Sean Hannity and Lon Solomon to Speak at Liberty University on May 14th

[Ian David]

Sean Hannity to Speak at LU Graduation

Sean Hannity, co-host of the Fox News show, Hannity & Colmes, will deliver the keynote address at Liberty University’s thirty-second Commencement on Saturday, May 14 at 10:00 a.m. in the Vines Center.

Chancellor Jerry Falwell said, “Sean Hannity is America’s rising young voice for social conservatism and religious liberty. There is no more articulate voice for Christian conservatives in America.”

Hannity is recognized as one of the most well known and respected radio talk show hosts due to the success of his afternoon radio broadcast The Sean Hannity Show on WABC-AM. The show reaches nearly 12 million listeners all across the United States. A passionate political voice, Hannity has had the privilege of interviewing such prestigious political figures such as President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Ralph Nader, and former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

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Commencement weekend will begin with the Baccalaureate service on Friday, May 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Thomas Road Baptist Church sanctuary. This year’s Baccalaureate speaker is Lon Solomon of McLean Bible Church in McLean, Virginia. Solomon has served as the Senior Pastor of McLean Bible Church since 1980 and has seen the church experience tremendous growth. He will receive an honorary degree from Liberty University during the service in recognition of his many years of faithful service in the ministry.

For more information on Liberty’s Commencement, contact Don Egle at 434-592-3274.

More:
http://www.liberty.edu/index.cfm?PID=6848&NewsID=68


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Lon Solomon Bio

Lon Solomon was born and raised in a Jewish home in Portsmouth, VA. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was chemistry major. While in college, Lon’s life became a relentless search for meaning and purpose. He sought to fill the void he felt on the inside with fraternity life, partying, gambling, and even developed a serious drinking problem.

When all this failed to supply the inner peace he was seeking, Lon became deeply involved in drugs, both as a user and a distributor. He turned to “spiritual” things at this point, diving into psychedelics, Eastern religions and even attempting a return to mainstream Judaism. But all this failed to resolve his inner turmoil and he decided that suicide was the only reasonable way out. It was at this time that Lon met a street evangelist in Chapel Hill who began to talk to him about Jesus Christ. As a result of months of interaction with this man, Lon made the decision to accept Jesus as his personal Savior and Messiah in the spring of 1971.

Lon has been on the Board of Jews for Jesus since 1987, where he now serves as chairman of the Board’s executive committee. In September 2002 Lon was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve in his administration as a member of the President’s Committee on Mental Retardation.

More:
http://www.mcleanbible.org/church/lon_solomon.asp



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A Pastor With a Drive to Convert
McLean Sanctuary Opens With Grander Plans
By David Cho
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 27, 2004; Page A01

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But today, a shorn and straightened Solomon, 55, leads one of the fastest-growing churches in the country. More than 10,000 people -- about the population of Falls Church -- are gathering to hear him preach as his new $90 million sanctuary opens this weekend just west of the Tysons Corner malls.

The megachurch phenomenon is nothing new. Pastors with huge followings -- the largest counts 25,000 -- can command pervasive influence in their communities. What makes Solomon unique is that his home base includes people who are running the country from the most politically powerful city in the world.

"It's really because of Lon Solomon that I go" to McLean Bible, said Sen. James M. Inhofe, whose fellow Oklahoma Republican, Sen. Don Nickles, also attends Solomon's services. "He does things that many others don't do. He's not afraid to say things and talk about political issues. He's very pro-life and strong on opposing homosexual" marriage.

Solomon's city-size flock is just the beginning of his reach throughout the region.

On Capitol Hill, Christian Embassy, which is backed by McLean Bible and whose leaders attend the church, drew 100 members of Congress to Bible studies in the exclusive Family Room off the floor of the House last year. The group's other meetings attract high-ranking officers from the Pentagon, foreign diplomats and administration officials.

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7933-2004Jun26.html

[billkurtmeyer]

1. Hannity isn't a college graduate?

Shouldn't you have as a commencement speaker someone who actually graduated from college? This just goes to show you how much the far-right values higher education - an undeducated mass is an unquestioning mass!