Assault Ministry

Speaking of pistol whipping (see previous post), Newsweek ran an article on how evangelicals are taking the debate world by storm, with their eyes set on the goal of transforming the culture through political power. The article largely focused on Jerry Falwell’s Liberty College, which apparently has a very good debate team.

Seems that newsweek made a little mistake, and offered a correction at the end of the article.

Correction: In the original version of this report, NEWSWEEK misquoted Falwell as referring to “assault ministry.” In fact, Falwell was referring to “a salt ministry” — a reference to Matthew 5:13, where Jesus says “Ye are the salt of the earth.” We regret the error.

Oh the beautiful irony of it all. I’m not so sure if Newsweek didn’t get closer to the actual meaning the first time.

Update: for those interested in this story, Ed Brayton over at Dispatches has put up some analysis in how debates are scored, revealing that the Newsweek article greatly exaggerates the quality of Liberty University’s rank.