Wow.....it has happened again! This time God has selected to speak directly to Richard Roberts, the son or Oral, and the President of Oral Roberts University.
Did God want him to know about the secrets of life and the universe? Did God speak to him about the ongoing hate and the wars in the world? How about Global Warming? Maybe God decided to speak to Richard Roberts about disease? Maybe the Dolphins disaster season? How about Abortion? Gay Rights? Hillary?
No...of all the things God could discuss with man......and out of all the SIX BILLION people on this earth....God decided to speak to Richard Roberts about the scandal he created at his tax fraud university...and suggested that he resign.
The Lord truly works in mysterious ways.......With all the problems in the world...with all the communications technologies.....it always amazes me that God selects fallen religious leaders to speak with?
This must be proof that there is a God...it has happened too many times to be just a coincidence.....it is comforting to know that if you really want to hear God speak....you should attend a religious school...become a leader...and either have a sex scandal or cheat the church out of money....it seems like it would be worth it... just to be able to speak and hear from our Creator.
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Roberts says God forced his resignation
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press WriterThu Nov 29, 2:37 AM ET
Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but that he did so because God insisted.
God told him on Thanksgiving that he should resign the next day, Roberts told students in the university's chapel.
"Every ounce of my flesh said 'no'" to the idea, Roberts said, but he prayed over the decision with his wife and his father, Oral Roberts, and decided to step down.
Roberts said he wanted to "strike out" against the people who were persecuting him, and considered counter suing, but "the Lord said, 'don't do that,'" he said.
After submitting his resignation, he said, for "first time in 60 days peace came into my heart."
Roberts spoke for only a few minutes and was applauded and cheered by students. He wiped away tears with a white handkerchief and his hands.
"This has nearly destroyed my family, and it's nearly destroyed ORU," Roberts said.
A lawsuit accuses Roberts of lavish spending at a time when the university faced more than $50 million in debt, including taking shopping sprees, buying a stable of horses and paying for a daughter to travel to the Bahamas aboard the university jet.
Roberts has previously said that God told him to deny the allegations. The week the lawsuit was filed, Richard Roberts said that God told him: "We live in a litigious society. Anyone can get mad and file a lawsuit against another person whether they have a legitimate case or not. This lawsuit ... is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion."
On Wednesday, Roberts said God told him he would "do something supernatural for the university" if he stepped down from the job he held at the 5,700-student school since 1993.
On Tuesday, the founder of a Christian office and education supply store chain pledged $70 million to help the university, provided it passed a 90-day review of the school's finances. Oklahoma City businessman Mart Green, founder of the Mardel chain, offered to donate $8 million immediately.
Roberts said he would return to the full-time evangelistic healing ministry, "which is where my heart has always been," and told students and faculty that he will be praying for them every day of his life.
"I believe with all my heart the best is yet to come for ORU," he said.
Roberts walked out of the chapel through a side door to more cheers. Regents Chairman George Pearsons followed, telling students the ORU administration is "endeavoring to do the right thing" during a very difficult time.
"This is a good university," Pearsons said. "ORU is a place where love is king."
Gary Richardson, the attorney who filed the lawsuit accusing Roberts of lavish living, said Wednesday there was a possibility for settlement with the university, but held out little hope for settling with Richard Roberts after what he said was his failure to admit in chapel he did anything wrong.
Did God want him to know about the secrets of life and the universe? Did God speak to him about the ongoing hate and the wars in the world? How about Global Warming? Maybe God decided to speak to Richard Roberts about disease? Maybe the Dolphins disaster season? How about Abortion? Gay Rights? Hillary?
No...of all the things God could discuss with man......and out of all the SIX BILLION people on this earth....God decided to speak to Richard Roberts about the scandal he created at his tax fraud university...and suggested that he resign.
The Lord truly works in mysterious ways.......With all the problems in the world...with all the communications technologies.....it always amazes me that God selects fallen religious leaders to speak with?
This must be proof that there is a God...it has happened too many times to be just a coincidence.....it is comforting to know that if you really want to hear God speak....you should attend a religious school...become a leader...and either have a sex scandal or cheat the church out of money....it seems like it would be worth it... just to be able to speak and hear from our Creator.
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Roberts says God forced his resignation
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press WriterThu Nov 29, 2:37 AM ET
Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University Wednesday that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but that he did so because God insisted.
God told him on Thanksgiving that he should resign the next day, Roberts told students in the university's chapel.
"Every ounce of my flesh said 'no'" to the idea, Roberts said, but he prayed over the decision with his wife and his father, Oral Roberts, and decided to step down.
Roberts said he wanted to "strike out" against the people who were persecuting him, and considered counter suing, but "the Lord said, 'don't do that,'" he said.
After submitting his resignation, he said, for "first time in 60 days peace came into my heart."
Roberts spoke for only a few minutes and was applauded and cheered by students. He wiped away tears with a white handkerchief and his hands.
"This has nearly destroyed my family, and it's nearly destroyed ORU," Roberts said.
A lawsuit accuses Roberts of lavish spending at a time when the university faced more than $50 million in debt, including taking shopping sprees, buying a stable of horses and paying for a daughter to travel to the Bahamas aboard the university jet.
Roberts has previously said that God told him to deny the allegations. The week the lawsuit was filed, Richard Roberts said that God told him: "We live in a litigious society. Anyone can get mad and file a lawsuit against another person whether they have a legitimate case or not. This lawsuit ... is about intimidation, blackmail and extortion."
On Wednesday, Roberts said God told him he would "do something supernatural for the university" if he stepped down from the job he held at the 5,700-student school since 1993.
On Tuesday, the founder of a Christian office and education supply store chain pledged $70 million to help the university, provided it passed a 90-day review of the school's finances. Oklahoma City businessman Mart Green, founder of the Mardel chain, offered to donate $8 million immediately.
Roberts said he would return to the full-time evangelistic healing ministry, "which is where my heart has always been," and told students and faculty that he will be praying for them every day of his life.
"I believe with all my heart the best is yet to come for ORU," he said.
Roberts walked out of the chapel through a side door to more cheers. Regents Chairman George Pearsons followed, telling students the ORU administration is "endeavoring to do the right thing" during a very difficult time.
"This is a good university," Pearsons said. "ORU is a place where love is king."
Gary Richardson, the attorney who filed the lawsuit accusing Roberts of lavish living, said Wednesday there was a possibility for settlement with the university, but held out little hope for settling with Richard Roberts after what he said was his failure to admit in chapel he did anything wrong.
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