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Jerry Falwell Jr to take leave of absence after racy photo
The president of one of the world's largest evangelical Christian colleges has agreed to step aside after posting a photo of himself, trousers unzipped.
Jerry Falwell, a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, said he would take an indefinite leave of absence from Liberty University in Virginia.
The college board did not provide a reason for the move.
Mr Falwell had conceded the Instagram photo was "weird", but defended it as "all in good fun".
The university said in a statement on Friday: "The Executive Committee of Liberty University's Board of Trustees, acting on behalf of the full Board, met today and requested that Jerry Falwell, Jr take an indefinite leave of absence from his roles as President and Chancellor of Liberty University, to which he has agreed, effective immediately."
The college has a strict code of conduct for how students must behave at the university, including barring premarital sex and the consumption of media either on or off campus "that is offensive to Liberty's standards and traditions", such as lewd lyrics, anti-Christian messages, sexual content and nudity.
Hairstyles and fashions are to "avoid extremes" and students are to dress modestly at all times.
The photo showed Mr Falwell with his arm around a woman who was not his wife. Her shorts also appeared to be unbuttoned. His other hand was holding a glass of dark-coloured liquid.
"More vacation shots. Lots of good friends visited us on the yacht," the accompanying caption read. "I promise that's just black water in my glass...
Jerry Falwell Jr to take leave of absence after racy photo - BBC News
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Another Pseudo-Saint who gives Christianity a "bad name"
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Wow. Wheat from the chaff.
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Since he is OSAS, whatever he does he is still saved.
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See, I don't even get that. When you are in that position, what in the world would possess you to take and post pics like that? It seems like a complete leave of senses. I really can't comprehend it.
Reminds me of the photo of Beiber with his Hillsong NY pastor and the pastor's shorts are about as low as Falwell's but with no underwear on. It really baffles me.
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Interesting newspaper article with a lot of pictures.
LU President Jerry Falwell Jr. taking leave of absence
LU President Jerry Falwell Jr. taking leave of absence | Liberty University | newsadvance.com
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He took leave of his senses first, that's for sure.
Maybe he wanted out and did a subconscious self sabotage?
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Have you seen the photo? "Racy" is pushing the description a bit.
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Since he is OSAS, whatever he does he is still saved.
That may be an Arminean concept Nikos, that you can do whatever you want and still be saved, but it's not Biblical. The Biblical concept is POTS ("Preservation of the Saints") (that's almost POTUS isn't it).
OSAS (I can do what I want) is man centered.
POTS (God guarantees my salvation) is God centered.
No surprise there.
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See, I don't even get that. When you are in that position, what in the world would possess you to take and post pics like that? It seems like a complete leave of senses. I really can't comprehend it.
Reminds me of the photo of Beiber with his Hillsong NY pastor and the pastor's shorts are about as low as Falwell's but with no underwear on. It really baffles me.
Working on my message for tomorrow I came across this quote from G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945) that explains it.
"The measure of failure on the part of the Church is the measure in which she has allowed herself to be influenced by the spirit of the age... We are sometimes told today that what the Church supremely needs is that she should catch the spirit of the age. A thousand times no. What the Church supremely needs is to correct the spirit of the age."
I suspect Bieber and Falwell, among others are caught up in the spirit of the age.
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