Marvin Olasky On Glenn Beck

Marvin Olasky was at one point a radical leftist history professor and an advocate of the communist worldview.  But he trusted Christ a number of years ago and is now the editor of World magazine.  Olasky recently appeared on Glenn Beck's TV program.  Beck is one of the media stars on the late afternoon Fox TV lineup.  I believe the substance of that interview needs to be summarized.  In effect, I will quote verbatim from Olasky's account of his time with Glenn Beck.  Beck introduced Olasky as "a former Communist.  Now he believes man can rule himself."  Olasky comments:  "Not exactly, on the last part:  I said, 'We are people created to worship in some way.  If we don't worship God, we'll worship the human gods created by people . . .'"
Beck then wrote on the blackboard, "Can man rule himself?"  He then answered the question:  "Yes, if enlightened, educated, empowered, and entrepreneurial."  Olasky responded:  "But the Bible says our first sin, back in the Garden, was attempting to rule ourselves."  Beck then permitted Olasky to use one of his famous blackboards on which he drew and explained the checks and balances that this nation's Founders set up because they were wary about man's ability to rule himself.  Hence, originally the US was a mix of monarchy (the president), aristocracy (the Senate), and democracy (the House of Representatives), with further checks from the Supreme Court, state legislatures and a free press.
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