I saw this quote on the ‘net today also and I thought it was a great sentiment. Yes, it was a positive, biblical confession of faith. I hope he has received a wonderful and glorious reward in heaven. (I also hope he had no ‘skeletons’ in his ‘closet’.)

I recall tuning into one of Dr. Kennedy’s programs and hearing him say that AIDS was God’s punishment for homosexuality and promiscuity.
I found that blasphemous.
That would be like me telling my children not to play in the street because it is dangerous, and then intentionally running over them myself becuase I discovered them doing so, anyway.
I have no problem with saying that the AIDS epidemic is the result of both homo and heterosexual irresponsibility and the separation of loving commitment from sex. But, I would submit that God has called for us to be responsible because sex is also a great way to spread disease, and we should be careful and responsible in it practice…Not so that people can be stricken with cruel diseases by a vengeful God simply because they flunk a moral test.
Kennedy endorsed a view of God which was vindictive and fundamentally unjust since many faithful spouses have been infected with AIDS and other venereal diseases by unfaithful mates. Some epically promiscuous people have managed to avoid getting these diseases, while other have been infected after a single act of intercourse. Rape victims and unborn children have been infected, as well.
Not exactly a pro-life strategy.

He was definitely an arch conservative; an old style Presbyterian. I think he had three doctorates, so he had the credentials to be the prime leader of the Christian Right. But, he didn’t seek that mantle. I don’t see anybody on the Christian Right who could fill his shoes.

And thanks be to God for that!

This is a man who (despite his periodic denials) embraced an avowed dominionist/Christian theocracy view as his goal for America.
I feel sorry for his family, but interesting that people wonder why — as with Falwell — we all aren’t “appropriately” mourning the man who was Ann Coulter’s last defender …

We all stumble so often. At least I do. I can’t even imagine all the ways I failed God today. Not necessarily sins of commission – though I am sure there were plenty of those – but also sins of omission. I didn’t share enough; I didn’t visit an older neighbor whose wife is out of town; I didn’t sacrifice in serving others; I thought more about future books and business projects than I did about Jesus. And I’m sure that is just the beginning.
I suppose, in God’s eyes, there is no difference between all my sins today and the sins Dr. Kennedy committed. I believe his heart for God was a good heart and I believe that too of anyone who desires to follow Jesus. And I found in those final words he wrote about how he wanted people to “mourn” him, such a beautiful expression of faith.

I will grant that Dr. Kennedy’s parting words were gracious ones, and I hope and ex[ect that God will be gracious and forgiving toward him.
But so many of his worss prior to that were simply cruel toward people who were already suffering terribly. Many of them did nothing to “earn” their fate, other than love someone who betrayed their trust. But even those who were guilty of gross irresponsibility did not need to hear that a vengeful God had elected to strike them down, while others who were no less culpable managed to dodge the bullet. I firmly believe that he grossly misrepresented God in those instances.
But, I am also convinced that we are saved by grace. I would claim that no less for James Kennedy that for the people he declared to be smitten by God.
I pray that people hear the words of grace he proclaimed and cherish them more than his words of condemnation. I would aks the same for myself.

David,
Does it not trouble you the way our Leftist/Liberal/Progressive
“brothers and sisters” are gleefully rejoicing in this man’s demise? Thinking it the death of Biblical Christianity seems their major theme.
What does that say about “them?”

David,
Does it not trouble you the way that Donny immediately rushes to impute the absolute worst and most extreme motives to anyone who might offer a different perspective on what exactly constitutes “biblical Christianity” or how he sneeringly puts quotation marks around the words “brothers and sisters” when referring to those who differ with him? And why the quotation marks around the word “them?” It’s as if, after he disowns those who disagree with him from the Christian family, he wants to go even further by hinting that they are somehow less than human. What does that say about him?

I, for one, do not ” gleefully rejoice” at Dr. Kennedy’s death, even though I found some of his positions unbiblical and even dangerous.
It’s worth noting that Donny didn’t address the issues raised, he just found it easy to presume to know and judge the motivations of those who disagree with him. One wonders where he acquired such powers of divination?
I am troubled by the tendency of some people to claim that their interpretation of the faith is “Biblical Christianity” while anyone who holds a different view could not possibly believe in or understand sacred Scripture. The Pharisees and Sadducees held similar positions.
What did Jesus says about “them?”

Sorry for the typo on that last line.

Living within a stone’s throw of Dr. Kennedy’s church and having graduated from its school (after spending 10 years there), his death actually directly affects my life. And all controversial politics aside, Dr. Kennedy embraced excellence and sincerely sought to orient his church and school around the Bible. His presence in both was strong but peaceful, never overbearing – just focused. I have seen lives changed for Christ because of what he set in motion. I don’t claim to a superfan, but after a life lived literally in the shadow of the Coral Ridge steeple, I can say Dr. Kennedy was trying to serve the Lord.