Liberty Forms Inquiry Committee about Seminary President Caner

[Greg Long] Here’s the correct link:

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2010/05/liberty_f…

[Jonathan Charles]…but that whole ministry in Lynchburg seems drawn to anything that will display external razzle-dazzle

I can see Caner resigning, perhaps shortly after the June 30th deadline for the probe to finish, and his excuse will be something along the lines of having to sacrifice himself to save the university he loves from the mean-spirited Calvinists and angry Muslims and other anti-Christian hostilities who only wish to see the school ruined

The train of thought which has led to this sad state of affairs is wholly indefensible but easily described. First, we have become convinced that listeners will be more interested in entertaining stories than they will in the truth of the gospel. Sermons are therefore more illustration than exposition. Furthermore, we have accepted the proposition that preachers must be personable and relatable if they would reach anyone. Consequently they tell an inordinate number of stories about themselves. Finally, in the pragmatic culture of American Evangelicalism we seem willing to overlook any ethically questionable practice so long as a preacher can hold the attention of the congregation. As a result, when preachers tell untruthful stories we cannot think of them as “lies,” but merely as “ministerial speech.”