Falwell: An Autobiography

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Summary: Why do so many love to hate this man?
Review: . . . I wonder how many of these people have met and spoken withRev. Falwell. I have. He is the antithesis of his public image. Hisautobiography, while somewhat lacking in editorial proficiency (so what?) is down-to-earth and real. He talks candidly about the weaknesses of his family, about the prejudices that he was exposed to growing up, but also about the love of those God apponted to lead him ultimately to Christ. Who could not be moved by his father's death-bed conversion or by the tortured life he led because of the guilt and pain he experienced?

Shame on you all. Falwell only elicits such derision because he is larger than life. How he has the energy to do what he does amazes me. At 66, he can work circles around most anybody. Why doesn't anyone care to comment on all the good that his ministries, such as the Liberty Godparent Home or the Elim Home for Alcoholics have done? These stories were in the book. I was inspired after reading it to spend more time in prayer and in the Word.

As for Falwell's many critics, let those who have a legitimate complaint make it. It is their right. He is human like the rest of us. If you are just a "sounding brass," enough already. Give the man a break.

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Summary: A lot of jingoistic sanctimony- no substance or insight.
Review: From the early days of his life to his crowning achievements as a respected Christian leader and "Missionary to the Media", Dr. Jerry Falwell tells his interesting life story in "Falwell: An Autobiography". In this book, you will read about a Christian, a Pastor, and a University Chancellor whose Grand-father was an Atheist, and until just prior to his death, his father was an agnostic. Read about the incredible journey of a man whose faith was tried and tested and has inspired thousands, even milliions in his life and ministry. The man who tells candid, often very humorous stories of his childhood, is also the man who formed a church of several thousand from a handful of members in an abandoned bottling company in the mid 1950's, and began in 1971 "The World's Most Exciting University". Dr. Jerry Falwell has met with and been held in high respect by presidents, business and political leaders, and average citizens worldwide. Critics and admirers alike will laugh, cry, and be inspired by the life of Jerry Falwell.

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Summary: What a bigot
Review: I am scared out of my mind that this man is our reverend. He is so full of himself and is teaching thoughts that the Pope Leo X taught, who was proved wrong by Martin Luther. He has his facts wrong and has no clue what he is talking about. His facts are false. So is his book.

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Summary: A lot of jingoistic sanctimony- no substance or insight.
Review: Nowhere in this book do we find what truly is the source of Falwell's animus towards Ellen DeGeneres, Tinky Winky or Larry Flynt. We want to know why Falwell propagated that nonsense about "Clinton murders." Too bad you won't find it here.

Someone once said that the unexamined life is not worth living.

We're still waiting for Falwell's examination.