Dr. Kennedy’s Health

Posted on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007 at 11:07 am

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This is the official statement from Coral Ridge Ministries on the health of Dr. D. James Kennedy:

Update on Dr. Kennedy’s Health – Monday, January 1st From Brian Fisher, Executive Vice President,
Coral Ridge Ministries

-Brian E. Fisher, Executive Vice President

While I know that there may be some reading this who may have disagreed with Dr. Kennedy’s political stands or other areas of his ministry, let me say this as an insider.  I have been a minister at Coral Ridge for 10 years.  In that time I have been treated wonderfully by Dr. Kennedy.  He has been warm, caring, gracious, and kind.  I have seen him, when faced with a picketer outside holding a sign that read “Dr. Kennedy is Hitler” or some other such hatred, not ignore it, but go out into the hot Florida sun and share the gospel, often taking this picketer to lunch.  It would have been very easy, particularly with the schedule that Dr. Kennedy keeps to ignore such people, but he did not.  That is the kind of man he is.  Every Thursday night he has been out on Evangelism Explosion when many in the church who were far more able than he stayed home.  That is the kind of man he is.  He did his best to attend the many events of the many ministries that he had started, sometimes gone every night of the week when he was tired, felt poorly, and could have been at home resting.  He was there because he wanted to help those ministries.  That is the kind of man he is.  A man committed to the gospel and committed to the Lord.

While some may not agree with him, you cannot deny that he has led an exemplary life for the Lord.  One without shame or dishonor.  I am proud to be a member of his staff and his church and I would ask that you, agree with his politics or not, would pray for one of God’s great servants in this century.

To keep appraised of the latest on his health check http://www.coralridge.org and click on the link at the top of the page.

Blessings on the new year,

DrSamLam