D. James Kennedy dies today

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D. James Kennedy dies today; author, theologian, biblical scholar, pa
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legitlinda	Sep 5 2007, 11:20 AM Post #1
Ruler of the Mountain Posts: 2,746 Group: Member Member #29 Joined: September 6, 2006	© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com D. James Kennedy D. James Kennedy, author, theologian, biblical scholar, pastor of the 10,000-member "Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church" in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and founder of the highly influential Coral Ridge Ministries, died early this morning in his sleep. Brian Fisher, Coral Ridge's executive vice president, said Kennedy died at about 3 a.m. Kennedy launched his weekly one-hour television show, "The Coral Ridge Hour," in 1978. It has been broadcast nationally every Sunday morning on the Trinity Broadcasting Network and syndicated on other networks. Available to 81 percent of the nation's television households, "The Coral Ridge Hour" has the greatest number of TV station affiliates of any religious program in the U.S. Kennedy suffered a major heart attack in December, and just last week Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church announced his retirement, prompting a flood of accolades from leaders and ministries across the country. (Story continues below) adsonar_placementId=1270202;adsonar_pid=663759;adsonar_ps=1451068;adsonar_zw=300;adsonar_zh=250;adsonar_jv="ads.adsonar.com"; "Dr. Kennedy is one of the nation's most respected Christian leaders," said Wendy Wright, president of Concerned Women for America. "His teachings on the positive influence of Christianity on Western Civilization and America have motivated modern-day Christians to impact our culture and country." Alliance Defense Fund President and CEO Alan Sears called him "a man of great moral courage and vision." "Dr. Kennedy is one of my personal heroes," Sears said. "He is a man of unquestioned integrity, great moral courage and vision. As a co-founder of ADF, he has been a constant source of godly wisdom and service to me. His life and testimony have had an incredible impact upon so many people for the Kingdom of God, and he is an example to us all of a good and faithful servant." Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said Kennedy fulfilled his mission to help change the world. "I commend Dr. Kennedy, for his stalwart leadership in defending faith, family and freedom," Perkins said. "Most of all, I am grateful for his godly example, his integrity and his unwavering dedication to the gospel of Jesus Christ." Along with his leadership at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and Coral Ridge Ministries, Kennedy founded Evangelism Explosion International, Knox Theological Seminary and Westminster Academy. Evangelism Explosion is a lay-witnessing training program first developed in 1962 that has been used to spark growth in churches around the world. Story link I was very saddedned to learn about the death of Dr. D. James Kennedy. What a loss for our country. I used to watch him every week and I learned so much from him. I was a team member of his Evangelism Explosion program at my church for a while. Besides being such a good Christian man and teacher, he was very politically active and was always trying to motivate people to get out there and take this country back for God. I know he heard those wonderful words that we all want to hear from our Lord and Saviour....Well done, thou good and faithful servant. May God comfort his family with the peace that passes understanding. Story Link There are a lot of good resources at his website: http://www.coralridgehour.org/



gobblerblaster	Sep 5 2007, 12:40 PM Post #2
gobblerblaster Posts: 3,284 Group: Member Member #136 Joined: January 23, 2007	A sad day for everyone that has ever heard D. James Kennedy. A very much respected and admired man of GOD. He was also very much an activist for the Christian Right and was partly responsible for putting Christian values back on the front burner with American Voters (a true adversary of the Democrats and the Clinton administration). GOD bless his family and I pray that GOD will raise up more just like him that will proclaim the Gospel as bravely as he did. GOD rest his soul.



Duke	Sep 6 2007, 05:07 PM Post #3
Duke Posts: 1,243 Group: Member Member #19 Joined: August 22, 2006	I'll miss him for sure.-Duke “Now, I know that someday I am going to come to what some people will say is the end of this life. They will probably put me in a box and roll me right down here in front of the church, and some people will gather around, and a few people will cry. But I have told them not to do that because I don’t want them to cry. I want them to begin the service with the Doxology and end with the Hallelujah chorus, because I am not going to be there, and I am not going to be dead. I will be more alive than I have ever been in my life, and I will be looking down upon you poor people who are still in the land of dying and have not yet joined me in the land of the living. And I will be alive forevermore, in greater health and vitality and joy than ever, ever, I or anyone has known before.” --Dr. D. James Kennedy, 1930-2007



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