DR. FALWELL, IS HAGEE NO LONGER A HERETIC? We have a copy of Jerry Falwell's May 6, 1994 The Liberty Flame (now defunct?), with the front page headline "John Hagee: Heretic?" We now see the same John Hagee pictured and listed on page 2 of Jerry Falwell's July 2002 National Liberty Journal to bring a Patriotic Message for Falwell's Independence Day Celebration (July 3). Is Hagee no longer a heretic, as the 1994 article quoted Paige Patterson and newspapers as suggesting? The main problem was Hagee's "Two Covenant" belief (see 6/15/94 CC). If he no longer believes it, or was misquoted, he should explain his belief. The 1994 article said in 1975 Hagee resigned as pastor of a charismatic church saying his marriage was over and he had become "immoral" in personal conduct. He became pastor of Cornerstone Church (San Antonio) and remarried in 1975. His Web site July 2002 listed a "Cornerstone Fourth of July Campmeeting featuring "Pastor Hagee and his guests, Bishop T.D. Jakes, John Maxwell, Jesse Duplantis…." Jakes and Duplantis are charismatics. Jakes was recently accused of being a "Oneness Pentecostal," which denies the Trinity.

FALWELL GEARING UP FOR GRAHAM-- Dr. Jerry Falwell's 3/97 National Liberty Journal said a 1000-voice "Crusade" Choir will join Dr. Billy Graham for Liberty University's 1997 commencement. It said the LU class of 1997 will "be honored to hear Dr. Billy Graham as their commencement speaker on May 3rd." Billy Graham's grandson (Will Graham) is one of the nearly 2,000 graduates, and Franklin Graham will offer the invocation.

SCHAEFFER'S INFLUENCE ON FALWELL-Francis Schaeffer was a strong defender of inerrancy, but weak on separation. Near the end of his life (1984) he became disillusioned with fellow evangelicals as noted in his last book, The Great Evangelical Disaster. The 3/3 Christianity Today has a long essay on Schaeffer, noting his vast influence on many new evangelicals of our day. It said: "Francis's writings helped convince Jerry Falwell to take a stand against abortion. He also tutored Falwell in the concept of cobelligerence (Schaeffer's belief that Christians ought to stand with non-Christians against social injustice) which led Falwell to try to bring Catholics, Jews, Mormons, and others into the Moral Majority in 1979." He made public appearances with Falwell and Pat Robertson. Falwell in his 3/97 National Liberty Jour-nal lists Schaeffer as one of his three mentors and said: "The students at Liberty University revered Dr. Schaeffer. When he walked into a convocation or chapel, they stood instantly in deep reverence of this man of God…."

NRB, LAHAYE, MOON-In perusing a draft of ACCC exec.sec'y Dr. Ralph Colas's NRB report,we note: Speakers included Franklin Graham, MBI pres. Joseph Stowell, Max Lucado (Church of Christ pastor), John MacArthur, Beverly LaHaye, and David Jeremiah. Plain Truth Ministries sponsored a breakfast at the NRB (Nat'l Religious Broadcasters), and is already an associate member of the NAE. The pace of evangelical acceptance of Herbert W. Armstrong's former cult seems imprud-ent. [See 10/1 CC.) LaHaye, in private, shared her discomfort in being a keynote speaker at a recent conference sponsored by followers of Sun Myung Moon's Uni-fication Church. She indicated she did not know it was a "Moonie" conference until a few days prior, and felt that by then it was too late to cancel. She was joined on that "Moonie" platform by Ralph Reed (Christian Coalition), Gary Bauer,and Robert Schuller. Jerry Falwell has spoken at Moonie conferences in recent years (11/15/94 CC). ( August, 2002 - http://cnview.com/ )