“This is, I think, a permanent institution, but that’s going to require permanent vigilance,” he said. While the campus has changed since then, and the student body has grown immensely, he said Falwell’s “huge vision” is at the core of the university today and that Liberty is headed toward a promising future - but it will take diligence. Gingrich’s first visit came around 1982, when the university was just over a decade old, while he was working with Liberty founder Dr. “Gradually over time, they made a little compromise, and then a little more and a little more, and then one morning it was being faithful and religious that was odd (to them).”Īs he stood on the stage in Liberty’s Montview Alumni Ballroom, Gingrich reflected on his many visits to Liberty Mountain over the decades and attested to the university’s firm faith. “The number of historically Catholic institutions that have become secular is staggering,” Gingrich said.
Living in a secular culture that he described as “weird” not just “woke,” Gingrich said Christians need to hold tight to an unwavering faith and not make seemingly small compromises that can eventually lead to the disappearance of faith from their daily life. “We have people on the other side who hate us, hate what we stand for, and feel like their very way of life is threatened by our existence. “We’re in the middle of a great cultural civil war … but this is not a new fight,” Gingrich said, leading him to outline times throughout history that this “war” between secular atheism and people of faith, namely Christians, has been particularly heated. Gingrich was one of multiple notable guests to speak at the summit over the last three days, as 630 CEOs, political figures, athletes, and world-class faith leaders have gathered with the goal of uniting industry minds from around the globe in promoting faith, friendship, and Judeo-Christian business principles. Speaking as a keynote guest of Liberty University’s Networking the Nations CEO Summit, hosted by the School of Business, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich highlighted the importance and implications of Christians and faith-based institutions who remain unshaken by secular society during a dinner on Thursday
Newt Gingrich was the keynote speaker at Thursday night’s dinner at the Networking the Nations CEO Summit (Photos by Eva Soderstrom)
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