian Church, U.S. and joined with the more theologically conservative denomination known as the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). I know about this first hand too because by then I was a member of the PCA church in Birmingham, AL that began the PCA. Millions of Presbyterians all over the country were fed up with the liberal leanings of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. and wanted to focus back on the Bible and Christ. Because this was such a passion with so many conservative Christians, most all of these early PCA churches very quickly became huge as conservatives flocked to them and supported them and grew them.
I'm going to copy/paste (for accuracy and time restraints)something here about Rev. Kennedy's politics. Listen carefully because it will sound familiar to us here at Free Republic.....
Mr. Kennedy stayed largely in the background as men like James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family spoke to Americans about the need to curtail abortion rights, gay rights and the teaching of evolution. But over the last decade, he, too, grew more openly active, creating the Center for Reclaiming America for Christ, which held conferences that taught people to how to get involved in the political process. The center closed in April.NOTHING in this man's life even hinted that he "worshiped money" as you so callously stated. He didn't live in a palace as your Pope does, he did not live the lifestyle of the rich and famous, wearing a miter-crown with people kissing his ring and bowing before him. Instead Rev. Kennedy bowed humbly before Christ, gave of his money and life to others and so is now (since his death in 2007) wearing his "crowns" in heaven.Mr. Kennedy opened the Center for Christian Statesmanship in Washington to equip evangelicals on Capitol Hill to be more effective in government. He was also instrumental in establishing the Alliance Defense Fund, an increasingly active Christian counterweight to secular civil liberties groups.
“For decades, Dr. Kennedy has been a passionate defender of biblical truth in a culture that increasingly forgot it,” Dr. Dobson said in a statement. “He was a giant in the battle to restore traditional values in our nation.”
Mr. Kennedy worked with other evangelicals to articulate the core beliefs of what would become the religious right. Mr. Kennedy asserted repeatedly that he was not a theocrat. But in his book “Character and Destiny: A Nation in Search of Its Soul,” written with Jim Nelson Black, Mr. Kennedy said: “How much more forcefully can I say it? The time has come, and it is long overdue, when Christians and conservatives and all men and women who believe in the birthright of freedom must rise up and reclaim America for Jesus Christ.”
RE: Like the vast majority of multi-million dollar televangelists James Kennedy worshiped money.
You have just made an accusation which you need to back up with evidence. Otherwise you violate the 9th commandment.
RE: Like the vast majority of multi-million dollar televangelists James Kennedy worshiped money.
You have just made an accusation which you need to back up with evidence. Otherwise you violate the 9th commandment.